12 months ago, a rogue paw sent Raptor crashing to the floor into 3 broken pieces with 13 different structural cracks. Mischka has been banned from my art studio ever since. Because no matter how carefully I “secure the perimeter”, my impish cat always finds a way to indulge his insatiable need for MAKING LOUD NOISES. The larger the falling object, the greater his glee. Inexplicably, I miss the impish little beast when I’m away from our “Chelsea Treehouse”. My studio is in the Catskills—ironic, I know—and I’m typically away for days at a time.
Mischka’s propensity for arbitrary destruction diametrically opposes my propensity to create. Amusing coincidence or twisted yin-yang/mystery of life thing? Now that Raptor has been fully rehabilitated, is it time to lift the ban?
RAPTOR, steel & resin sculpture (detail) by Dave Stevenson, on the "operating table" for repair at StudioDave after incurring catastrophic injuries.