Cat Love - Katzenliebe - Artworks and Haiku - Chiemi Itoi, Gabriele Walter
It is perhaps no coincidence that artists and writers often lose their hearts to cats. Moreover, they tend toview their freedom-loving, four-legged friends with a degree of envy and respect. According to Mark Twain, “Of all God’s creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the leash. That one is the cat.”In ancient Egypt, their velvet paws were treated with sublime veneration as objects of worship. As a daughter of the sun god, Ra, the cat goddess Bastet was also worshiped as a goddess of fertility and joy. Poets and artists, as well as cats, are mostly night owls, only coming alive when they seek their needed rest from the burdens of the world in the form of spiritual creativity. This book is not about the well-groomed kittens of elderly ladies. Emil Zola also loved the “vagabonds of the gutter,” whilst Ernest Hemingway’s legendary felines were still masters of his house sixty years after his death. According to Leonardo da Vinci, “the smallest cat is a masterpiece,” which may explain why Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol both loved this creature. The Japanese artist Chiemi Itoi and the German haiku poet Gabriele Walter have been inspired by their shared love of cats. In collaboration with graphic artist and designer Kurt Ries, they have created an imaginative and stylish gift book. The printed book is available in the book trade and in internet bookshops. Softcover: ISBN 978-3-96103-246-4, Publisher: Re Di Roma-Verlag, Language: English, German, Size: 21 x 21 cm Die japanische Künstlerin Chiemi Itoi und die deutsche Haiku-Dichterin Gabriele Walter haben sich von spiritueller Katzenliebe inspirieren und ein fantasiereiches Geschenkbuch entstehen lassen.
It is perhaps no coincidence that artists and writers often lose their hearts to cats. Moreover, they tend toview their freedom-loving, four-legged friends with a degree of envy and respect. According to Mark Twain, “Of all God’s creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the leash. That one is the cat.”In ancient Egypt, their velvet paws were treated with sublime veneration as objects of worship. As a daughter of the sun god, Ra, the cat goddess Bastet was also worshiped as a goddess of fertility and joy.
Poets and artists, as well as cats, are mostly night owls, only coming alive when they seek their needed rest from the burdens of the world in the form of spiritual creativity. This book is not about the well-groomed kittens of elderly ladies. Emil Zola also loved the “vagabonds of the gutter,” whilst Ernest Hemingway’s legendary felines were still masters of his house sixty years after his death. According to Leonardo da Vinci, “the smallest cat is a masterpiece,” which may explain why Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol both loved this creature.
The Japanese artist Chiemi Itoi and the German haiku poet Gabriele Walter have been inspired by their shared love of cats. In collaboration with graphic artist and designer Kurt Ries, they have created an imaginative and stylish gift book.
The printed book is available in the book trade and in internet bookshops. Softcover: ISBN 978-3-96103-246-4, Publisher: Re Di Roma-Verlag, Language: English, German, Size: 21 x 21 cm
Die japanische Künstlerin Chiemi Itoi und die deutsche Haiku-Dichterin Gabriele Walter haben sich von spiritueller Katzenliebe inspirieren und ein fantasiereiches Geschenkbuch entstehen lassen.
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Im schwarzen Katzenfell<br />
der sonnige Herbst erglüht.<br />
Herzenswärme.<br />
Black cat’s coat glowing<br />
with autumn sunlight, warming,<br />
brightening the heart.<br />
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