...she shows him her birds, birds with bowl-like bodies. he can't believe that she made them with just a Swiss Army knife. and he laughs when she throws him that line from The Winter's Tale-Though I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes so by chance. he buys the birds, saves her life. The Singing Bowl is the story of Rob Morgan-sculptor, liar, Shakespeare lover. She runs away from home as a teen, winds up in Manhattan in nascent Soho and hits the big time only to find that the biggest challenge she faces is to sculpt herself.