Wherever I Go I See Majestic Elephants
One year since I became an editor of Dancing Elephants Press
In August 2022, Dr. Gabriella Korosi on ‘Friendship Day’ invited me to be an editor on her publication Dancing Elephants Press.
I was wondering what I would be my role at the publication because there were amazing editors already Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles and Sharing Randomly working with Dr. Gabriella Korosi. They were all very efficient.
I was a writer there and wrote many stories that got published quickly.
Dr. Gabriella Korosi told me that I could work at my pace and I would soon know my role.
I thought about it and since I am fascinated with elephants, I agreed.
In the last one year, Dancing Elephants Press has been very active. We published
1️⃣Holistic Journey Toward Wellness — 2022
This book ‘Holistic Journeys Toward Wellness’ is created by 21 authors all around the world coming from diverse cultures and backgrounds. It has different perspectives and unique points of view of each writers.
This book is a collection of articles from 11 amazing writers who share their personal experiences and moments from their thoughts, their life and their wisdom. Each writer for this book put their heart and soul into their writing and embraced humanity and vulnerability to share their thoughts with our readers. I hope you will enjoy this collection.
3️⃣Moments of Eternity — 2023 (In process for publication)
A poetry book from 15 poets on Medium from different parts of the world and different specializations. This book is under publication.
Some updates
There have been changes in editors and now in the team we are Dr. Gabriella Korosi, Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles, Annelise Lords and me Dr. Preeti Singh.
💥We have had a spring contest sponsored by the kind courtesy DR Rawson - The Possibilist.
💥💥 We are now in the process of summer contest sponsored again by DR Rawson - The Possibilist.
💥💥💥 We have introduced a concept of a writer of the month for Dancing Elephants Press.
💥💥💥💥We have had a 52 weeks prompt, one every week which we intend to publish as a book.
This is how active and happening Dancing Elephants Press has been in the year.
Four photos of elephants.
Title Photo 1
I love elephants and in India we have special motifs of elephants. They are like symbols on clothes, curios, artifacts, tourist attractive key chains, fridge magnets, ladies handbags, sling bags for carrying groceries and they are in bright colors.
The above elephant does not look like a real elephant but it is the way the Rajasthan artists make artifacts especially for tourists.
I went to a fair showing handicrafts of rural folks and was attracted to this toy. A lot of people gathered in the stall. This was their special exhibit which showed the royal kings elephant. The caption was ‘The Royal Elephant’.
Photo 2
Elephant carrying a burden
I walked into a friends house and she showed me her new acquisition. It was this beautiful carved elephant table that was caring a flower vase on it. I was attracted to the carving but I exclaimed! “oh The Elephant With The Burden.”
She liked the name and told me that elephants carry much more weight. Here the elephant poor thing has been spared.
Photo 3
The carved elephant
Another elephant that I liked and instantly took a photo was a carved elephant with the tusk looking so realistic. I loved this elephant. The carving was exquisite.
Photo 4
The elephant in the garden
The elephant in the garden was very welcoming. This elephant was in marble and pure white.
I took permission to take a picture and told my host that I have been intrigued by elephants in different color and options in India.
Elephants in India are on fabrics, ladies clothes, t-shirts, and also jewellery like pendants, rings, clips, bengles, and ear rings. However, I decided to choose the elephants in artifacts.
My life at Dancing Elephants has been a lot of fun and activity. I wanted to share with you the activities that we did during the year that kept us very busy.
I must say, wherever I go, I see elephants all around me.
©Dr. Preeti Singh, 2023.
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