This city is full of art. Seriously, there are sculptures and statues all over the place! I pass by at least 7 on my way to work each day...and those are just the big ones that I can see from the bus. There are many other small ones as well. Like the cat and mouse in my neighborhood. I first found out about the mouse when I was over at Haly & David's place in July. We were looking up my apartment on google maps and found a link to a statue of a mouse that was located in my neighborhood.
I decided ot go looking for it last Sunday afternoon when I was stiting at home with nothing to do. I found him just a block and a half from my apartment.
A website with info about Klaipeda says the following about him...
In front of Jazz club "Kurpiai", in Klaipėda Old Town, a sculpture of a little mouse was build recently. It is not a simple mouse. A modest 17 cm high creation made out of bronze and stone, on the opinion of the authors is - magic. A minor sculpture is surrounded by a bronze band with spells: "Convert your ideas into words - words will become magic". One may only whisper into the ear of the "thaumaturge" and good will is going to become true.
Here's a self portrait of me whispering into his ear...
My purchases from Iki are in the background...mango juice, napkins, and some frozen veggies.
And then on Monday night I set out to find the cat statue in my neighborhood...
The Klaipeda website said this about the cat...
"Old Town Cat" - sculpture from granite and bronze, started "living" on the Blacksmith street in year 1979.It is miraculous old town inhabitant-rub his tail, and you secret wishes will come truth.
Seems to be a lot of "luck" associated with these statues. :) I am not going all superstitious on you and banking on my future being changed by these two creatures, but it was fun to walk around the neighborhood and find them
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