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Slutty Vegan Is Coming To The Atlanta Airport – Secret Atlanta
Posted: January 24, 2024 at 2:35 am
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Good news for vegans who frequent the busiest airport in the world: Slutty Vegan is opening up a brand new location in the ATL airport!
Atlanta is full of tons of delicious vegan options, including Slutty Vegan, of course! But the current meat-less situation at the Atlanta Airport is dismal at best. Luckily, Slutty Vegan is here to save the day!
Last fall, the Black woman-owned restaurant announced that it was opening up a new spot at Hartsfield-Jackson. Owner Pinky Cole-Hayes announced on Instagram: I have the most ICONIC announcement of my professional career!! The announcement? That Slutty Vegan was to become a permanent resident of Concourse B at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Slutty Vegan posted the new renderings for their spot in the airport on Instagram earlier, captioning it: Just got our renderings for Hartsfield-Jackson international Airport!
The comments were flooded with positive reactions. One commenter said, Gonna need its own terminal to keep up with all the foot traffic surrounding the place!! another played on Slutty Vegans cheeky puns, saying Mmmmm!! Its so big, I love it!
All we know is: were so excited for it to open. Theres no official opening date quite yet, but were hopeful itll be here sooner rather than later. And as soon as we know, youll know too!
For now, well just have to grab our Slutty Vegan fix from one of the many locations around the ATL. Of course weve gotta share our recommendation: try the One Night Stand: a plant-based patty loaded with vegan bacon, vegan cheese, onions, lettuce, tomato, and their iconic Slut Sauce on a vegan Hawaiian bun. Mouthwatering.
To find your nearest Slutty Vegan and browse the menu of Slutty Vegan delights, check out their website!
Stay Slutty, Atlanta!
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Vegan advocate Dexter King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 62 – Animals 24-7
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Going vegan in 1987, advised by Dick Gregory, may have almost doubled Dexter Kings lifespan in long fight against cancer
MALIBU, CaliforniaDexter Scott King, 62, second son of Martin Luther King Jr., influential for more than 35 years in boosting vegetarianism and veganism among African-Americans, on the morning of January 22, 2024 transitioned peacefully in his sleep at home with me in Malibu, his wife Leah Weber King said in a media statement distributed by the Atlanta-based Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change.
Dexter Scott King and Leah Weber King had been married since 2013.
Dexter King died from prostate cancer, a disease he apparently fought for most of his life.
He gave it everything and battled this terrible disease until the end. As with all the challenges in his life, he faced this hurdle with bravery and might, Leah Weber King said.
According to a 1997 profile by Kevin Sack of the Tampa Bay Times, Dexter King dropped out of his fathers alma mater, Morehouse College, because of an illness he will not discuss. He said the condition became manageable after he adopted a vegan diet and took a journey of self-discovery.
In 1987 Dexter King visited a health spa that athlete, comedian, and activist Dick Gregory founded in the Bahamas.
(See Dick Gregory, 50 years a vegan activist, dies at 84.)
Influenced by Gregory, On January 30, 1988, my twenty-seventh birthday, I became a strict vegetarian. I developed a passion for health and nutrition, Dexter King testified in 2003. My diet consists of fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts and legumes only, and has for the past 15 years now.
His family mother Coretta Scott King, sisters Bernice and Yolanda, and brother Martin Luther III greeted his new regimen with curiosity, wrote Jill Howard Church in 1995 for Vegetarian Times.
My family has always been very open-minded, said Dexter King, but certainly [veganism] was not their orientation. They were not sure what to think.
When I first became a vegetarian, I was very self-righteous about it, Dexter King added. As Ive aged and become more seasoned with time, Ive mellowed. The best testimonial is the proof in the pudding.
Part of that proof was that Dexter Kings mother, Coretta Scott King (1927-2006), also persuaded by her lifelong friend Barbara Reynolds, became vegan in 1995 and remained vegan for the last 12 years of her life, as did several of her other friends.
Among them was Rosa Parks (1913-2005), whose 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, led to her arrest and touched off a boycott of the city-owned bus company led by Martin Luther King Jr., then a young local minister.
