Art, in all the wrong places

A longing house cat dreams of returning to her old home with a garden, a lost paradise of sunlit playful hunts.
In the picture is my beloved Ombra, whom I did not have the heart of forcing to endure a flight that would have lasted several days, followed by a month quarantine inside a cage. 
Ombra now plays happy in a beautiful Northcote garden with her friend Tuppy the Puddle. 

Created for Audio Flux Circuit 03 Pet Sounds.
[09/06/2024]

What is Art, in all the wrong places?

Characters who can't always be trusted. Because they often don't see the difference between sound and noise, between countryside and abandoned building, between fiction and reality.
I explore sound, speak languages and talk to strangers. This is my work.
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Yes, what I would really like is to go back, to the house.
I loved staying in the garden, Winter and Summer, running outside, and the constant excitement of my senses, even when I was asleep.
Those smells, the scent of the creatures crawling in the grass, and the tiny birds, that I wasn’t supposed to chaise… (they were too fast for me any way).
I just enjoyed watching them been a bit scared of me.
And I miss the little presents that I brought home,
the tiny mice that, I knew, she can’t stand them and she didn’t know how to dispose of them, but hey, that’s the way we’ve always done business, am I supposed to change the rules or what?
I have already stopped bringing crickets and cockroaches - I know those are big ‘No! No! No! Bad cat!’ - and, from mammal to mammal, I can’t blame her, although, as you know, disgust is only human, it doesn’t belong to cats.
But it filled me with pride.
I just want to be able to climb up trees, the roof… again
I want to surprise her, hiding behind the gate, when she comes home from work. But there is no gate any more.
Now we live in a flat, at the fifth floor.
Now I spend my days underneath the table, contemplating some peculiar games of light, reflected on the blue wall of her living room.