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| Original Art (c) Sandra Russell |
I am thinking that we humans love to communicate
with one another, usually with words and speech; emails, visits, phone calls;
but we also like to sort of hide our true feelings and find it difficult to
relax with 'social engagements' because there is a certain amount of
"performance" or being "on" in these exchanges. That is
where the cat, dog, horse, art, music, nonverbal communications are actual
needs. Maybe the right brain/left brain balance is at work here? The right
brain is given to the work of art making, and I consider that a pet may fit
some exercise over here as well? When we look into the face of an animal, we
are not merely giving it commands and watching its behavior, we are receiving
communication from the animal as well. They look at us with love, curiosity,
understanding. What is it they understand about us, that others don't? That
even we don't love or understand about ourselves? I don't know. I just know
that I feel it. I cherish it. I respect it. So, I think "Here's looking at
you kid" did not become a famous line from Casablanca without the
resonance of such a concept of knowing and understanding, being unfamiliar to
us. We may have had to say 'goodbye' to the love of our life; but often we feel
it anyway in the loves that are present in our lives every day. Music, art,
pets...soul food.
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