This led to the November 1955 U.S. Supreme Court decision that abolished segregation in public transportation, was among the first major victories of the 20th century civil rights movement, and projected Martin Luther King Jr. to national prominence.
I was not in the practice of eating a lot of meat, Rosa Parks explained.
In childhood, she said, We had peach, apple, plums. We would go into the woods and eat blackberries. It was not hard at all for me to not eat meat.
Adds the Vegetarians of Washington website, Among her favorite vegetables were broccoli, greens, sweet potatoes and string beans.
Deeply involved in the affairs of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change, and quiet by nature, Dexter King except in that 1995 Vegetarian Times article relatively seldom spoke in public about veganism and animal advocacy.
Though noted in passing seven times in Dexter Kings 2004 memoir Growing Up King, his beliefs about animals and food were usually mentioned by others almost as a footnote to articles focused on the legacies of his father, Martin Luther King Jr., and, sometimes, Dick Gregory.
But Dexter King made his views clear to Jill Howard Church.
Veganism has given me a higher level of awareness and spirituality, Dexter King said, primarily because the energy associated with eating has shifted to other areas.
If you are violent to yourself by putting [harmful] things into your body that violate its spirit, it will be difficult not to perpetuate that [violence] onto someone else, Dexter King added.
Dexter King also observed that, Women in general are probably more sensitive to their health needs and sensitive to what they eat. Men generally are not as concerned.
I dont know a heck of a lot of African-Americans who are vegetarian, Dexter King admitted, but I know more who are becoming aware.
That was 28 years before his death.
By then the downtown Atlanta neighborhood surrounding the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change had become one of the national hubs of the fast-growing African-American vegan/vegetarian movement.
Traci Thomas, who founded the Black Vegetarian Society of Georgia in 2002, the first of an international string of Black Vegetarian Societies, credited Dick Gregory rather than Dexter King with inspiring her to give up meat in 1994, but when in Atlanta, Dexter King was a regular customer at the tiny Black Vegetarian Society of Georgia restaurant.
Thomas was among the first vegansof any ethnicityto win national media notice as a vegan teacher and advocate without initially achieving celebrity as an athlete, entertainer, or spiritual leader. Her 2002 recommendation of corn on the cob as a simple vegan focal food for summer picnics won extensive notice in Midwestern small town newspapers that might never before have published the word vegan.
Thomas followed up by popularizing vegan recipes consisting of five ingredients or fewer, to appeal to anyone whose time for shopping and cooking is limited.
Later, fellow Atlanta resident Pinky Cole founded her Slutty Vegan burger counter in the neighborhood.
Slutty Vegan became the place to be seen waiting, especially if youre an African-American celebrity, observed New York Timesreporter Kim Severson on July 1, 2019.
Since then, the vegan burger restaurant has expanded successfully to five locations serving majority African-American neighborhoods around Atlanta; Athens and Columbus, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; and Brooklyn and Harlem in New York City.
Dexter King meanwhile established himself as a businessman on another front.
After succeeding his mother as both the head of the King Center for Social Change and executor of Dr. Kings estate, Dexter King quickly consolidated control over the familys social agenda and financial affairs, recounted Kevin Sack of the Tampa Bay Times.
Dexter Kings first tenure heading the King Center, in 1989, was brief, as his initial attempts to exercise leadership met intense opposition from within.
When Dexter King returned, in 1994, the King Center was reportedly almost bankrupt.
Since then, with halting, often awkward steps, Sack wrote in his 1997 profile, Dexter King has cobbled together a vision for preserving his fathers legacy that relies more on the Internet and intellectual property rights than on the cause-oriented mission that Mrs. King established for the King center in 1968.
In many ways, Sack observed, the transition from mother to son has highlighted the generational differences between the marchers and dreamers of the civil rights era and the deal makers and realists of today.
An early bizarre misstep was a March 1997 televised prison meeting with the terminally ill confessed Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Raywho later recanted his own testimony.
(See MLK assassin ex-wife Anna Ray busted for dog hoardingagain!)
