Sunday, April 13, 2008

《猫科宣言》 (Hearing It from a Cat)

Late last year, I featured a compilation of cat drawings titled 《猫科宣言》 by 蔡智忠 (Cai Zhi Zhong), a Hong Kong comic artist. The drawings are peppered with the feline's take/perspective/philosophy on life. I extracted 10 in total from the book and put up seven of them. Here are the remaining three. I've uploaded all of them on the side bar.

Translation: The canine species derives their authority from what others would bestow onto them, hence they must obey higher orders. The feline species draws authority from their own abilities, hence they live up fully to themselves.


Translation:
You can sleep in whichever way you want. The key lies not in the posture, but in the ability to get into sleep and sleeping well.

Whether in a high- or a low-point, we can remain unbounded irregardless of conditions. Don't put the blame on circumstances, but rather the fault lies in one's inability to adapt.

Be it whether you are a red, white, black or patterned cat, you're a good cat as long as you're unbounded. No matter which direction one is to heed, the good lies in being able to "submerge" oneself fully in the moment.


Translation (love this one):
If a person is very capable, don't say he is different from us;
If we ourselves lack the capability, don't say everyone is the same as us;
If we harbour these two mindsets, then we're trying to rationalise why we are unable to make the mark and all the more an unlikelihood of making progress.

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