the elephant as artist

October 13, 2005

Some elephants in captivity have been seen to pick up a stick and make doodle-like marks. Their human friends encourage this behavior, and with art supplies and a suitable surface, elephants turn out works for sale.

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  1. yeah, i saw some elephant paintings at the berkeley art museum a while ago. there was an awesome accompanying video of this lady overanalyzing the hell out of them.

    Comment by jeff — October 13, 2005 @ 9:15 pm

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