Without any showing of evidence, summarized Sack, Dexter King declared that his family believed Ray innocent of any knowing involvement in the killing.
Dexter King later implicated President Lyndon B. Johnson in a government conspiracy, Sack continued, a theory promoted by Rays lawyer, William Pepper.
I have never seen myself the way the media has portrayed me, as a leader, Dexter King told Sack. Im not trying to have a constituency. Im not trying to be preachy or be on a pedestal. Im not trying to effect change on that level, not because its not something that should be done, but thats just not my best destiny.
Sack noted intense opposition or, at the very least, befuddlement, from civil rights veterans who marched at Dr. Kings side, from board members of the King Center, from the pulpit of the church where Dr. King, his father, and his maternal grandfather had been pastor, and from the liberal black editorial page editor of the Atlanta Constitution.
Lawsuits filed against Dexter King in 2008 by his sisterBernice Kingand brotherMartin Luther King III followed, including a case filed by Bernice King on behalf of the estate ofCoretta Scott King. All three lawsuits were settled out of court in 2009.
The Dexter King legacy as regards the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. may remain controversial for years to come.
His best destiny, meanwhile, may be a statistic: when Dexter King became vegan in 1988, only about 3% of Americans of European descent were vegans and vegetarians, and barely 1% of Americans of African descent.
Today the percentage of Americans of European descent who are vegans or vegetarians is still only about 3%, but the percentage of Americans of African descent who are vegans or vegetarians is at 8% and rapidly growing.
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Christopher Gardner on Netflix’s ‘You Are What You Eat’ – Stanford Report – Stanford University News
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Christopher Gardner says having his research featured in the Netflix food series You Are What You Eat has been one of the more impactful things hes done in more than 30 years at Stanford.
The show chronicles the experience of four pairs of identical twins who participated in an eight-week study with Stanford Medicine researchers as they compared the impacts of a vegan diet with an omnivore diet. The study involved a total of 22 pairs of identical twins and randomized one twin from each pair to either a vegan or omnivore diet.
Im always trying to get people to eat more healthfully, and it often doesnt work, said Gardner, the Rehnborg Farquhar Professor and a professor of medicine. I dont actually care if they eat a vegan diet, just more plants and less meat. Thats what Ive been all about for a long, long time.
Ever since the shows Jan. 1 release, Gardners inbox has been packed with feedback from strangers, colleagues, and others. Gardners own sister told him that after watching the documentary, she may try eating more plant-based meals.
The show features several scenes filmed on campus and within the surrounding area.
In the first episode, Gardner explains why its difficult to study nutrition when each person is unique. Working with twins, who have the same genetic make-up, helps address that challenge cue charming shots of twins finishing each others sentences and mirroring mannerisms.
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The omnivore diet versus the vegan diet: Which one is better for your cardiovascular health? Stanford researchers found the answer by changing the eating habits of identical twins.
Gardner is the senior author of the study, which was co-first authored by Matthew Landry, PhD, a former Stanford Prevention Research Center postdoctoral scholar, and Catherine Ward, a current postdoctoral scholar at the center. Landry is now an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine.
Gardner spoke with Stanford Report about his experience on the show:
What motivated you to do the show?
There can be this huge, lengthy gap between when science comes up with new findings and it getting implemented in the public, so Ive become super open-minded as to how we run studies and how visible they are, not only to the public but also to other busy clinicians. Some people do Twitter and some watch Netflix and some go to conferences. These days, if you really want to get your work out there, there are a lot of potential audiences.
Its totally novel. Ten years ago, we would say, Social media and videos arent credible. Were academics. We publish, people cite our paper, and we go to conferences. Now that I am on social media, podcasts, and this documentary, I meet new colleagues, I see papers that I would have otherwise missed, and Ive been more open-minded to different ways to share the results of our studies.
What has it been like having your study featured in a Netflix show?
