Monday, August 6, 2012

lacking any pretense



"We tend to think that animals of a breed are all alike, yet in observing and drawing them, I have found each to be unique in appearance and temperament; and each, lacking any pretense, seems to have a natural dignity. It is unsettling to look into their eyes and wonder what they know. There is a great distance between us, yet we feel so much in common as creatures."

BethVan Hoesen, from Creatures: The Art of Seeing Animals

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