It doesn't sound like much - one blink. However, in the world of feral kittens one blink can be huge. Rusty blinked once while I was holding him the other day. I was slow blinking while holding him - slow blinking is a technique to calm animals and communicate peace to them. Basically, if I were hunting him, I wouldn't be blinking. So, while I was holding him, I was slow blinking and then all of a sudden, Rusty blinked. Why is this so fascinating, you might ask? Because Rusty normally has a perpetually surprised/terrified expression on his face when I look at him. His eyes get so big, I think that he must be part owl. See what I mean?
So for Rusty to have normal sized eyes :) and then to blink is really something. I'm reminded to catch those small moments that are really the big moments. I could rush past that blink and on to, "Why isn't he purring?" That would be a very common human response. Perhaps slow blinking is good for people too. Perhaps my slow blinking communicated slowing down, relaxation, and peace to ME, too... Enabling me to catch the blink.
Go ahead, try some slow blinking, see what happens :)
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