I love my cat.  But she is never going to be a tenured professor at MIT.  It always cracks me up to see her gazing into the distance like some enlightened sage.  And she sometimes has this weird Mona Lisa smile, too.  What are your secrets, Oh Wise and Excellent Kitty?

This piece has delicious layers of color doing wonderful subtle things in the background.  And I am really happy with the soft lighting, too.