Pet Monologues

This post celebrates World Animal Day and Bless the Animals. Follow the links to learn more about PM’s initiative which started on October 4 07. We will be looking for marketing efforts that feature animals.

Here we feature a collaboration between Puma and Atmos NY, which consists of three pairs of Puma models inspired by three endangered
polar animals: the Harp Seal, Macaroni Penguin and Polar Bear. Each sneaker has its own unique design, but comes with the works of National Geographic photographer Mitsuaki Iwago featured on it, as well as a transparent outsole.






Each shoe in the collection captures the unique characteristics of a specific animal, and features Mr. Iwago’s photography on the removable insole. The name and habitat of each animal is on the reverse tongue and the outsole in both English and Japanese. The shoes were created in hopes of bringing attention to our impact on these endangered animals.

The second shoe in the Polar Pack is the PUMA x Atmos Polar Bear Clyde. Drawing direct inspiration from the polar bears of the Artic the shoe features an off white nubuck upper and fur collar, while the blue ice sole represents the Polar Bear’s natural habitat. The shoe comes with three sets of colored laces and have the Atmos “A” on the lace tips and heel. The Polar Bear is currently ranked as vulnerable and is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

PM will attempt to create a post a day leading up to World Animal Day 2008. Give us a hand!

Found exclusively at Atmos as June 2008. via highsnobiety

Caw to art! is an effort to showcase animals and pets in an ARTFUL manner. A photograph, fine art, a scribble, sculpture. A poem, a monologue, a short story, motion.

Submissions: Beginning Wednesday 9/3/08 thru Friday and maybe
a bit longer…

sheona hamilton grant submits head to toe
diane clancy submits freckles in butterflies
amolife submits cute animal babies
dsdesign submits diabolico

head to toe

freckles in flowers

cute animal babies

diabolico

Still steeping…

…in the meantime. Questions? Comments? Editor’s note: please look at Comment 1 below for more C2a! details as well as look at the previous editions of Caw to art!…

and while you are curating your submissions don’t forget Friday Ark roster for this weekend. And Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday.

Caw to art! is an effort to showcase animals and pets in an ARTFUL manner. A photograph, fine art, a scribble, sculpture. A poem, a monologue, a short story, motion.

Submissions: Beginning Wednesday 8/20/08 thru Friday and maybe
a bit longer…

art painting weekly submits black horse
blog.7art.org submits ruidera
diane clancy submits bucky in flowers
sheona hamilton grant submits footloose

black horse

ruidera

bucky in flowers

footloose

Still steeping…

…in the meantime. Questions? Comments? Editor’s note: please look at Comment 1 below for more C2a! details as well as look at the previous editions of Caw to art!…

and while you are curating your submissions don’t forget Friday Ark roster for this weekend. And Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday.

Trash bag polar bears that inflate and then deflate with the passing of subterranean subway trains. The artist, Joshua Allen Harris has not commented that this is a global warming statement, but that’s what many conclude. They do clutter up the street a bit. Fun concept!

by Rudyard Kipling

There is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
And when we are certain of sorrow in store,
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.

Buy a pup and your money will buy
Love unflinching that cannot lie–
Perfect passion and worship fed
By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
Nevertheless it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for a dog to tear.

When the fourteen years which Nature permits
Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits,
And the vet’s unspoken prescription runs
To lethal chambers or loaded guns,
Then you will find–it’s your own affair–
But…you’ve given your heart for a dog to tear.

When the body that lived at your single will,
With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!);
When the spirit that answered your every mood
Is gone–wherever it goes–for good,
You will discover how much you care,
And will give your heart for the dog to tear.

We’ve sorrow enough in the natural way,
When it comes to burying Christian clay.
Our loves are not given, but only lent,
At compound interest of cent per cent.
Though it is not always the case, I believe,
That the longer we’ve kept ‘em, the more do we grieve:
For, when debts are payable, right or wrong,
A short-time loan is as bad as a long–
So why in Heaven (before we are there)
Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?

Caw to art! is an effort to showcase animals and pets in an ARTFUL manner. A photograph, fine art, a scribble, sculpture. A poem, a monologue, a short story, motion.

