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Published: 2005-10-22 11:51:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 2987; Favourites: 76; Downloads: 271
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Of the two groups, I like the pink better! Ha. I would have thought //he// would be the popular one. Very good concept. It makes one think that being different should be a good thing. Keep up the good work.
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I love this picture.. reminds me of the story "The Dream of the Little Elephant"
-In the land of elephants there lived a little elephant. He was the color of new grass, he liked to sing sweetly, and he was no bigger than a mouse. The big elephants would look down upon him and laugh. But the little elephant dreamed a dream, and with the help of a sea bird, the wind, a flower, and a worm, he finds where he does indeed belong.
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Sweet - I'm glad I can inspire memories in people with art
I noticed you're from VA - I'm there right now - going back at 9 tomorrow - I've been here for a week working at the PETA HQ - it's pretty sweet
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That I am 
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What-cha wanna know? It's been pretty sweet - the people working there are real nice - the area is okay - a lot less stressful than London
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anything, everything
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Well I work for PETA in the UK and they paid for me to come over here to the US HQ and do a week's marketing training - the weather was pretty cool while I was over here - except for Friday which was a pretty big storm eh!
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that's awesome, what a rewarding job! I hope you got to see some beautiful things while you were here!
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It is indeed - I'm not sure if you can call Norfolk VA beautiful but I did go to Virginia Beach today - that was pretty sweet - not the tourist part either
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well, haha.. true. That's good. There are much more beautiful parts to VA than the beach though, maybe if you visit again you'll get to see them
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yeah I may be back next year - not sure yet - I'm sure there's much nicer parts to Virginia other than Norfolk
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Aww...I like it! Not raceism...but the picture. They're really cute too. 
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Great concept, I'm sure seldom has so little provoked so much thoughtful debate...poor elephant, you just want to 
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aahhh - but is it that elephant that is being shunned or is that elephant shunning the rest?
hmm - curious
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"independent pinker" (I love Tzong-lian's pun too)
I love the "same shape different color" stratagey
here. It's a great device to move the eye back to
it again and again. I can "see" the outcast aspects
and wonder why the outcast is the only critter
whose face is hidden from view. Anything to that?
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the point was to make the pink one an outcast
he's tried to join in and they've ignored and shunned him so he's hanging his head in shame
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How terrible 
the graphics of the work though.
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there's a lot of things that make me sad to think about it, but then i've almost become de-sensitised to most things now
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I'm :happy: and :sad: at the same time.
Desensitised kinda scares me most of all.
Anyway............ I really love your work.
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To me, this picture represents conformity versus individuality. Notice that the background is gray and all the "conformist" animals all gray too (a sea of dullness and no individuality?) ... while the "independent pinker" (I love that pun!) is a rebel, an outcast who goes against the tide. I guess you can also see it as an anti-racism picture... in America, even though there isn't as much racism, people within the same ethinicities like to stick to each other... like at the high school I go to, there's the Korean group, the Japanese group, the Chinese group, the African American group and White groups ... they just choose not to mix and keep to themselves...
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an interesting and very good take on it - thanks for sharing that - it's made me see it in another light
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A pink elephant? Lay off the booze...
This is great though.
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hahahahaha - you saw it too - i;m not pissed then!!! LMAO
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Hah
My dad's company (well, the one he works for ¬¬) used to be called Pink Elephant.. They gave employees these little rubber foam squishy elephants
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hahaha - did they all turn up drunk everyday? lol
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i think hes pink because hes embarassed thats why hes walking away from the group, when he gets over himself maybe he will go back, or maybe he likes to be an individual and is actually smiling at his freedom after painting himself pink?
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aha - another interesting viewpoint - i like the "painting himself pink to be different" angle
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sometimes being excluded is a choice, and not always a bad one
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Never before has a series of clay (at least they look like clay) elephants and pigs stopped me dead in my tracks and made my jaw drop. Absolutely incredible. I love the many different meanings that one could take from this. Really fantastic work.
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makes a good point too many people are outcased for the dumbest reasons and it is our difference that make us great as a person
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Wow, this is really cool. I love the clay and the chosen "odd" color.
Cheers,
byrnwyrm
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thanks for the fav - it's actually fimo - similar to clay but can be baked hard in a conventinal oven
the "odd" colour is the actual colour of the model - i didn't have any greey fimo to make the elephants!! lol
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Oh, I see, fimo... Cool.
Oh, yes, I suspected the "odd" color was the actual color of the model. I meant that I liked the color red being used as the one color being the "odd man out". Sorry for the confusion.
Cheers,
byrnwyrm
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hehe no worries - fimo is fantastic - much better than clay and less messy
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i like the whole thing with this picture..its great
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this is my top favourite - it seems to have been well received - i'm really glad - thanks
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Very nicely done!! I think the effectiveness and the power of the message in your piece is emphasised by the simplicity of this. It's too the point and not filled with extras of this and that, which often obscure what is trying to be said. Once again, excellent job
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thanks - well i did try to go for the simple message way of things
thanks sweetie
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Awww that poor little pink elephant :hugs:
Really effective piece there i think
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thanks sweetie - yeah it is a whole world of interpretation available
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Your welcome
i want one of the elephants they so cute
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you can have one if you like - i'll send it to you - it'd only cost the price of a stamp and i;ve got one spare!
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