endlingmusings:“The thing is, the lion doesn’t give a fuck about whether he’s a st
endlingmusings:“The thing is, the lion doesn’t give a fuck about whether he’s a star, or whether he’s the MGM lion, or whether he’s this human symbol of nobility, he’s just driven from his homeland, being killed and being imprisoned and driven to extinction… There’s nothing in it for the lion being a superstar of human culture.”- The words of artist Walton Ford, from an interview by Thomas Marks.[ Painting by Walton Ford, based on Marcelin Flandrin‘s 1925 photo of a wild Barbary lion. ] -- source link