Thursday, February 21, 2008

embrace through bars



video & full story

It's interesting that in all the commentary about the miracle of this lion hug and kiss that there is no mention of the obstruction of the red bars between them. We could live in harmony with the other ruling beasts! if only we didn't cage them and insult them at every turn with our unique claim to intelligence.

But perhaps it really would be a Freudian nightmare of wish fulfillment like in eileen's dream- we subjugate them because they would prey on us otherwise. Or like jeremy would always say, our pet felines are only loving because of their relative size; if they were larger they would never tolerate us.

1 comment:

eileen said...

the video of this makes me want to die. it is so overwhelmingly beautiful and sweet but the bars between them are totally heart wrenching. not that i am advocating for no bars between lions and humans in general given the reality of the food chain. still though...