Guest Label Post by Ollie&Agnes
Here at Ollie&Agnes we were gutted to miss out on getting the mad ‘Yoga for Cats’ calendar, which features a team of flexible felines in lotus, half moon etc…and have ended up with a rather twee Erte calendar, which came from the bargain bin. The 2010 ‘Yoga for Cats’ calendar was produced by husband-and-wife photography team Dan and Alejandra Borris and shows felines like Star, Persia and Rosetta in a variety of poses. Former yoga teacher Mrs Borris borrowed cats from friends, and chose each cat for specific poses, to create the quirky calendar. Thankfully no cat, or dog (in the doggy calendar), was forced to do anything that was impossible or cruel and photoshop wizardry was applied. (Check it out on: www.yogadoz.com)
However, this calender is nowhere near as mad as the book, ‘Dancing with Cats’, by Burton Silver and Heather Busch (bought out several years ago by Tandem Press) and which has the wonderful strap-line ‘Nine lives, four paws, and all the right moves’.
Is it a parody? Is it for real? Who knows, who cares…it is utter madness.
New Zealanders Burton and Heather say the book will encourage to experience ‘up lifting energy’ by dancing with their cats and greater understanding between us and our felines’… hmmmmmmmm what to say? But even if you aren’t a feline, or dancing, fan, seriously, it is worth a look at this book to see a man painted as a cat complete with tail, cats in knitted jumpers and to see Ralph, who dances with two cats, and has a confused energy-field as a result.
However, be warned, if you are thinking of dancing with your own pet, be prepared for disappointment… because, as the great Eddie Izzard shows in his Pavlov’s Cat sketch, moggies ring their own bell and may not have their dancing shoes on!
