Galana…an Elephant

Animals, Artistry, Deepening Your Writing and Art, Film, Inspiration, Nature, Painting, The Art of Becoming, The Creative Pursuit, Writing as a Wake-Up Tool 1 Minute

I first came across Dame Daphne Sheldrick and the work that she and her husband were doing–via a Sixty Minutes program.  With her husband, David Sheldrick, she created an orphanage for abandoned elephants…the mothers were poached for their ivory tusks.  Dame Daphne and her husband developed a sponsorship program to support the care of the young elephants.  One young elephant, Galana, was found on the Galana River in Kenya.  The trauma was visible in his eyes.  I wanted to draw him.  I used a graph to get the proportions right.  Then, he translated into my more whimsical purple elephant.

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Dame Daphne’s (1934-2018) legacy continues.
This one-and-a-half minute film says so much.

 

In gratitude.

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I am a writer, a seeker, a discoverer, a poet, a painter, a woman with something to say about a variety of topics. Some topics are difficult but they are real. Some are sheer silliness.

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