‘Paula’ is an orphan from a village called ‘Echt’ in the southern part of The Netherlands.
‘Jambe Blanche’ is a 17 year old belle dame. She was born in the basement of our first studio and has four white legs but that may not be a surprise. Both our cats are black and white, spotted like Dutch cows.
In fact, we only allow black and white spotted cats into our house in the forest. But even more importantly, they must be female. In Dutch a female cat is pronounced ‘poesje’ which is a sweet nickname for a ‘vagina’.
To a certain level, I believe, cats are autistic. They can’t really understand people’s emotions and can be quite ruthless. They kill birds, butterflies, mice and sometimes a mole, then they come home and sleep in our bed. Some say that cats are closely related to humans. Do they have a point?
Peut-être que oui, peut-être que non...”
Job Smeets, Summer 2014
