The Accidental Elephant

Delhi-based River (blogging cohort and a generous commentor [member of the Commentariat?] in margenalia of the present blog) has, collaborating with me and the Scottish (Glasgow) blogging-poet David McKelvie, just in the past few hours launched a collective project, namely & to wit: the accidental elephant. This blog is conceived for the display of "children's poetry + illustrations" (created by us, not by kids). I'd hazard the idea that the conception of what might constitute such a genre, will prove a likely evolving focus of implicit inquiry.

This new activity arose (as may be noted by an assiduous Comment-reader) in course of exchanges surrounding River's exceedingly likeable cartoon-like drawing (seen here, with the image hyperlinked to catch 'em -- River's post-in-question).

Readers of this space are cordially invited to check out the newfangled blog.

These two images adjacent (I now notice), show a strikingly similar gesture of extension. This, too, could be deemed a case of "the accidental elephant" -- the meaning of which latter phrase is something to consider.