At a dinner for new members, our minister said something along the lines of, "I didn't want to do this, but I have to make this into a show and tell session, because I just found this..."
He picked up a painting--a little crude, but effective, showing an elephant's face, very bold lines, rather stylized, but obviously an elephant, in gold paint on red paper. It was ever so slightly haunting as an image, in the way it suggested elephantness.
He paused a moment. "This is a picture of an elephant...that was painted by an elephant."
He paused a moment more. "It's not as good as the picture of a flower bouquet, though it's amazing as a communication between species."
He paused again. "I'm saving this one for sunday school, because the paper is made of elephant poop, and I just want to say that in front of the children."
He picked up a painting--a little crude, but effective, showing an elephant's face, very bold lines, rather stylized, but obviously an elephant, in gold paint on red paper. It was ever so slightly haunting as an image, in the way it suggested elephantness.
He paused a moment. "This is a picture of an elephant...that was painted by an elephant."
He paused a moment more. "It's not as good as the picture of a flower bouquet, though it's amazing as a communication between species."
He paused again. "I'm saving this one for sunday school, because the paper is made of elephant poop, and I just want to say that in front of the children."
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That's interesting and kinda funny. Silly elephants.
In that case, I'd be inclined to lean toward the former, although there are a decent number of people who are involved in so-called non-primate art as actual expression. If you or your minister is interested in that, then you can find some more information here.
Like I said, I'm still somewhat skeptical about the elephant, but the study of non-human expression is definitely interesting.