I stood on a precipice, and below it was the total abnegation of self.  Leap into giving up.  Art and music are not for you.  You are running out of time, why continue?  The moon in it's feline aspect approves of this action, he hates me.  I also misdrew him and that does not help.  Then Monster broke the rules and crossed the bridge and appeared in my hands.  No, he purred, keep trying.  I miss him so much, he stayed with me until I woke up a few seconds later.  The moon has always blamed me for Monster's murder, it happened on his watch.  I guess I will keep trying. For now. It sure was good to hold you again. You showed up one day in the pasture, skinny and demanding to be fed.  We has six years of love, and never a cross moment with each other.  When the time came that I had to make the call, I thought I would die of sorrow.  Disport with joy in your new fields, and then I shall come and we will cross the...

Misery, Hypocrisy, Greed.  The aristocratic cat mourns the approaching death of his natural prey, the rat, who is dying in poverty.  The cat has rat poison sticking out of his pocket. A priest, a judge, and a policeman are shown as ravens waiting to eat the rat. Had this not been drawn as a 'funny animal' picture the censors would have blocked the publication.   https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WiDeIr5yx70?feature=share   https://misterscribbles.blogspot.com/2020/03/jean-ignace-isidore-gerard-grandville.html  

 A group of gals in Edwardian finery~from sketch~ To finished painting~ To video with music from 1904!

 A fox princess in Arabian Nights style~from sketch~ To finished painting~ To video!

  Jason is an incredible artist and writer out of Norway.  He specializes in spare, existential stories, of which the reader may find themselves thinking much about the meaning behind them.  This heartbreaking presentation of an old woman nearing the end resonates a great deal with me.  I have never seen such empathy expressed so well before. From If You Steal , Jason.  Fantagraphic Books 2015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_(cartoonist)    Pining for the Fjords.   https://misterscribbles.blogspot.com/2021/05/jason-conquers-america.html  

   First published in 1908.  I got my copy 60 years later and I still have it. Badger, Toad, Ratty, and Mole discuss re-taking Toad Hall. Ratty and Toad. Mole yearning for his old home. Ratty rejoices after finding a boot scraper while him and Mole are lost in the Wild Wood. On a beautiful spring day, Mole meets Ratty and they go for a picnic.  Mole has never been so happy. Delight and wonder. Ratty and Mole seek refuge with Mr. Badger in the Wild Wood.   "Now the very next time this happens, I shall be exceedingly angry"! The stoats and weasels have taken Toad Hall and turn away Badger and Mole. Toad's best friends in the world prevent him from buying and driving his latest motor car. Toad, having deceived Mole, strolls into the Red Lion where he will soon meet his fate.    The profligate Mr. Toad of Toad Hall. Toad is nuts for automobiles and has bought and wrecked many of them. Dressed as a washerwoman, Toad hijacks an auto that kindly gave him...