The Mabel Lisa

I often read aloud to Mr. W (usually when we're on long car rides, but sometimes just when we're lounging around), and right now, we are currently enjoying Walter Isaacson's excellent biography, Leonardo Da Vinci.  It would seem that Mabel has also been paying attention to the narrative, as can be seen here in her latest pose.  Notice how both eyes are looking in slightly different directions -- clearly she has been practicing this concept ever since she heard the following:

"... In this portrait, Leonardo also continued to experiment with his haunting method of creating a stare or gaze that seems to follow a viewer around a room.  This ''Mona Lisa effect' is not magical; it simply comes from drawing a realistic set of eyes staring directly at the viewer with proper perspective, shading, and modeling.  But Leonardo discovered that the effect works best when the gaze is intense and the eyes slightly off-kilter, thus making it more noticeable."