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One of 10 Roosters that will be exhibiting in Shanghai come CNY2017

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Happy Holidays. Painting by Frances Khan Lin

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All Things Considered editor and children’s book maven Justine Kenin is VERY excited about They All Saw a Cat – a new picture book that depicts all the many ways various creatures perceive a cat out on a stroll. Here’s her review:

 A great picture book’s magic sneaks up on you. 

It becomes the book you want to read again and again.  The story may seem simple at first pass – it’s for the non-reading set after all – but then you hear it in your head, and see the images in your mind. 

Each picture takes long minutes to absorb, and reveals new details each time you open the book. And a great picture book  –like Brendan Wenzel’s new They All Saw a Cat – reveals a secret about life itself.

Wenzel both wrote and illustrated Cat. His words bring a steady rhythm and repetition so perfect for the picture book reader – the words build, the reader anticipates, the beat is the same as you turn each page. 

The book opens with a picture of a lanky, striped feline headed off for adventure: “The cat walked through the world, with its whiskers, ears, and paws …”  

And the great surprise is the “They” of the title. What and who will the cat encounter?  A dog, a mouse, a flea – the cat encounters friends, mortal enemies, and possible meals. But how does each creature see the cat?

My personal favorites are the bee, seeing the cat with all of its eyes.  And the fish, for whom the cat is oh so big and watery.

But I don’t want to give too much away.

Just know that as you read this book your two-year-old will understand that we all see a cat. That each animal sees the cat differently – but it’s still a cat, and our perspective shapes how we it, whether we’re hungry to eat it or view it from high in the sky.

And does that cat see himself?  Yes, and that perspective is also perfect.

– Petra (who sees too many cats, whenever she goes home)

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The bathroom at the restaurant Naked Food in Taipei has been transformed.

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Last night I attended a dinner in Shanghai. Most of the company were in the advertising world and the notion of career women being leftover came to conversation. I can't believe it... I do believe that they let that run as the "big idea" in advertising world. Anyways this is my "idea" as being a specified "leftover." How dramatic that you are one in the same as an oil spill. #visualpoetry #poetry #painting #illustration #shanghai #awkward #reflectionofreality #perception #leftover #hypocritical #society #solitude #mislead #notions #advertising #lettering (at Shanghai, China)

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Bouquet 3 -fkl For my brother and sister-in-law.

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Churning Wetlands (watercolor) -fkl I am thinking about Chongming Island. The world largest estuarine alluvial island at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Unique wetland landscapes make up this nook of the world. Design Harvest is calling for artists to create outdoor murals and I just handed in my application. Perhaps I will not be chosen. Perhaps I will. Either way it got me thinking about this place. #watercolor #painting #species #nature #untouched #solar #wind #power #estuary #island #yangtzeriver #alluvium #chongming #island #bird #habitat #freshwater #seawater #land #sand #water #mud #wetlands (at Shanghai, China)

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Daniel Arsham plays around with paper, walls and people.

New York based artist Daniel Arsham straddles the line between art, architecture and performance. Raised in Miami, Arsham attended the Cooper Union in New York City where he received the Gelman Trust Fellowship Award in 2003. Architecture is a prevalent subject throughout his work; environments with eroded walls and stairs going nowhere, landscapes where nature overrides structures, and a general sense of playfulness within existing architecture. Arsham makes architecture do things it is not supposed to do, mining everyday experience for opportunities to confuse and confound our expectations of space and form. Simple yet paradoxical gestures dominate his sculptural work: a facade that appears to billow in the wind, a figure wrapped up in the surface of a wall, a contemporary object cast in volcanic ash as if it was found on some future archaeological site.

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By FrancesKhan Lin. I miss my #cat #catsofinstagram #leap #mischief #illustration #painting #playing #ink #catsofinstagram #catlover #cat_features #catslife #kitty

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Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, 1964-5