Through the Looking Cat
“Cheshire Puss,” Alice began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider.
”Come, it’s pleased so far.” thought Alice, and she went on. “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
”I don’t much care where–“ said Alice.
”Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
”–so long as I get SOMEWHERE,” Alice added as an explanation.
“Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk long enough.”
”But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
”Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”
”How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.
”You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.”
Alice in Wonderland. by Lewis Carroll
There was life before AI…
As a signature identifier for a friend’s entry gate, I created a paper stencil of “the best cat ever.”
Sipping wine on the terrace on a warm afternoon, I happened to hold the stencil up and look through it. Astonished, I grabbed my camera and began shooting - you might say, madly. Above is one of the many cats that appeared.
Very interesting. What were you holding the stencil up to in that first image. I see it's your shirt pattern in the accompanying photo.
Super cool. I love it!