“I think that the job of imagining how it feels to be other than oneself is a useful vocation. By trying to understand and narrate the lives of others, artists hope to bring about the small leaps of empathy that allow societies to bridge divides of heritage.”
— Chris Cleave, author of Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
(hat tip to PJ Coldren)
(And what says empathy better than a live cat kissing a stone one?)