Elephants

      I'm not a big fan of paintings or art, but something about this image always broke my heart. I remember the first time I saw it, and my breath caught in my throat. There was something so vulnerable about it, whether it was the stick legs, or the empty landscape, or the red sky. The submission, the oppression, the lack of water, the solitary figures and the malnourished skeletons. It just called out to me. 

     I know some people don't like things that don't make sense. For me, I don't know how it doesn't NOT make sense. Look at it, it is not logical in any sense of the world but it is senseful as it speaks volumes beyond that which is seen. People speak volumes beyond that which is seen, you just need someone who wants to look beyond what is presented. What is senseful but that which is the truth? 

     Of course Rachael Yamagata had to write what I wanted to say about elephants. Of course she would say it better. Lucky she didn't say all of it, but what she said, she said and sang beautifully.

This is for you.

Cheers.