She excitedly told her friends about the cat stalking her unfinished sculpture on the kitchen floor.

As it materialized one could feel the amazing spirit of the piece infusing inanimate plaster with life.

It wasn’t until years later she laughed about the dead mouse she eventually found at the centre.

Grace Kary is a playwright and filmmaker. One of her scripts won the K.M. Hunter award. Her work has been screened and mounted in Canada, the US, Mexico, and Australia. Currently her short film “Last One At The Party” is premiering in Oregon.