Cat gum

There comes a time in every blog’s life where the appearance of ‘the cat’ must occur. This sidewalk cat seems to be made from somebody drawing on dried gum which happened to be the shape of a cat. I find myself often looking at the shapes of gum (the way one used to lie on the ground and imagine the shapes of clouds being a variety of exotic animals) and try to imagine that they are shapes of something other than a flattened glob made of wax, synthetic rubber, polyvinyl acetate and other non-food items, that people chew and spit on the street. I’ve never been a fan of gum in part because I think it looks really weird when you watch people chewing gum. Cows chewing grass come to mind and for some reason that is not how I want to look. And then the other reason is I have always been suspicious of gum is the mysterious ingredients that are used to make this very weird concoction. If you watch this video link, you too will see how chewing gum is much better suited for sidewalk cats than for putting in your mouth. I like the juxtaposition of the ‘thought bubble’ above the cat’s head. My favourite cats in art are in the work of Scottish artist Elizabeth Blackadder