Bad Art Assignment

The assignment was to make bad art. I asked my wife to walk around with my phone. From my watch, I took 21 pictures on the phone. Then I asked her to write down 9 numbers from 1 to 21, and those were the pictures I picked. I fed the pictures into Claude AI and asked it to arrange them randomly, converting some to black and white and others to negatives. Then I tore up what it made, and then stapled the pictures randomly to another print of the combined picture. Then I did the black lines. My wife says I failed. I hope so. A little homage to John Cage for the chance operations and to Léger for the black outlines.

Rain

Kyosei asked a monk, “Outside the doors, what is that noise?”
The monk said, “That is the voice of the raindrops.”

Koan: The national master Nanyo Echu was asked by Emperor Shuku, “Master, what kind of Dharma (teaching) have you obtained?”
The master replied, “Your Highness, do you see a cloud in the sky?”
The Emperor said, “Yes, I do.”
The master asked, “Is it draped or hung?”

Great and Vast

The Chinese character for ‘great’ can also be written with a dot. In Shinto they say, “Placing the dot in the center is the secret of Shinto.” Where do you place the dot in Zen?

Three Worlds koan

Carpet