I am prepared to offer an answer to that burning question of our time: Do cats have a sense of aesthetics?
Yes.
What evidence do I have to prove this? I give you this picture:
Why would the cat choose to sit on the laptop? It offers no cover or concealment, is not elevated enough to provide a better view, and is not a comfortable seat. Clearly the only reason is that she values it as a square.
Don’t believe me? I give you this picture:
Add another laptop to the arrangement and the cat moves to the open space. Why? Because that space is now the clearly defined square.
And, finally, to complete the case:
There can be no reason for the cat to sit on the iPad rather than on the comfortable bed other than its squareness.
So, yes, cats have a sense of aesthetics. At least for squares.
