Saturday

Every Saturday morning for four years, I shared a different cat photo with my daughter, my best friend, and her daughter (who is also my daughter’s best friend). I think they are funny, but I started sending them to the group because I found it even funnier that neither my daughter nor her friend saw the humor in the images. At least not initially. Later, I heard they actually looked forward to Saturday mornings and our comments back and forth. It became a sort of conceptual art project of a conceptual art project. And it was a way of connecting with people I love across long distances.

Tom Sachs frequently uses the image of Hello Kitty in his sculptures and drawings. The friendly feline figure provides humor and joy, and Sachs celebrates the way that everyday objects can facilitate transcendence. That commitment to repetition can initiate a religious practice. Choosing to be consistent ultimately offers a space of comfort, particularly in times of vast uncertainty.