Mostly it has been lots of love and lots of people saying, Congratulations, thats so cool, and certainly from a lot of people who probably wouldnt have heard of the study otherwise. Ive heard from people who havent seen me in a long time, and a lot of colleagues are seeing it and writing to me about it. Then, on the other hand, there have been an overwhelming number of people volunteering to be in my next study. There have also been a number of very challenging communications from people who say, Im really sick. I saw your Netflix show and Im really hoping that you can help treat me, which is just not possible. Im not even a clinician. And Im getting some hate mail from people who dont believe in plant-based diets, and some conspiracy theorists. So its quite a range of responses that I wouldnt normally get for something published in a scientific journal.
Christopher Gardner (Image credit: Netflix/OPS Productions)
Talk about the upsides and downsides of having a study featured in a show.
I actually think the impact of this is bigger than anything Ive ever done in 30 years at Stanford. I did the same science Ive always done, but its just presented in a different way. My science doesnt say people should be vegan; it just says people should eat less meat and more plants. The people who are writing to me are saying theyre trying more plants and trying less meat. That part has been wildly satisfying.
The challenge with the Netflix opportunity was how little control I had. For example, Netflix wanted something in the documentary about exercise and to measure the participants for fat and lean mass, which is done with a very expensive DEXA scan. I pointed out that we didnt have room in the budget for it with 44 participants. So they said they would do it separately on the side with just eight participants of the study, and its well-featured in the show with the eight people who got results. But nobody else got measured by the DEXA, and its not part of the study so when people ask for the data, I dont even have it, but people think I do because of the way it was presented on the show. They also didnt tell us about the part in which they are measuring for sexual arousal. That was not a part of the study we designed and conducted. I dont think that was an appropriate topic and only found out about that after the screening.
But overall, its been very satisfying to hear that weve made more of an impact than I think I ever have before.
Do you anticipate using twins in future nutrition studies?
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Yes. I am super excited. Plus the twins are fun. They were wonderful and very easy to work with. They had this sense of humor and were nudging each other and finishing each others sentences. They were adorable, which really does sound silly, but it makes it really fun for the staff. When we recruit people for studies, it can be frustrating. If you saw the series you see how much we poked and prodded and harassed them to collect all the data. They could have been annoyed with us. But they all remained friendly and enthusiastic throughout. Only one person dropped out of the study, and then their twins data wasnt useful so the final results are based on 42 out of 44 people. In my field thats amazing thats ~95% retention.
Now that it has aired, what is your favorite part of the show?
I think the show made the science really fun, and because of that, it was more accessible to people learning about it. The film crew and producer did a good job of that. Also, most people who work in this area completely underestimate the recruitment effort. Recruitment is really, really hard in the general population. And within a few days of the Netflix show release, the Stanford Twin Registry administrators called me and told me that their registry had a significant jump in registration. Since the documentary came out, over 300 individuals who had twins signed up to be part of the registry, all thinking how interesting it could be to participate in research studies and maybe end up on TV?!
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Tell us: have you taken part in Veganuary? – The Guardian
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We would like to hear from people who have taken part in Veganuary since it launched 10 years ago
Tue 23 Jan 2024 06.48 EST
It has been 10 years since Jane Land and Matthew Glover led the plant-based revolution. The aptly named Veganuary calls on people to go completely vegan during the month of January. In the last decade, the number of vegans in the UK has quadrupled to 1 million.
Have you taken part in Veganuary since it launched a decade ago? How was the experience? Did you carry on after the month finished? What made you decide to do it? Was it a new year resolution or more of a long term decision?
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The Future of Beauty is Here with Vegan Lipstick and AI Foundation – One Green Planet
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The beauty industry is ever-evolving but the future is here. Dcypher, a British brand, and Hourglass Cosmetics are leading the way with groundbreaking approaches to foundation and lipstick production, respectively.
Dcypher has abandoned the conventional method of forecasting popular skin shades and producing mass quantities of foundation, only to be left with surplus stock. Instead, the brand harnesses the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze individual skin tones through a quick and efficient 60-second online process. The result? A custom-blended foundation tailored to each customers unique shade, available for 42. This not only eliminates excess stock and packaging but also reduces the environmental impact associated with freight and storage.
