Twenty laws,
observed in the wild.
MonkeyLaws is a quiet field guide. Where BeLikeMonkey.studio is the comedy — Monkey losing it in human situations — these are the lessons. Gentle, dryly funny, and entirely cribbed from real monkeys living in real trees.
Monkey Doesn't
No monkey has a manager. No monkey has been promoted. No monkey has been let go.
No monkey has ever checked its 401k.
Monkeys don't queue, don't schedule, don't reschedule.
Eats the fruit now, finds more fruit later.
A monkey moves fast or slow, never late.
No monkey has wondered if another monkey is doing better.
A scared monkey screams. A happy monkey shows it.
Eats when hungry. Stops when not.
Has a troop. Knows everyone in it. That's enough.
The day arrives and the monkey arrives with it.
Monkey Does
Grooms, holds, stays close.
Fully, in the tree, in the moment.
Naps in the sun without guilt.
Adults still play. Monkeys never stopped.
When tired, immediately, anywhere.
With hands, with joy, without apology.
Up is the answer to most questions.
The troop, the branch, the next branch.
Food, warmth, the good spot.
To a troop, to a forest, to itself.
"He is not behind on anything."