Good morning and happy National Cat Day to those who celebrate. (And hisssssss to those who don’t.) In a tribute, the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda called them “arrogant vestiges of the night,” observing that “the cat only wants to be a cat”; Jorge Luis Borges also penned a poetic ode, writing: “You are, in the moonlight, that panther which we see from afar.” And the late British painter John Craxton, a fellow pawficcionado, rendered charming portraits of our feline friends, illustrated in a new publication discussed by
contributor David Carrier today. There’s lots more below, including Ed Simon on the battle between Halloween and Reformation Day, spicy frescoes found in Pompeii, a divisive new statue of Dwyane Wade, and artist Jitish Kallat’s new book inspired by Nelson Mandela's calendar.
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John Craxton would see the animal mid-action and think, that’s another picture. On the occasion of National Cat Day, here are some of his most fantastic feline | David Carrier
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