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#097: "Better a dinner of herbs..."
I'm taking part again in Dani DiPirro's 30-day gratitude challenge. The prompt for this comic is FOOD. Fitting for Thanksgiving, Proverbs...
Nov 24, 2021


#096: "Do you ever get bored..."
I'm taking part again in Dani DiPirro's 30-day gratitude challenge. The prompt for this comic is ROUTINE. Sometimes routine gets a bad...
Nov 18, 2021


#095: "Let me fall, if I must fall..."
I'm taking part again in Dani DiPirro's 30-day gratitude challenge. Today's prompt is Change. Ever since reading this quote by Baal Tem...
Nov 10, 2021


#094: "Courage is knowing it might not work..."
It's useful to be able to tell the difference between when you're being brave and when you're being stupid. But it's OK if you don't...
Nov 2, 2021


#093: "Autumn is a second spring..."
There's more than one way of looking at life and death. It's sometimes even comforting to think of them as one and the same.
Oct 26, 2021


#092: "This is really hard," the Boy thought...
Inspired by Miyamoto Musashi and JW von Goethe. What are you working on today?
Oct 19, 2021


#091: "Love is like the sea."
"Love is like the sea. It's a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it's different with every...
Oct 18, 2021


#090: "Will you teach me everything you know?"
Inspired by Sadhguru, "When a child comes into your life, it is time to relearn life, not to teach them your ways."
Oct 18, 2021


#089: "Some people are very sure about their morals..."
Inspired by Isaac Asimov... What is your relationship with religion?
Oct 13, 2021


#088: "These mountains that you are carrying..."
What makes pain and trauma so difficult for us to let go of? "These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb." -...
Oct 11, 2021


#087: As the Boy looked down into the valley...
Inspired by George Bernard Shaw After I finished university, I turned down an opportunity to work in corporate finance for a large...
Oct 10, 2021


#086: "There is a time to live and a time to die..."
Though most scholars of Taoism agree that Lao Tzu never said this, this quote is often attributed to him. It seems like a modern Zen...
Oct 4, 2021


#085: "I've always struggled with what I'm supposed to be..."
Collaboration with psychotherapist and meditation teacher Koret Munguldar, who is based in Istanbul, Turkey. Here are some of her...
Sep 29, 2021


#084: "I'm not sure what to do with my work..."
Inspired by Saint Teresa of Avila, "The important thing is not to think much but to love much; and so do that which best stirs you to...
Sep 22, 2021


#083: "What will you wish for tonight?" asked the Rabbit.
The 🏮 Mid-Autumn Festival 🏮 holiday is upon us here in Taiwan. 🥮 It's a time of gathering with family and friends to give thanks for...
Sep 16, 2021


#082: "The poem, the song, the picture, is only water drawn..."
When I first started this account last year, I wasn't 100% sure what I hoped to come out of it, but I suppose that is the thing about...
Sep 12, 2021


#081: "It is about simple awareness..."
This is a reproduction of a Song Dynasty painting, artist unknown. ✨ When my teacher showed it to me, I wanted to pair it with David...
Sep 3, 2021


#080: "I'm afraid I keep making a fool of myself..."
Ox-istential Crisis Averted 🚨 As someone who often ends up with my foot in my mouth, I have agonized over fleeting, social exchanges...
Aug 29, 2021


#079: "Is it about the journey or the destination?"
Collaboration with author, Amit Pagedar. Here are his perspectives: "In essence, there are no destinations. Yet our lives are geared...
Aug 25, 2021


#078: "Daughter. Spend your life Loving..."
To me, Dr. Jaiya John's poetic proclamation "Daughter Drink This Water" read as an invitation to a celebration of womanhood, an embracing...
Aug 24, 2021
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