Ep. 637: "River Lion"

So, so the, the story that made Artwork by Elephants so appealing to me was that I think that, that their suggestion was that she was a very creative entity.

She was a very creative lady, and all they needed to do was give her paintings, and then all of a sudden her anxiety about being an elephant in a box-

That's what we thought about children in the '70s.

[laughs] I know, the exact same thing.

Just give them crayons and they'll, and they won't smoke when they're 11, and they will...

You know, and they'll stop, uh-

They won't blow all their money on video games.

That's right.

All they need is crayons, and that's why my house is built out of hou- uh, broken crayons.

Because I have so many freaking crayons.

My, uh, little daughter bought two, two, Merlin, two packs of, uh, multicolored ink pens.

And I said, "You know, you know that, that my entire life savings is in half-used packs of colored ink pens.

Do you know how many of them I have around here? I have a refrigerator box full."

Well, enough to retire comfortably on, I have to imagine.

And, and you, you bought two new packs?

Yeah.

And she said, "Well, I needed the new...

You know, I needed different colors for whatever nightmare."

I've still got...

Nah, I've still got packs.

My, my, my kids leaving, uh, leaving the house, uh, this week.

I got it.

And it's...

And I still have-

Would you cue some sentimental music right there?