The Eyes Have It 10/06/2010
 
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Have you ever really looked into an animal's eyes?  If you do, you'd see something truly amazing - something that's missing so much in the "human world" today.

You'd see:

I love you.
I care about you.
I adore you.
I'm here for you.
I'm devoted to you.
I want to spend time with you.
You are my world.
You exist.
You matter to me.
You make a difference in my world.
Thank you.
I forgive you.

When I work on an illustration of an animal, I see the same thing in the eyes of this paper rendition that I see when my real, live animals look at me.  The eyes truly speak.  The more I work on the art, the more the animal comes to life, and the more it gives me what the human world can't - true kindness, caring, and love...a sense that I matter in this world, and that I make a difference to a living creature.  No judgment, no condemnation, no criticism, no selfishness.

I am so grateful and so honored to be able to experience this from the animals who cross my path in this lifetime - on paper and off.  I thank them for giving me the gift of their love, and I am delighted to give them mine, because they are truly deserving of it.
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