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In another thread, I asked about whether or not it was sacrileges to make statues of the Buddha as a cat. People didn’t seem opposed to the idea (honestly, I probably would have done it even if they were), but this is my first try:
It actually isn’t based on the Buddha, but on Budai. Long story short, Budai is a Chinese representation of Mettaya. It’s actually one of my least favorite Buddhist images, but fat cats are cute.
I like these sculptures, and I like the fact that (as I do) you make Buddhist art.
But I’m going to ask you a question that I never dared ask in that thread: Do you know what it is about Buddhists and cats? ie Why is OK to fill the Watercooler with pictures of resident felines, but I feel that no one would be much interested in endless pictures of my (extremely cute) grandchildren? 
Ha-ha. Since I don’t have kids, I feel like it would be weird for me to post pictures of other people’s cute kids. I also don’t have any cats of my own, but somehow it doesn’t seem so strange to post pictures of other people’s cats, lol.
My equally cute kids are asking for clay to replicate it