What sets Dcypher apart from other online color-matching brands is its commitment to offering more than a generic foundation. Customers have the freedom to choose their preferred coverage level and finish, allowing for a truly customized makeup experience. The success of Dcyphers AI-driven foundation has left users amazed, with the brands free adjustment service standing as a testament to its dedication to customer satisfaction.
Meanwhile, Carisa Janes, the founder of Hourglass Cosmetics, has taken a bold step in challenging the status quo of lipstick production. Traditionally, vibrant red lipsticks derive their rich color from carmine, a pigment extracted from female beetles. The process involves sacrificing up to 1,000 beetles to create just one lipstick. Recognizing the environmental and ethical concerns surrounding this practice, Janes embarked on a three-year research journey alongside parent company Unilever.
The result is Confession Red 0, a game-changing, refillable lipstick priced at 35. What sets this lipstick apart is its 100% vegan composition, achieved without harming a single insect. The patent-pending formula delivers a true, fire-engine-red hue in a slim bullet for precise application. While vegan red lipsticks exist, they often fall short in brilliance and saturation compared to carmine reds. Confession Red 0 not only meets the high standards of its traditional counterparts but also represents a leap forward in ethical and sustainable beauty. Beyond its vibrant color, Confession Red 0s packaging and formula exude luxury, demonstrating that ethical beauty doesnt compromise on quality.
Dcypher and Hourglass Cosmetics are trailblazing brands that show the power of innovation and ethical consciousness in the beauty industry. As consumers increasingly seek personalized and sustainable products, these brands set a precedent for a future where beauty meets technology and compassion.
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New vegan cafe (73 Farm) pop up opened in the National Union Building – PoPville
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New vegan cafe (73 Farm) pop up opened in the National Union Building. Offering fresh vegetables, meals, ingredients and mocktails.
73 Farms website says:
Indoor fresh farmers market and vegan cafe featuring a New Orleans style sustainability focused menu. Much of traditional Cajun & Creole food was created out of preserving resources and embracing the natural flavors that come from vegetables as most recipes start with the holy trinity.
We are the former owners of a local plant based meat company and while we still embrace plant based meat alternatives we wanted to this pop up cafe to show our customers what is possible with vegan food. As a traveling engineer, when I was in the south vegan food was the hardest to find especially done to the same standards as the more meat focused dishes. Just as I thought I would have no luck, one night at the Gumbo Stop in New Orleans proved me wrong. I had the most delicious butter beans and rice dish and a fine Sazerac to wash it down and it brought me right back to my familys New Orleans roots. My grandmother waking up early in the morning and smell of piles of chopped celery, onions, and green peppers filling the kitchen. Thats what 73 Farm is all about, sharing family comfort food with real ingredients and authentic flavor from our family to yours.
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The Kind Roastery & Brew Room Joins Veganuary, Offering Delicious Vegan Options to Sip and Celebrate – APN News
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We Asked Women If Vegan Men Give Them the Ick – VICE
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Were living in an enlightened age, the story goes. Aside from Andrew Tate and a bunch of freak gender critical obsessives, most people dont judge others gender identity based on frivolous details like what they enjoy eating. Men dont have to gnaw on red meat to prove their masculinity these days, right?Well, a new study suggests this might be wildly optimistic. According to research published in Sex Roles journal, men on vegan diets are often perceived as lacking in masculinity. This perception seemed to cut across gender, too meaning this wasnt just the Andrew Tate bro crowd calling vegan guys gay. A significant proportion of men participating in the study reportedly felt that male vegans are often viewed as physically weaker and less masculine, and a number of women participants believed there was truth to these stereotypes. Even weirder, some vegans thought this too. In a clear case of vegan on vegan prejudice, the study found negative beliefs about male vegans such as being unmanly or weak were harboured by a number of female vegans. The female vegans themselves were surprised that they have such stereotypical thinking. After all, on a rational level they know that a vegan diet is not related to a persons masculinity, the studys co-author Dominika Adamczyk tells PsyPost. I think this observation further underscores how strong the connection between meat-eating and masculinity is.This seems like a fairly wild discovery, and a blow for all the vegan dudes out there. If even vegan chicks think youre a wimpy soy boy for spurning animal products, what hope is there?! But does this study really hold water? Do women think vegan men are less masculine? More importantly, do guy vegans give girls the ick? To get to the bottom of this, VICE undertook a bit of rigorous scientific research of our own. Basically, we asked loads of women if veganism was a turn off.Yes, one woman responded immediately and decisively to an Instagram call-out. Yeah, hate to say it but I love a man that eats meat, another shot over. Yes, is that bad? another asked, before admitting she was speaking as an ex-vegan herself. I do get the ick a little, but that probably says more about me than them, a fourth woman confessed. I worry that their farts will smell all Quorn-y and I love cooking steak so, it's a defo ick for me, a fifth reported, definitely revealing more about herself than anything else in the process.
