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One side tells the story from the black cat's perspective; the other side is from the white cat's perspective. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe installation of a new cat flap in the family home is experienced from the opposite (polarized) perspectives of two cats (a male and a female), until both sides of the story eventually meet in the middle of the book, at a point of harmony, balance, and truth, with the cats in the yin\/yang configuration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtist, author, meditation guide, dream worker, Kristina Hutch Matthews created \u003cem\u003eThe Cat Flap\u003c\/em\u003e as a tool to help mediators, teachers, restorative champions, parents, teens, and children to live in harmony and balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Cat Flap\u003c\/em\u003e is: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn antidote to polarized thinking and a tool to expand vision\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA non-threatening, unbiased exercise for considering divergent views of the same story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA visual representation of how conflict causes things to feel contracted and compressed, while empathic listening brings about tolerance, acceptance, and expanded vision\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA comforting tool to share with children to help honor all points of view\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy a Wordless Book?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day, Kristina realized that maybe she liked words a little too much. They can get in the way. \u003cem\u003eThe Cat Flap\u003c\/em\u003e takes the traditional linear storyline and flips it over, unifying two polarized viewpoints. 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