dharma poem

I have a pretty complex shorthand that I've designed over the last while. I am sort of interested in the idea of quickly writing a short poem in it and displaying it without any transcription. I don't know if this is an interesting zen calligraphy/mandala/practice object update, or just obnoxious obscurantism. I also need to figure out how to photograph it straight on without blocking my light.


Second draft. This zen fluidity shit is tough to get, especially with a sharpie.

wow that's COOL

Can you do it with brush and ink?

I can do it with italic pen and ink. Obviously that's more of a european scribal feel than a eastern calligraphy feel. I've never tried with brush and ink. But I really ought to.

That's a fantastic idea! It's really not too far from my impulse with these post-it notes. For whatever reason I like the idea of writing them down, taking a picture, then destroying/giving away the notes themselves. Dunno why. I had a lot of caffeine today so I'm in a weird dervish state.

Totally cool! I like the idea of leaving them laying around randomly for people to stumble on and wonder about. Of course you don't want to get in trouble with any paranoids. But it should work fine in the east village or williamsburg.

Of course you want to use my ipod you faker cause I have the best music but if you don't mind I'll keep my ipod to myself which is appropos.

I thought it said "Oh Lord bring me a curry, one that's not to thick, with red sauce and carrots and a bit of tofu. That would be rad and I'd be forever grateful. Amen."

There's a dhamma lesson somewhere in here. It says,

"This coursing, active thing
So much my good fortune to reach this birth
So much a silly, flukish thing
That I should be saddled with such queer company."

EDIT: For comparison's sake, here's the same thing in my normal style:

Whoops! I pasted the wrong thing. I'm an idiot and now I can't change the post.

hahahahaha! that was too much! I'd love to see your unusual style, Zach!

For full effect, I should transcribe the lyrics to 'Ken lee' into Devanagari.