http://houseofcat.net All things artful and curious Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:59:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://houseofcat.net/2010/07/looking-into-the-past/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/07/looking-into-the-past/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:54:35 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=3838 I love the convergence of old and new. There’s something kind of spooky and cool to hold an old record, or coin, and wonder about the people who have held it, enjoyed it, and used it. When I look at the people in old photographs, I try to get a sense of who they were, [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/07/looking-into-the-past/feed/ 1 http://houseofcat.net/2010/07/the-secret-life-of-stormtroopers/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/07/the-secret-life-of-stormtroopers/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:44:13 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=3779 The most interesting things in life generally happen behind the veil of appearance. We like famous people, but we want to know more about who they are as people; what do they do when the camera is not on. We want to see the humanness behind the persona. It is with much excitement that I [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/07/the-secret-life-of-stormtroopers/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/06/house-of-cat-around-the-world-chilean-street-art-style/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/06/house-of-cat-around-the-world-chilean-street-art-style/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:23:31 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=3593 A few weeks ago, I put up a post about the inspired and inspiring Chilean street art scene. In one of those it’s-a-small-world-after-all moments, a House of Cat reader in Chile contacted me and let me know that although he wasn’t really into the street art scene, he enjoyed seeing his hometown featured in the [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/06/house-of-cat-around-the-world-chilean-street-art-style/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/06/pencil-vs-camera-by-ben-heine/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/06/pencil-vs-camera-by-ben-heine/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:12:36 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=3573 Ben Heine, a Belgian painter, illustrator, portraitist, caricaturist and photographer, currently living and working in Brussels, has an ongoing project that he calls Pencil vs. Camera. The idea is to fill in portions of landscapes, portraits, street-scenes or whatever else he’s in the mood for, with pencil drawings that at times reflect the original subject, [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/06/pencil-vs-camera-by-ben-heine/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/05/jumpology/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/05/jumpology/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 15:07:10 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=3528 According to the late photographer, Philippe Halsman, when people jump, we reveal our true selves. His theory, which he calls Jumpology, holds that when jumping, our attention is focused on the act itself, and any personal mask that we might be wearing, inevitably slips away, providing a glimpse into our authentic selves, if only for [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/05/jumpology/feed/ 0