Max Davine's Blog - Posts Tagged "image"

a peacock can't check it's plumage, a lion can't see the luster of it's mane, a ram doesn't know the magnificence of it's headpiece, a mayfly can't practice it's dance and a cuttlefish can't see it's stripes. A dolphin doesn't know how beautiful it is. An orca can't gauge it's strength by reps of weights. But for some of them, these displays are a matter of life and death. The animal just has to believe in it's beauty and it's power. We humans invented mirrors, we're the only ones with the privilege of checking, and yet we're the only ones who see only what we haven't got.