One Language Project

Rediscovering Our Kinship With Other Species Through the Language of Emotion

A catalogue of stories of connection and compassion between humans and other species for use in public exhibits. Each story emphasizes what we have in common versus what makes us different, and shows other animals as someones instead of somethings.

Chaconne: Dance of Friendship

Two elephants at a sanctuary look out for one another and their friendship is described by a woman who lives in the sanctuary and regularly greets the elephants at her porch every day. Created by Miranda Loud at the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand.

Two injured elephants find healing in friendship and mutual protection in a sanctuary in northern Thailand.


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