Homer's Cat is not just a children's book

Immerse yourself in the here and now, let go of every thought, every small and large worry that hinders our path.

Homer's Cat is not just a children's book; it's much more: a way to feel like a child again and rethink our own history, whether we like it or not. It is a coming to terms with the unresolved knots of one's past, with what we have said, but above all unsaid and hidden in a corner of the soul.

There are mandalas to color and some to invent; many blank pages to fill and some stories to read and meditate on. There are also true stories of love and immigration; fairy tales, fables, legends: small food for thought and moments of relaxation.

Reading Homer's Cat means not only having fun, but also learning something more about ourselves. Every day there is the possibility of choosing a theme on which to "work", so that, page after page, having reached the end of the journey, we have our story in our hands. Have you ever thought about writing your autobiography?

Here, Homer's Cat offers you the possibility with numerous ideas. Who we are? Where do we come from? What are the beautiful and less beautiful moments, the unresolved ones of our childhood?

Reading Homer's Cat is a way to look inside and heal. Because who knows us better than us? We just have to become familiar with our interiority and have the courage to look it in the face. We may not like what we see, but it is precisely that shadow that we must observe and shed light on.

Let's take the time to stop and "laze", in the positive sense of the term; as an occupation of the soul . The Roman otium , as opposed to the negotium .

Read Homer's Cat as an active meditation practice: breathe color and practice words freely.

Tackle the exercises in the book with full awareness of your body. Feel yourself in your shapes and move them with awareness through the creative gesture! And here the circularity of breathing manifests itself in ascending lines, in the inspiration phase, and descending lines, in the exhalation phase. Each pause is a point of colour, a short stretch, a moment of suspension in time, before resuming with the dance of forms: this is an active meditation practice; living the present in full being in manifestation. In the same way the words are arranged in the sentence following a harmonious rhythm, or are positioned on the white page like dark spots that tell us something else, depending on the point and the way in which they were placed. We are the directors of our body! Let's direct it.

Let us therefore pay attention to our breathing when we write or color. Is it fluid, deep, or held back and superficial?

And how do we move the body in space? Are we sitting relaxed, or contorted? Which parts feel most rigid?

We try to let go of tensions, bringing attention to the breathing. You will see how worries will ease and tensions will melt away.

So what are you waiting for! Grab a pen and paper, a bit of color and off you go with Homer's Cat !

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