Sokei-an Sasaki | The Cat's Yawn

The Meaning of Zen

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I put down my book, The Meaning of Zen,
and see the cat smiling into her fur as she
delicately combs it with her rough pink tongue.
"Cat, I would lend you this book to study
but it appears you have already read it."
She looks up and gives me her full gaze.
"Don't be ridiculous" she purrs, "I wrote it."

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From "Miao" by Dilys Laing

Neko | The ideogram for cat in Japanese

Eartha Kitt and kitties

Photographer unknown

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Thanks to the Cat Lady Lina Bebi

Leonore Fleisher

"When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed... She brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand."

Colette as a Cat

French author, actress, and singer Colette (1873-1954)
appears on stage in 'La Chatte Amoureuse,' a nightclub mine
act in which she portrayed a cat, Paris, France, 1912.
(Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Colette & Cat

© Walter Limot