Portrait of the Artist as a Very Young Cat

Like most cats, Kingsley has a passion for paper. You want to see his eyes go LARGE and DAZZLY? All you have to do is crumple a piece of paper and he is READY FOR ACTION. Since I also have a passion for paper, he has LOTS of material to work with. Often I will catch him batting around an odd shaped piece of paper covered in pink acrylic paint, that he's obviously found going into my studio. Later, I will find these little specimens curled and floating in the water bowl. Graham and I call these his "Art Pieces." He's quite the experimental minimalist. Sometimes, depending on the materials, the water will turn a different color with these limp objects floating in its brine.

This weekend I noticed he had created another masterpiece, and as I approached it, I asked him, "What's today's work about, Kings?" When I looked down I saw this:
I immediately recognized it as part of Keri's Artist Survival Kit. Apparently, even CATS need some help in the inspiration department. He certainly had used the RIGHT ticket, as it read STEAL. When I looked over at him later, he was playing with ANOTHER of Keri's tickets:
Do I need to tell you that the little piece of paper read USE GRID? I had no idea that Kings could be such a LITERALIST. Knowing how MYSTERIOUS and SOLITARY the creative act can be, I left him to his work. Later, I found it floating in the waterbowl too.