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 21, 2021 | Cats, Everyday, Home, Inspiration
“What day is it?” asked Pooh. “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favourite day,” said Pooh. – A. A Milne If you would ask me what happens daily in this town I live and work in at the moment, I would say – not much. On the other hand, there is always something...
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 | Oct 11, 2021 | Art, Compassion, Creativity, Everyday, Home, Inspiration, Motivation, Stamina
“Cause people often talk about being scared of change But for me I’m more afraid of things staying the same Cause the game is never won by standing in any one place for too long” In these words, musician and artist Nick Cave exposes the wisdom of change...