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MUCH of life is unseen, unsaid...The fantasy of CAT MOTHER begins in the ink,drawings of its author-artist. Based on true stories gathered from life, the narrative presents a magical space-time of Buñuelian proportions.Mourning her husband’s death from COVID; Geni, childless, asthmatic, a 60+ artist, sinks deeper into depression with the demise of her beloved pet cat. Drawing a picture of a puma brings on an uncanny materialization of a hybrid feline, the Amandapuss; who appears periodically, culling consciousness. Attempting to re-group by visiting Anasazi ruins, dangerous conditions thwart her travels and promote contemplation of suicide. As a desert storm sweeps away her backpack and dependable inhaler, Geni gives chase. Now lost, her shamanistic adventure begins with acquires a jewel from a mummy. Walking through a slot canyon to return home, confrontations ensue as she encounters greedy ranchers fighting over land, a family playing in a toxic lake, and an emotionally abused boy; that pin down her discontent with humanity. Wrestling with an angel, meeting a mermaid, the ghosts of her parents, Rosette Porcupine, and Ella, simultaneously a camel and a rock formation, Geni digs deeper and evolves.Escape rising flash flood waters, she shape-shifts and swims the UNITING FIELD of ancestral energy and love. Re-connected to life’s essential core, Geni realizes the cat spirit of the puma has mothered her into completion.
