Entry into sketchbook based on Written Word

This entry is based on the book 'Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch' by Henry Miller. This book was written about the life he made for himself and his family in the 1940's on the pacific coastline of the Big Sur and was paradise for him. With reference to Bosch paintings symbolising the delights of paradise, the collage created here is a mix of both the painting and images of this wild and beautiful coastline. A place I would truly love to visit, although I fear this area has changed greatly since Henry Miller's time. I have no idea what the little character with the funnel hat represents in the Bosch painting, but the envelope impaled on the end of the beak is a curious item. Why?