(Quick, off topic, except for cats, distraction. Medieval art is part of this post, NSFW. But not gratuitous.)

Jenny Lawson (thebloggess) Oct 07, 2024 Read on Substack

This week I started a drawing that was all vines and flowers and it was fine, but a little boring and so I decided to add Hunter S. Thomcat to it because he’s always trying to add himself to drawings anyway. Exhibit A:

And it was a very good idea in theory but somehow it turned…weird? And I kept trying to fix it and it kept getting worse and I would like this to be one of those stories that ends with, “AND EMBRACING THE FLAWS MADE IT EVEN BETTER” but that did not happen because, well…look:

Why does he look vaguely human?

Anyway, I gave up and started another drawing but I’m not finished with it yet and I was feeling a little disappointed in my myself until I saw this collection of medieval cat paintings:

Turns out cats have been fucking up art for centuries because they are enigmatic and mysterious:

And comparatively, my cat drawing became slightly less unnerving.

It important to remember…they’re not all going to be winners.

Or…you know…always make sense?

But since I don’t have a finished drawing I do have this for you…a drawing a did awhile ago that I added color to before I realized that I’m actually not that great at color combinations.

It’s no medieval cat eating a dismembered penis, but then again…what is?

Hugs, sweet friends.

~me