Yann Martel

is the first thing you want as a storyteller to start with your story.

You want a sense of curiosity, even better sense of marvel.

And animals do that.

The chameleon, there's repeated references of the chameleon in here.

There are chameleons in Greece.

There are chameleons in Greece.

And I did that for a purpose because what's wonderful with the chameleon is that yes, it adapts itself to the circumstances around it while always remaining itself.

It's a great lesson as a human being.

You have to be adaptable or remain true to yourself.

You don't want to lose yourself one way or the other.

So, and also it has this curious thing, the chameleon, we all know this color adaptability, but they have divergent eyes.

Chameleons have eyes that can look in two different directions.

So that's an improvement on us.

Cause I can only look in one direction.

I can barely understand what I'm seeing.

your community can see in two different directions, and what are your understanding of reality?

That way there's a cat, that way there's a nice leaf.

Which do you attend to intellectually?

So there's something about, once again, it's adaptability that is a marvel.

But mainly that they're just wonderful symbols.