꿈꾸는 동심스토리 친근한 동행자의 감정
The main plot of the screen places the "Love Elephant" in the center. And then follows the woman, the Little Prince, coffee, nature and more, consistently showing their calm and deep relationship with the elephant. As an animal that holds a friendly, dutiful, peaceful, family-oriented image and also that of maternal love, it emphasizes the sociability of the elephant.
The artist's excellent sense of form infuses natural and vivid description. The conversation with the elephant is unraveled into a fairy tale where we can dream together. It draws out the friendly companion's emotion, where one can feel another's heart amidst the calmness.
For instance, the elephant and the woman are both natural beings and expresses overwhelming joy that they feel through the blissful beseemingness. Also, the scene where the subject indulges in reminiscence while staring at the crescent moon, and engrosses itself in contemplation while walking along the forest path full of fragrant moon-lit petals, lets us join in the happiness with a smile.
The artist interprets wit, shyness, gestures and ｅxpressions by a scintillating technique. In her note, she says "Instead of ruling with power and fighting against it, dreaming of a world where we can be together and embracing small but warm hearts rather than befriending the powerful; there, in your eyes, I saw a child's innocent laughter."
◇Completely open inner hope 온전하게 열린 내면의 소망
The elephant and the Little Prince and the woman. The moonlight and the sun and the flower in full bloom. The hill side of true love, where the human and elephant shares friendship, shows an affectionate relationship where they both caress, guide and long for each other.
The foundation for such relationship is sincerity, the powerful communication tool. Also, the common ground of solidarity that binds them together is purity. As partial as it may be, the art work places dignity (which is more than often considered as human being's exclusive property) at the same line with the elephant. In other words, it is sending out a powerful message that appreciating the elephant's dignity is equivalent to that of mine.
Regardless of the different life style of the elephant which lives near the river, fields and forest and human beings who live in houses, they both appear in the same piece of art, sharing the space in harmony. It is a metaphor that implicates the familiarity, that they live together on Earth and share the common ground of origin.
For these reasons, "Love Elephant" doesn't just remain in childhood dreams and hope; it proposes coexistence of animals and men, and the values that human beings should pursue. According to the artist, the first step to transcend our hope of love and peace, is to find the clue from the completely open inner self. This is the fairy tale fantasy of dream, love and peace, towards the utopia that the artist Lee Eun Kyung is trying to portray.