Friday, March 26, 2010

Furry companions






It's been a Cat Week - apparently there are lots of us out here with feline-shaped laps, catnip mice on our rugs and dents on our beds.

Have you met Simon's Cats? If not, you're in for a treat. British animator, Simon Tofield, totally gets cats. His three - Hugh, Jess and Maisie (Hugh, mostly) - provide the inspiration for his line drawings. He's made a series of short videos; brilliant observations of the quirks, antics, personality foibles and frankly manipulative behaviour of his - and our - cats. Here are links to three on Youtube -







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  1. Ooo, two more I have not seen yet.

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  2. These are great. I went to a Hopper show once at the Seattle Art Museum and there were several large sheets of paper that he graphed into squares with a different drawing of his cat in each square. I have found my cats to be my easiest models. I don't think there's a more prefect lyric line that that which inhabits a cat.

    rebecca
    http://radishking.blogspot.com

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  3. Ah, fabulous way to idle away Friday afternoon, thanks, C. I'm not going to show Biddy.

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  4. Hi Zhoen - thanks for popping by. Hope all's well with you and handsome Moby.

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  5. Hi Radish - Edward Hopper, ah. He's been a hero since art school days. I'd love to see this cat composite... couldn't find anything on the web, but will keep hunting. I agree with you - what can be more perfect than the lyric line which inhabits a cat, or the lyric line a cat inhabits? (I really loved your blue glass story today, btw... ). L, C

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  6. Happy distractions, Pen... ? It's the 'purt' that tickles me. And the guffawing bird. I can just about seeing the tui @22 behaving like that. L, C x

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  7. I admire cats but unfortunately am allergic to their dander, so I content myself with watching Zero Mostel imitate a cat in "The Producers." It's a wow!

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  8. Zero Mostel is brilliant, isn't he, Mim?

    I might have to ask our local Arts Video store is they have a copy of 'The Producers' - 1968, black & white... I confess I haven't seen this movie yet. Zero Mostel imitating a cat must be quite something!

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