Mojo, The Bard, & Me

‘Tis, then, because thou dost not keep a dog,

Whom I would imitate: consumption catch thee!

-Timon

Timon Of Athens                              Act IV, scene iii, line 201

So this Timon fellow is quite the bitter little man in the latter part of this play. And that’s an understatement.

Timon has run away to the woods where he lives in a cave and digs for roots to eat. He’s had it with mankind. Apemantus shows up, and he tells Timon that people have told him that Timon is starting to act like him, Apematus. For the record, Apemantus is portrayed in this play as a rude philosopher. He says to Timon,

            I was directed hither: men report

           Thou dost affect my manners, and dost use them.

To which Timon replies with today’s Totally Random line. I think he’s telling Apematus that he’s not a good as a dog. That would seem like not a very nice thing to say.

I decided to give you the first pic of a dog I came across, and it was this one. Nutsy loves her sunbeams, and I don't think she's caring much about anything in this pic; not about mankind or anything else. And given her level of care-freeness I do believe she's someone whom I would imitate if I had the chance!