10-12-2012, 04:38 AM
Got a reply from my artist friend:
Quote:Monica,
What first caused me to think it was fake was that a human arm has only two major points of articulation, the elbow and the wrist. AnElephant trunk is able to articulate at any point of its entire length.
The video seems to only show a loint in the trunk at points that are used by humans. Also the "elephant" seems to be "holding" the paintbrush with what seems like the "grasp" of a human hand. Instead, and Elephants trumk has a grasp much like a pair of "big soft" teweezers! And so delicate that the tip can pick up a dime off a floor!
My obaervations are surely not scientific but instead are made up from years of personal "observation" and "study".
THESE are some of things that "artsts" are "doing" as they "study" s scene or a hand held "object". You've seen an "artist" pick up an object and twist and turn it in their hands!?
THATS what they are "doing" in their mind, is making mental notes.
Trusting my own "mental notes" about Elephant trunks AND about Human arms.. screams out to me "FAKE FAKE FAKE!
Its fun and challenging to aee things like this video or other "optical illussions" and make conclusions about them!
Ihope this more fully answers your euestion.?
LOVE, Hal