Monday, March 9, 2009

This one makes me laugh.

Nansen saw the monks of the eastern and western halls fighting over a cat. He seized the cat and told the monks: 'If any of you say a good word, you can save the cat.'
No one answered. So Nansen boldly cut the cat in two pieces.
That evening Joshu returned and Nansen told him about this. Joshu removed his sandals and, placing them on his head, walked out.
Nansen said: 'If you had been there, you could have saved the cat.'

Isn't that great?

I've said for a long time now that my comics are zen koans. When I first said it though I was kind of joking but the more I have been drawing the more I've realized that it's true. It's not the image or words or caption. It's sort of everything and then nothing in particular together. Wait to go zen for being so descriptive all the time.

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