August 10, 2006

  • The Result of Being:



    "A wonderful painting is the result of the feeling in your fingers. If you have
    the feeling of the thickness of the ink in your brush, the painting is already
    there before you paint. When you dip your brush into the ink you already know
    the result of your drawing, or else you cannot paint. So before you do
    something, "being" is there, the result is there. Even though you look as if
    you were sitting quietly, all your activity, past and present, is included, and
    the result of your sitting is also already there."

    - D.T. Suzuki