A Different Perspective, 1: Cat's Eye View

       One of the two players was about to serve on a crucial point in a finals tennis match on TV.   I first noticed the sudden surprising relaxation of muscles when I would expect to see the highest degree of tension for a strike and follow-through.  The next instant a cat came into view on the screen sauntering amiably across the court.  It was a dark, strange object on the brightly lit, pale blue tennis court.  Both players relaxed.

       The audience responded in amused laughter, and a new perspective was suddenly placed on the game.  The game meant nothing to the cat, and whereas it had just meant everything to the participants and observers, it was now suddenly perceived, as it were, through the cat's eyes, as being of very little consequence. 

Concluded tomorrow.