I Am Goat 2017 Wall Calendar

Product Description Consider the goat — that clever, agile mischief-maker. This wall calendar puts goats in the spotlight as photographer Kevin Horan presents them in a unique and compelling way. Paired with quotes from some of history's great thinkers, the black-and-white portraits make the fuzzy subjects appear deep in thought. You'll think twice about what goes on inside the minds of these sage and wily creatures. The perfect gift for the goat lover, philosophers, or animal rights advocate. A year of elegant and unique goat portraits on your wall. Frameable artbook-quality printing. Features thought-provoking quotes by great philosophers such as Descartes, Plato, Rousseau, Seneca, Spinoza, and Voltaire. Printed on FSC® Certified Mixed Source Paper with soy-based inks. Published by Amber Lotus, an independent carbon-negative US company that has planted more than half a million trees since 2008. This calendar features US and Canadian legal holidays, phases of the moon, and important observances of the world's major religions. Goats just seem to know something we don't, and that's precisely what the artist conveys with his Chattel series, which he says engages our own feelings about the souls within other beings, human or otherwise. Month to month, the I Am Goat wall calendar will keep you company in a most quizzical way, and possibly make you question what it means to be human. About the Author Photographer Kevin Horan stumbled across his most inscrutable subjects — goats — when he moved to the Pacific Northwest in 2007 after working as a photojournalist for more than 30 years. The former Chicagoan befriended the four-legged residents of his neighbor's farm and became fascinated with their human-like qualities. He soon began taking their pictures in a traditional portrait format. The idea was to take common barnyard creatures and lend them an aristocratic dignity. Since that first encounter on Whidbey Island, Horan has continued taking portraits of animals. The process looks at animals as people, people as animals, and the planet as a very small place, he says. Treated as portrait subjects, they seem to have personalities. A former contributor to The New York Times Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, Smithsonian, and other publications, Horan has documented the rich variety of human lives and faces.