So far, its not looking good for the vegan guys. But surely Zoomers care less about all this than Boomers? Veganism is meant to have been normalised now, isnt it? Beyonc and Jay Z are vegan goddamn it! There must be a bunch of ladies out there who dont always associate vegan guys with weakness and flatulence.Next I turn to that infamous source of infinite wisdom: the Girls Group Chats. I dont see a vegan man as less masculine and it definitely wouldn't give me the ick, Phoebe, 29, says in Quorn Guys defence. To be honest, Id quite like it because I'd probably end up eating healthier. A similar line of thinking is advanced by 31-year-old Amy: Being vegan might mean theyre a better, more creative cook, which is a pretty hot trait in my book. Hannah, 30, agrees on the turn on. And now Im left wondering if this says more about early millennials who were raised on cooking shows and now fancy Jeremy Allen White in The Bear, than it does #AllWomen.Theyre more likely to be cooks who are used to adapting, which is also pretty hot stuff, Hannah says. I have lots of friends with intolerances and allergies, and I have other friends who struggle to cook for them because theyre not used to adapting ingredients.So vegan guys are adaptable and good in the kitchen? That might not win over the Andrew Tate bros as signs of alpha masculinity, but it might help them actually get girlfriends IRL.
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Vegan Leather Smartphone Cases – Trend Hunter
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The hardgraft Fuzzy Alcantara iPhone 15 Pro Cover is a luxurious accessory for the Apple-branded smartphone that's ready to provide impressive durability in a vegan-friendly way. The case is covered with the namesake Alcantara material to give it a soft, supple feel in the hand that mimics the feel of leather but is completely animal-free. The case is paired with a raised bevel edge to protect the screen from damage, while the slim construction of the accessory won't interfere with MagSafe functionality.
The hardgraft Fuzzy Alcantara iPhone 15 Pro Cover has a metal camera bezel frame for added style and durability, and is waterproof to prevent moisture from distorting its appearance. The case comes in four color options including Melange Grey, Forest Green, Chestnut Brown and Dusty Black.
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Japan Art and Cats: Cat in Buddhist Robes Modern Tokyo Times – Modern Tokyo Times
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Japan Art and Cats: Cat in Buddhist Robes
Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
Cats are the theme in this article concerning Japanese art. However, the above art piece by Okubo Tadanobu(1722-1777)is very intriguing, unlike the other two more natural settings of cats.
In traditional Japanese folklore, cats had a deeper negative angle. This concerns the corpse-eating cats (kasha), the shapeshifting (bakeneko) cat with one tail, and the two-tailed cat (nekomata).
Yet, in the art piece by Okubo Tadanobu,the cat is the protector of the written words of Buddhism. This concerns cats being brought to Japan in increasing numbers during the Nara Period (710-794) for a specific purpose. Accordingly, cats protected important Buddhist scrolls from gnawing rats.
Another unique trait of this stunning art piece is the chrysanthemums on the robes. Henceforth, another important connotation that links the Imperial Family with cats.
The second art piece is by Sasajima Kihei (1906-1993). From 1962, he focused on religious themes in his art. For example, the Sacred Moutain and Fudo Myo-o (Buddhist Deity).
The final art piece of the Sleeping Cat is by Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889). He was independent in mind and thought. This reality shines right through the art of Kyosai.
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