Unfinished kitties
Well, mama’s friend, Anne, sent her an article from the New York Times about visitors viewing an exhibition of unfinished works of art at the Breuer Museum in New York City and their opinions on what they saw and mama was very moved by this, especially the very astute comment by one viewer that all art is unfinished:
“An artist is never finished so their art is never finished. When you finish it, you kill it. Leaving it unfinished, you keep it alive.”
Well, mama and papa and I have been discussing this all morning, and I wonder what you think. Mama is always saying that nothing she paints seems finished, and maybe that’s just the nature of creating art. Or maybe not. But then mama broke into tears because she said to papa, “Well, maybe everyone’s life is an unfinished work of art and indeed, when it is finished, it is dead.”
But then mama is always saying how she thinks so often of a friend of ours who died suddenly, and that the friend is with us even if not with us because she left so many reminders of her life as a work of art, and maybe that’s what we all do, just live as best we can and never really stop to think about each thing we do or say is a brush stroke on our life canvas and sometimes they are good ones and sometimes you wish you could rub them out or paint over…
All this philosophy is wearing me out, but I’m thinking, I’m thinking. I just LOOK like I’m snoozing.
(Speaking of being overwhelmed by life, take a laughing look at this!)
I am adding to this post that our good friend, A. Cameron, in Suffolk, England, has lost her kitty, Sybil. Ms. Cameron lives in Campsea Ashe and you never know who is reading this blog so I am putting out an all-points alert for SYBIL, Ms. Cameron’s kitty, who disappeared while her family was away in Italy. Someone came by to feed her each day, but there are two bruisers down the street who just moved in and Ms. Cameron is worried that SYBIL was terrorized by the new inhabitants. If you have any idea about this part of the world and have seen SYBIL, please contact my blog.
Here is a photo of Sybil:
She is a lovely calico and very friendly.
Lots of good thoughts in tody’s message, Loulou. Plus prayers for Sybil to come home !
Oh my – all the toes on my paws (and mama’s fingers) are crossed Sybil shows up. Cats have a way of going into hiding and when “the coast is clear” they come back. Happened with friends’ cats after Katrina in New Orleans – they came back several days – or a couple of weeks after family was back and safe. All our positive vibes go out to this kitty and family.
As for art, there are two schools to this. Jackson Pollock once answered a reporter when he was asked “how do you know when it’s finished?” He replied “How do you know when you have an orgasm?”. Eek! Well, Mama tends to lean toward the unfinished theory since she’s always futzing with her art even after she says – voila, done. But it never is. And yes, she didn’t take it as far as life as work of art, but yes, that too for SURE. This was enlightening.
And those wonderful drawings look alive. Definitely not “finished”. Beautiful.
Oh, you are such a stimulus to mama and her art. And wow, J. Pollock really had a way with words! In that particular case, you pretty much know when it’s finished, haha. And your mama’s paintings look ready and winning even when they are just started!
I am sorry for the loss of Sybil, she was a pretty kitty. Your Mom is an excellent artist.
Well, thank you so much. She wants me to pose but mostly it’s only one…guess which one…and so she looks around for more…er…active models.
Oh, do hope your friend finds Sybil ASAP! It is terrible to not know where a pet is.
We hope your mom will stop worrying about the “death” of her art and just enjoy it.
We checked out the video. 🙂
It’s a great video, no? So funny. I think that’s my cousin.
As always LouLou you are just bootyful. As fur art and life, mommy says nuffin’ is finished till we die. And ifin we are lucky, we left behind memories dat others will have of us and dat pawssible change lives. Mommy is also an artist, and says even when she signs her piece and lays it down, a few days later she can always find sometnin’ more to add to it ifin she wanted. Thus da unfinished sayin’. Anyways, have a great nap.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
Oh, I love it that your mommy is an artist. So she really knows what all of this means. And you two are works of art, that’s for SURE. Love from Loulou
Oh I like these,xx SPeedy
Well, we loved them, too. Thank you for commenting.