by Ivana Filip | Dec 29, 2021 | Animals, Compassion, Everyday, Home, Identity, Inspiration, Storytelling
Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine. – Shunryu Suzuki “The Tale of a Meditator and Her Animals” is a Zen story that I would like to share with you at the end of this so-called 2021. It is a beautiful story to...
by Ivana Filip | Dec 14, 2021 | Animals, Cats, Compassion, Creative Exercise, Eco, Home, Inspiration, Motivation, Multispecies Collaboration, Nonhumans
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” ― Anatole France Who is your Octopus Teacher? Maybe you have watched it and if you haven’t yet, please have a little treat and adventure into the beautiful story about interspecies...
by Ivana Filip | Dec 6, 2021 | Animals, Compassion, Creative Exercise, Home, Inspiration, Nonhumans
Patience is the virtue of the donkeys. – French Proverb Today, on the 6th of December Catholics celebrates Saint Nicholas, the protector of children and sailors. Once I was a kid and once a sailor too, but today, I am choosing him not because of my...
by Ivana Filip | Nov 1, 2021 | Animals, Cats, Compassion, Home, Inspiration, Nonhumans
“We stand for our rights and we roooooooooar!” — From the Manifesto of Catopia, by Ivana Filip and Catpeople Free roaming cats are cats who were once pets, but were lost or left outside and cats born outside, with no or very little contact with humans. Authors...
by Ivana Filip | Sep 13, 2021 | Animals, Compassion, Eco, Everyday, Home, Motivation, Nonhumans, Stamina, Storytelling
“My art is the way I reestablish the bonds that tie me to the universe.” – Ana Mendieta All cameras and mobile phones were focusing on him. He was watching back. He stretched his wings and turned, flipping them through the air. He is going to fly for the first...