Atelier Talk August 2026: A Cat I Love Died, and He Died Twice & A Few “For the First Time”s
Preparing a canvas under my furry friend’s watchful eye. A cat died. A cat whom I had known almost since I moved to the US. He was a beautiful, large white cat with odd eyes named Catsley. He belonged to my friends in Philadelphia. I love them so much. I have so many memories with them—with Catsley and with my human friends. When I heard the news, it came as a response to a random question I had asked my friend about a window in a house they used to live in. He went to heaven over Memorial Day weekend, at the end of May 2026. But I heard about it on August 3... and, to me, he suddenly left the earth on that day. He had cancer, and it was Stage 4 when he was diagnosed in January, like my father. He lived a very long life for a cat, but I was starting to believe he would live forever with us because he never seemed any older than when I first met him. I had been asking my friend about a window in the spacious studio apartment they used to live in. I once lived there temporarily in the su...
