When asked about his fascination with the animal by [Dick] Cavett, the artist describes anteaters as “angelic.” A master of PR, Dalí knew well by this stage in his career the marketability of his eccentricities but even so, his longstanding affinity to anteaters does seem earnest, and certainly well-documented.
Photo: Salvador Dalí walking a giant anteater in Paris, 1969.
I don’t think she wanted to hear about more work stuff after she got home…
Haha... oh yeah, I know that one. XD
I’m glad you all like still hearing me ramble on about all things animal here.
It's just plain awesome to me, but TBH I also get frustrated with myself at times that I can't keep up with you.
In any case, like most people I have many interests, but animals & plants are high on my list, partly because we're so danged entwined with them on so many current & historic levels, and it frankly pisses me the hell off that we moderns seem to have largely forgotten that. Forgotten almost *everything*, in practical terms. Now, I'm not gonna go with the word "sacrilege," but the absurd assumptions we modern doofuses commonly make in our heads about animals, the environment, plants, sustainability are just... ugh.
Oh dear... late-reply alert! :S