la vida bohemia

Yayoi Kusama (Japanese ,b. 1929)  

Night Flowers (two works) ,2003

Yayoi Kusama (Japanese ,b. 1929)  

Mushrooms ,2003

Norman O'Flynn (South African, b. 1971)

57th Street, 2022

I made pictures with my girlfriend :)

She did the bright colorful parts I did the white slop.

Black Mambas

Watercolor and Ink on Cotton Paper

2019, 5.5"x 8.5"

Black Roses

Georgia Aquarium

you yourself should make the effort to learn something instead of assuming the worst, but training these animals accomplishes two things:

-entertainment FOR the animal! its playing, its excersising, its healthy and active, the sealion is playing with the keeper in a way that benefits it. the keeper herself is NOT making contact with the animal, shes respecting its space.

-the keeper can check the animals physical health. those tricks? you can see the flexibility in the sealions tail, its ballance when standing, the strength of its movements. chances are there are other keepers watching and checking for scratches or injuries that might have occured if this sealion shares an enclosure.