Murakami‘s Cat

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On poetry and politics • Member of The Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati • Never underestimate a cat • I stand with Ukraine • she/her
THINGS ARE NOT AS THEY APPEAR…
Rest in Power Dorothy Pitman Hughes. Born Dorothy Jean Ridley on 2 October 1938, in Georgia, Hughes organised the first shelter for battered women in New York City and co-founded the New York City Agency for Child Development. In the 1960s she worked with Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X. She and Gloria Steinem co-founded Ms Magazine in 1972. The first issue featured Wonder Woman on its cover.

"Since this Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony takes place during the war, I will allow myself to reach out to people around the world and call for solidarity. You don’t have to be Ukrainians to support Ukraine. It is enough just to be humans."

Nobel Lecture given by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2022 Center for Civil Liberties, Ukraine.
Delivered by Oleksandra Matviichuk,
Oslo, 10 December 2022.

#SlavaUkraini
#Solidarity

I was looking for some last harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) #flowers and found these harebell flower remains instead. They look so beautiful and delicate, with the outlines enhanced by the #frost.
Was, jetzt gibt‘s auch noch den #caturday ? Also gut …
In #JapaneseFolklore 'The Boy Who Drew Cats' is a tale about a boy who was compelled to draw #cats everywhere. He initially got into trouble but his hobby paid off because one day the cats he drew came to life and saved him from a giant rat goblin. This story speaks of the compulsive nature of creating, the benefits of practicing & perfecting your craft, and ultimately letting your art save you. Full tale here: https://www.curiousordinary.com/2021/07/boy-who-drew-cats.html?spref=tw&m=1
@folklore #folklore #japodon #folktale
🎨Mel Pearce
The Boy Who Drew Cats

A virtual folklore library and gallery exploring magical folklore, Japanese folklore and folklore in art.

Piet Mondrian
Stalk with Two Japanese Lilies, 1921
'MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON'
Maya Deren was a Jewish-Ukranian filmmaker whose strangely beautiful avant garde films were hugely ahead of their time. She was a dancer, a choreographer, a poet, photographer, a writer and a theorist, and combined her multiple fields of talent to create ‘experience’ films which transcended any one medium. Meshes of the Afternoon is probably her best known work.
'Moon at Enoshima Beach' - Toko, 1933.
#ukiyoe #JapaneseArt #japan #nature #japodon #FullMoon #moon