A friend showed me a video of an elephant painting a picture of an elephant holding a flower in its trunk. Naturally, this was mind blowing information.
Somehow knowing that a mammal other than a human can recognize what it sees, and creatively express makes me reconsider my life and "my problems". This elephant also went over certain lines of its picture, presumably because it was not happy with the look of it. The elephant had an artistic vision. Which is more than I can say for half the human race.
I think that as an artist, I can relate more to this elephant than I can to almost all the political leaders and authority figures in the public sphere. Its like, who cares who won the US election, an elephant painted a self-portrait. Who cares if you're having relationship problems, an elephant has legitimate artistic talent. Someone give this elephant a scholarship to NSCAD.
I don't know, call me soft, but this elephant is a serious game changer for me. The fact that I am connecting with this elephant in such a creative way is next level. Follow your dreams elephant, and I will stop worrying about the day-to-day.
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