Altair means “the flying eagle.” It spins so fast — one full rotation every ten hours — that it’s flattened at the poles, bulging at the equator. Speed made visible. One of the twelve brightest stars in the sky, 16 light-years away.
This arrow is earth and warmth: brown and tan color blocks, turkey feather fletch. The colors of something that has always been outside.
Hand-shaped cedar. New hardware. Made in Los Angeles. One of a kind.