viernes, noviembre 21, 2008

Rufus, my inspiration and muse.

As I sat in the back yard enjoying the sunshine this morning with Rufus, he suddenly threw his nose in the air and detected the presence of Abby, our neighbors' dog. Rufus barked a "Good Morning!" In response, Abby, an Irish Setter, barked, "Top o' the mornin' to ya!" The two dogs, who are both pretty stand-offish to each other in person (or should I say, "in dog"), had quite a conversation. I wondered why they were so chatty when they were invisible to each other, yet so disinterested in person (dog.) This seemed odd to me until I realized how like that I am. Why is it so easy for me to express my feelings here, where I can't see my audience?

3 comentarios:

David Cho dijo...

dog = person
person = not necessarily human

That is why we say dogs have personality, not dogality.

NEB dijo...

You shouldn't have to ask that question. Have you SEEN your audience?

Some of us would put Rufus off his dinner for a week.

The Resident Writer dijo...

You speak in riddles. I have no idea what you're saying. Am I being insulted? Are you saying my dog is fat? Are you saying my audience is ugly? I don't get it.

And I didn't get the Mr. Jones/Bob Dylan connection, either. Maybe I'm just off my game. These fires have me discombobulated.