fanciful frog (after fabergé)

Masahisa Fukase: Sasuke!! Dear Cat (1979)

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I can’t tell you how much I love this artwork from ancient Egypt (the Middle Kingdom). People have been raising cattle and practicing animal husbandry for so long, that there is something almost inherently human about this scene.

Everyone in the field of veterinary medicine or agriculture knows the feeling of staying up late with a laboring animal trying to make sure both mom and baby are okay. Delivering a calf is often physically and emotionally exhausting work that takes enormous patience and learned skill. It requires a unique balance of physical strength and gentleness to do correctly. There is no feeling quite like getting that baby out and everyone is okay. I’m certain ancient people must have felt the same way, and I wonder if the artist knew this feeling firsthand. I wonder if those humans depicted were people the artist knew, if the cow and calf maybe were as well.

been traveling...

August 19, 2007.

illustrations by Keita Tatsuguchi

spooky version for fun :3

can’t sleep so i draw kitty instead

ねこどっくに来たのです

ハラヘリなのです

Now I'm at the vet to take a medical check, so I'm hungry...

Giselle - quick messy study

If y’all ever need pictures of animals tucked into bed please do not hesitate to hit my line I have a very small folder specifically for that

2008

i sleep to dream