Artist and his Topiary Cat works

[packman]

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat. Alone with the cat in the room where you work … the cat will invariably get up on your desk and settle placidly under the desk lamp. The light from a desk lamp … gives a cat great satisfaction. The cat will settle down and be serene, with a serenity that passes all understanding. And the tranquility of the cat will gradually come to affect you, sitting there at your desk, so that all the excitable qualities that impede your concentration compose themselves and give your mind back the self-command it has lost. You need not watch the cat all the time. Its presence alone is enough. The effect of a cat on your concentration is remarkable, very mysterious.

– Muriel Spark, A Far Cry from Kensington (1988)

Many more at:

https://flashbak.com/topiary-cat-447377/

[CurtEastPoint]

1. not real. At least not physically real. Digital.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/topiary-cats/

[Pobeka]

2. Yes. First image has no reflection of the cat in the water.

That made me suspect the rest.

They are interesting and good looking images nonetheless.

[packman]

3. Of course not real - article said so

It all began when Richard photographed a huge abstract topiary in the grounds of Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, a stately home in England. Looking at the picture, Richard thought is look very much like a resting animal. The idea came to him that if Tolly could be photographed in a certain position and in the right lighting, he could be dropped into the photograph to make a surrealistic image.

Richard made a few more images of Tolly in reposeful aspect and other situations, and posted the results on Flickr. And then what with the web being what it is, someone took the images, posted them online and claimed the magical topiary could be seen in a real place. Others agreed it was real, and a personal art project became an internet hit.


Might be a good idea to read the full post before commenting on the validity of it - some people!!!

[CurtEastPoint]

4. Jesus. Lighten up

[packman]

5. A PSA check for reality/vs nonreality postings

Of course, one could Check this posting out in Snopes if one doubts the sincerity and integrity of one's original posting

Rather than commenting on the ingenuity, skill and technique of the artist, one chooses to proclaim the reality of a photo and another points out the lack of shadowing - Christ, some people just like to piss on everything