"The Thinker" Papua New Guinea Garden Stanford University (1994)

"Monkey Thinking" from Pinterest.com July 31, 2021

Auguste Rodin "The Thinker" (1880) Cantor Art Museum

What Is This Monkey Thinking? Eyes closed, left hand on tree stump, right hand on head, deep in thought— What is this monkey thinking? Jumped into his thought-stream and saw he's too tired playing the music box collecting coins for vendor at the mall. He has seen "The Thinker" at Papua New Guinea Garden and Rodin's "The Thinker" at Cantor Art Museum. Now he's wondering— "How come they don't have a place for me? What must I do to be here? I'm always learning like Curious George reading books nonstop fiction and non-fiction. Koko the Gorilla knows more than 2000 words— Need I top that to show I'm the smartest chimp? Auditioned as Caesar to lead intelligent chimps in the film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes but they gave it to Andy Serkis. Finally I've found my focus— playing the superhero Monkey King in Journey to the West— can leap the globe in a single bound & clone thousands of me to fight enemies— Iron Man, Spiderman, Thor, The Hulk want me to join them in Avengers— Ready or not— Here I come!"     — Peter Y. Chou         Mountain View, 8-18-2021

Monkey playing music box for vendor at shopping mall "Curious George" by Margret & H.A. Reu Koko the Gorilla can speak in sign language "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" film (2014) Monkey King Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en (1580)