Callista wrote:
A concept. From the word "Cat", associations explode into whiskers, fur, body movements, eyes squeezed shut, bouncing up and down the hallway, tickle of whiskers, pounce, sleep, the feel of the muscle under the fur, hiding in small spaces, basking in the sun, stretching forward to investigate...
All those things are part of "cat" and part of other things. So "cat" is not a single thing, but a nexus of concepts, an intersection of many strands on a web.
This. With many images of cats I have known and loved interspersed. The cats who used to sleep on the rafters above my bed when I was an infant. My first pet, a white Tom who beat up neighborhood dogs. My father's favorite cat, "Emma," and her long curved whiskers. My tabby cat who ran off and is now missing. The cat I used to give IV fluid to after she was poisoned. Different cats eyes, whiskers, paws, tails. Big cats--mountain lions, tigers, snow leopards in a documentary from the Himalayas.