I've looked at some of the other elephant painting links and I'm a little less convinced that the elephant in question is operating with some sense that s/he "knows" that it's a depiction of an elephant that's being drawn, and is more likely a very well-trained performer. But, boy-oh-boy, is s/he an in-control performer. Great trunk/eye coordination, that's for sure.
Us primates got nothing on the elephants. Jai Ganesh Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This video is too amazing for words. At first I assumed that the > elephant was merely taught to paint that, which if true, would still > be amazing (and amazingly difficult I would have thought); but the > use of overlap to depict perspective (the legs farther away are > interrupted by both the body mass and the legs closer to the viewer, > and the final flourish of the trunk wrapping around the flower) is > an extremely sophisticated optical device and it seems stunningly > clear that the elephant is completely in control and operating with > intention. Just the whole sense of pictorial abstraction completely > blows me away. > > This totally knocks me on my ass. > > Thanks, Rick, this is absolutely amazing. > > Jai > > Marek > > ** > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > Video of an elephant painting. It's amazing. If the long link > below doesn't > > work, use the tiny url. > > > > HYPERLINK > > "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He7Ge7Sogrk&eurl=http://lj- > toys.com/?journal > > > id=2456484&moduleid=18&auth_token=sessionless:1206568800:embedcontent > :245648 > > 4%252"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He7Ge7Sogrk&eurl=http://lj- > toys.com/?jo > > > urnalid=2456484&moduleid=18&auth_token=sessionless:1206568800:embedco > ntent:2 > > 456484%252 > > > > HYPERLINK "http://tinyurl.com/2pfnn7"http://tinyurl.com/2pfnn7 > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1348 - Release Date: > 3/28/2008 > > 10:58 AM > > >
