This Is Ponderous, Man. Really Ponderous.

Barley, a dog, ponders deeply while upon the futon, or so it seems.

While it’s probably a reflection of my professional concerns, I am unduly vexed by the impossibility of knowing what Barley is thinking about. It so often seems that she is displaying the telltale signs of “being thoughtful” and there’s just no way to know if that’s actually true or just a projection of human behavior onto the alien landscape of the canine mind. Of course, it’s possible (likely, even) that Barley experiences reflection in a more abstracted emotional form. So perhaps what I’m real recognizing here is her “being feelful.”