The Guest Cat by HIRAIDE Takashi is a lyrical story about a couple’s love of a cat that isn’t theirs. As the guest cat, Chibi, ‘little one’, meanders in the back alleys of Shinjuku in Tokyo and into their home, the story is about the delicate relationship humans have with cats, animals that not unlike ourselves, need to look after their wild side in tandem with their social domesticity.
In the wake of a one-year anniversary since we lost Blaze, it still feels a little raw but the intensity of his connections with us still fuels our days.
May we continue to navigate the uncharted waters of being touched many times over, opening ourselves up to connection but never possessing.
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