Submissions: Beginning Wednesday 8/13/08 thru Friday and maybe
a bit longer…

eric drooker submits dog’s eye view
cosmic death ray submits caged
diane clancy submits violet in flowers
pet monologues finds shelter
useful zero submits cool red frog
cous cous kid submits bed time story
efimera submits amazing rare things

dog’s eye view

caged

violet in flowers

shelter

cool red frog

bed time story

amazing rare things

Still steeping…

…in the meantime. Questions? Comments? Editor’s note: please look at Comment 1 below for more C2a! details as well as look at the previous editions of Caw to art!…

and while you are curating your submissions don’t forget Friday Ark roster for this weekend. And Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday.

NOTE: Adult language.

Monologue Description: “NIBBIE’S PARLOR” is an absurd theatre monologue.

Character Description: In this monologue, Plathamus talks to a long distanced cousin, whom he hasn’t seen in many years, all about his business parlor. He drinks heavily…

PLATHAMUS:

(what starts off as a slow bark, escalates into a louder, faster…more fierce bark)

ruff…ruff…ruff…Ruff…Ruff…RUFF…RUFF…RUFF…RUFF! RUFF! RUFF!! RUFF!! RUFF!! RUFF!!! RUFF!!! RUFF!!!

(than silence)

(nonchalantly) I took a giant dump one day and discovered a key in my doody. Upon retrieving this key I also discovered that it unlocked a door. It took me ten years to find this door. When I opened it, a bunch of featherless chickens jumped out but they barked like dogs…They were barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking and barking…..and bark-ing.

One was blue, the small one and the others hated him, except for Oscar. Oscar was the biggest one and he protected the little blue one but whenever Oscar wasn’t around, the other featherless chickens would fuck him up. Sad. Read the rest of this entry »

Interested in generating a Who UR ( Word Cloud ) that defines your space? Or a post? Try Wordle (great name!) a DIY word generator that makes it easy. You have options to control layout, color, fonts, and most importantly your content.

To build a Wordle you can provide your url or just words. PM tried the Pet Monologue url but Wordle generated a visual of our most recent posts. The end result was not what our site is about, just where our head/or the news was at last week. The above Wordle was generated via “select” stories over the course of a year.

Spread Who UR
If you send us a link to your own Wordle we will add your linky to this post to grow a master list.

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Build a Wordle that defines U/your site. Be serious or not. Expose yourself, or not. A big picture message or where your passion lies most recently.

What message would you like to send out to the blogsphere?
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2. Post your Wordle on your blog along with these “start/end” rules
3. Tag a minimum of 3 bloggers - or your entire blogroll - to do the same. Notify them of the tag. Your Wordle will soar into the blogosphere.

PM says: “ADD your site to the Wordle link list and place your blog’s name and url in a comment HERE to let us know you have completed your post. We will add your linky to the master list frequently. You can copy this master list at any time and add it to your post. Email webmaster [at] petmonolgoues.com if you have questions.”

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The Wordle tags start here:

Animals as friends
Diane Clancy
Laketrees
Modulator
Speedcat Hollydale
the cat/dog log

via wordle.net

Caw to art! is an effort to showcase animals and pets in an ARTFUL manner. A photograph, fine art, a scribble, sculpture. A poem, a monologue, a short story, motion.

Submissions: Beginning Wednesday 8/6/08 thru Friday and maybe
a bit longer…

blog full of jelly submits pony
diane clancy submits bambi in flowers
c77c blog submits sad animals
helen read submits yellow cat
snitterdog submits frampton chicken

pony

bambi in flowers

sad animals

yellow cat

frampton chicken

Still steeping…

…in the meantime. Questions? Comments? Editor’s note: please look at Comment 1 below for more C2a! details as well as look at the previous editions of Caw to art!…

and while you are curating your submissions don’t forget Friday Ark roster for this weekend. And Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday.

Caw to art! is an effort to showcase animals and pets in an ARTFUL manner. A photograph, fine art, a scribble, sculpture. A poem, a monologue, a short story, motion.

Submissions: Beginning Wednesday 7/30/08 thru Friday and maybe
a bit longer…

diane clancy submits abby in flowers
sherry scharschmidt submits good dog
paintalicous submits chocolate donut
canticle of creation submits head

abby in flowers

good dog

chocolate donut

head

Still steeping…

…in the meantime. Questions? Comments? Editor’s note: please look at Comment 1 below for more C2a! details as well as look at the previous editions of Caw to art!…

and while you are curating your submissions don’t forget Friday Ark roster for this weekend. And Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday.