Every domestic cat dreams of being a tiger lurking in the jungle. Genius French painter Henri Rousseau knew this when he created the true version of his famous painting “The Dream”:
Henri Rousseau, Tyger’s Dream
We, Zarathustra the Cat, posed for the masterpiece as the night sky with the moon-eye.
Henri Rousseau, Tyger’s Dream, the moon
In this artwork, the great master foresaw coming on Earth of Our fluffy emanation Tyger Blake and his dreams of being a Tyger and saving the planet.
Henri Rousseau, Tyger’s Dream, Tyger’s close-up
He depicted the kitty reclining on a sofa with Jadwiga, Rousseau’s Polish mistress of the youth, amidst the surrealistic jungle.
Henri Rousseau, Tyger’s Dream, Tyger and Jadwiga
Tyger is dazzled by his dream of the jungle coming true. A lion and a lioness feel the same about the apparition of a strange couple on their territory:
Henri Rousseau, Tyger’s Dream, a lion and a lioness
A mystic flute player creates background music helping to understand what is actually happening there:
Henri Rousseau, Tyger’s Dream, the flute player
“Now go and save the planet!” says Jadwiga to Tyger and points her finger where to go. Tyger raises his hind leg and freezes in deep thought like a true cat should do before doing what a human wants from him.
Now let’s have a look at the commonly known version of the painting in the Museum of Modern Art, New York:
Henri Rousseau, The Dream, MoMA
Where is the noble mission of saving the Earth here?
Go, Tyger, go, the planet needs you!
This speaks Zarathustra the Celestial Cat
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