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“I was lost in a wave’s embrace, now I am found amazing Grace.” — Translated from a note in a bottle

The quotes in this post are from a note in a bottle on a wave, translated from pictological Zenish by the editor. –Ed.

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“The pen is the tongue of the mind.” ―Horace


 

The Zen poet’s mind―still as an inkwell in an oil field; humble as a page of faint praise; silent as one hand clapping in a forest falling on deaf ears―is as sharp as Sam Samurai’s sword: like a steel stylus, shredding erudition into pulp fiction.

“Writing is a very focused form of meditation. Just as good as sitting in a lotus position.”

―Alan Moore

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