I’m sitting here wondering how to say what i want to say without annoying people too much. A little bit of a nuisance, that’s fine, even healthy, but being a pain in the ass is a different matter.
You might know I’m a vegan. The fact that the way to describe this lifestyle is through the verb being is significant. It’s not “I eat vegan”, but I am. I personally would love to scream my head off to ladies wearing fur coats, but I don’t. I try to predict by loving examples, such as inviting my friends over for scrumptious cruelty-free meals rather than handing out pamphlets. A friend of mine, Edu (see Friends section), says that nothing good comes from starting a negative cause. I think that’s wise. So, rather than being against animal slaughtering, I’m pro real respect for animals.
I don’t know how much sense any of this makes, but I just really wanted to show this video. A rather silly video, you might say. But I feel it can be important. Look, so many people go vegan or vegetarian after watching some gore-ass documentary. I will happily confess I avoid that kind of material. I am already convinced, thanks. But I’ll show you this kind, loving video showing the reaction cows have to live music. i know people who are less sensitive to the arts. Or, at least, less curious.
i know Christmas is about the worst time ever to try and explain the glories of a vegan lifestyle, and that wasn’t even my intention. I just wanted to invite reflection. I sometimes think that we live in this culturally constructed narrative of intelligence, that rules humans as the masters of everything and is rather exclusive about anything else. Except dolphins, maybe (and there are all those dolphin-friendly labels on tuna cans). Let’s consider for a moment the intelligence of dogs, of pigs, of cows.
Maybe this was all a sort of christmas wish. Anyways, enjoy the music.
Thanks for the video, Isa.
PS: Also, some more awesomeness here.
