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From: javilk@netcom.com (Javilk)
Subject: Re: Partial consciousness
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Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 01:31:39 GMT
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Prem Sobel (prem@ix.netcom.com) wrote:

: Speaking of books, I just discovered a book called:
:   "Why Cats Paint"
: which shows photographs of cats painting, some with acrylic pain,
: some one or two cooperating artists. The photos show excellent close
: ups of the eyes of the cats regarding their work and the concentration
: as they proceed. If that is not consciousness then man does not have
: it either!

     I too, have seen this strange book.  As a former professional 
photographer, I did look carefuly at the photographs to see any obvious 
stagings, and considered what I would do, should I have the strange 
desire to pose cats painting.
      My conclusion, is that this may be a real phenomenon. 
Experimentation is called for! Certainly, the illustrations regarding cats
grouping colored letters would be quite easy for cat owners to try. 
     Not being a cat owner (allergies...) I await the words of others in 
our audience.

-J- (Javilk@netcom.com) -------------------------------------------------
One slightly used ex-husband, good condition, likes thinking, walking ---
Sitting forelornly in Hecate's Used Husband Lot, The Moonlight Zone. ----
E-mail me for info on how to preview this Fine Classical Merchandise. ---
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But if you have cats, don't bother.  I may enjoy watching them from a 
distance, but... Only from a distance.
   Though I do wonder if my childhood pet cat is in cat heaven, or if
she came back.  I do miss her, and my dog, now and then.
-- 
