Black and white elephants, in dignified stillness. A family group. Polar bears in the mist, in low Arctic light. Kelp forests, swaying … filtered sunlight in the water … the rhythmic sway of fronds.
Horses galloping in Iceland, volcanic flows behind them. Wolf packs in the snow, in synchronised formation. Manta rays, seeming to hover in space.
Jellyfish swarms, all gelatinous translucence, all luminous pastels. A lioness, carrying a cub by the scruff of its neck … golden savanna grasses, in the high heat … tenderness amidst savagery … in the wild.
Flowers, O’Keefe style, enlarged into landscapes … into abstraction … into anatomy. Misty bamboo forests … Zen minimalism.
Rice terraces, following hill contours … all stacked up … flooded before the planting season.
Nature wins, philosopher!
And now red pandas, standing, all fluffy. The quokka, the animal that cannot help but smile. Sea otters, floating on their backs, holding paws, a living raft. Desert foxes with oversized ears. Harbour seal pups, with big eyes, with fluffy white coats. Sleeping lion cubs, piled up upon one another. Ducklings following their mother in a line. Tiny tree frogs on leaves. Hummingbirds, hovering. Dolphins riding ocean waves. Bumblebees covered in pollen.
So adorable, philosopher. You can’t deny it. You can’t hate this stuff. Look at you, trying to hate it. Straining. You look constipated, philosopher.
Work in Progress 