Loss Cat

Before algorithms. Before memes. Before anything went viral on purpose.

Loss Cat began late at night in a Kinko’s, with a forgotten image, a marker, and a joke that landed harder than expected. What started as a spontaneous, funny gesture, a sad-looking cat with exaggerated eyebrows and a few carefully chosen words, slowly made its way onto walls, poles, and sidewalks across Atlanta and beyond.

In this episode, we talk with artist R. Land about how Loss Cat quietly became part of the visual landscape and how it morphed from a one-off flyer into a shared cultural reference point. We talk about the power of simplicity, the strange emotional weight of a pair of drawn-on eyebrows, and what it means to claim authorship once something you made starts living its own life.

Special thanks to DJ, composer, and producer Chris Devoe for providing the theme music for this podcast.  

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