They’ll like you for the rest of their lives

“Animals have no pockets. They’re not fake. They’re not trying to put you on. All they want is a little food, a pat on the head, and a little love... They’re not trying to hide something, because the only thing they’ve got is their feelings. If you make them like you, they’ll like you for the rest of their lives. They’ll forgive you for a lot of stuff. You don’t have to apologize to them, but it’s good to apologize to them, ‘cause they know... And if you want animal friends, please get them from the pound. They appreciate it. A little love, a little food, and you’ve got friends for life.”

-Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar

美國已故喜劇演員Sid Caesar說，「動物沒有口袋(暗指裝錢的口袋)，他們不做作也不會嘲弄你。他們想要的只是一點點的食物、一個輕撫和一點點的愛。...他們不會試著隱 藏什麼，因為他們有的只是最原始的情感。如果他們喜歡你，他們會用一輩子愛你，會無條件的原諒你。你甚至不需要向他們道歉，但道歉是好的因為他 們都知道。...如果你想要有動物朋友，請去收容所領養。他們會很感謝你，一點點的愛和食物，他們就會是你一輩子的朋友。」

Feeding a stray dog

I bumped into him on my way home.
He was so skinny and starved that after I gave him 2 sticks of chewy treat I can see him still wanted more but too alert as a street dog to show his desire to human.

So I told him to wait there for me and rushed to get a can in the nearest convenient store. After I came back he was still there and then he seemed to gobble up the food all at once. Poor baby :(

The thing I don't understand is that he actually wears a collar. Either it's because he was abandoned, or his owner just put it around his neck for the person's own superiority and then left him outside and wandering. (So the guy doesn't have the responsibility to feed him.) Either case it is wayyyyy too irresponsible as an owner!

Never abandon your pet, folks!


今天晚上回家的路上餵一隻狗狗吃點心 （因為我隨身帶狗點心阿 ^___^）
但他好像還是很餓
因為對人的警戒 很餓又不敢太明顯表示出來
我就跟他說等等喔
跑去最近的便利商店買了一罐狗飼料

回來他還在
狼吞虎嚥的吃完
還讓我摸摸他的頭

這隻狗狗是一隻有項圈的狗
也沒有對我亂吠
要不是被拋棄在路上
就是被人套上項圈讓他在野外生存（又不定時餵他  讓他餓肚子）
不管怎樣
這樣的飼主都太不負責任了  可惡！


請支持領養 不棄養

I feel infinite

No matter it's an infinity in the feeling of revulsion 
or an outburst of happiness
there lies the possibility
in every infinity

In a search of peacefulness

I am not quite sure it is because the tender nature of pencil drawing or the affection toward these beautiful creatures that calms me down and eases my whatsoever bitterness and agony. Anyway it just did.

I do wish there is World Peace in the near future for all the living things on Earth (and no more invasion to other planet, seriously, do we need another planet to destroy?? Why not treasure what we have now on the magnificent Earth?), meanwhile I try to keep the peacefulness in my mind lasting as long as possible. I found myself popping the bubbles in the bubble wrap when I was working in the bookstore. I went blank in my mind and stood there for like minutes and not aware of what I was doing until someone came in the staff room.


"I think I'm sick."
"Everyone is a bit sick here so you'll be fine."


用鉛筆畫畫和畫這些美麗的動物讓我覺得好安心

Encounter my sunshine on the street

Always always always feel so enlightened to encounter the same cat on the street! 
Even though she never remembers me - which is not an issue to me at all, I'm so heartened to meet her twice and to know she's doing good.

Because! It's so tough to live on the street that we couldn't possibly imagine. Their average lifespan is said to be only 3 years, compared to the 10-12 years of a house cat (or dog), because of the car accidents, wound infections, dogs chasing-after, irregular meals, or the capture to the shelters. 

So... Never ever abandon your pet to the street, it could kill them and it really hurts their feelings.
(Yes they do have feelings and emotions.)

在家裡附近遇到同一隻貓咪
就算不能被她記住 
還是很開心看到她還在那裡
因為流浪貓狗真的很辛苦嘛！
每天都要躲車躲人
還不一定找得到東西吃
不管天氣熱天氣冷
都沒有家可以回去休息洗澡窩在被窩裡
還有可能被抓到可怕的收容所

所以請大家不要棄養家裡的寶貝
他們活不下去而且心裡會很難過的喔

Panacea

My cure to emotional dysregulation, depression, social-phobic, cynicism, and any other problems I can't even name out.

我不是一個人格完美的人
個性也不是太好
有點任性妄為
也不太合群

只有他們可以讓我冷靜下來
堅強起來
所以想替他們做一點事
想說他們的故事
想讓他們被愛


最近有點卡住很焦慮
手足無措
Anglia Ruskin University 要我畫人畫靜物畫觀察的東西寄給他們
他們想再重新審核我的研究所申請
我超想去這間學校
可是我只想畫動物嘛

Charlotte Wood in an interview about her book ‘Animal People’

I was doing research on the internet to make illustrations about zoo animals, and then this book cover showed up and appeared to be appealing to me. I never read this book before but here are some good quotes worth thinking upon in the interview with Charlotte Wood on her book ‘Animal People’

"I highly recommend visiting a zoo to observe human behaviour—it’s really quite enthralling. People are very, very weird. One of the most striking things I noticed was how desperate we seem to be, at zoos, for the animals to look at us."

"We sentimentalise animals to almost exactly the same extent that we brutalise them, and while anthropomorphism can be a good thing (in understanding, for example, when animals might feel pain), it can also be disrespectful and narcissistically human-centred in assuming that what is good for us is good for animals. What I’m interested in is the many kinds and levels of denial we employ in our behaviour towards animals."

很喜歡在網路上看到這本書的封面
所以去看了關於她的介紹和作者的interview
作者Charlotte Wood說

「去動物園觀察人類行為是很棒的一件事，你會發現人類非常、非常的怪。」

「我們詮釋動物的情感就像我們虐待她們的程度一樣。有時候擬人化是一件好事，它讓我們去思考動物也會感到疼痛，但同時也是以一種自我為中心的態度，凡事都以人類為出發點，去假設她們的喜好和需求。」

我們塑造一個美麗的天堂住進去
然後覺得需要一些娛樂
再把動物抓進來
天堂滿了
你說
把尊重和同理心丟掉吧
下禮拜他們就來裝電視了