Read more on WikiquoteThis poem by Ryōkan was quoted by Alan Watts1 in one of his lectures2; this was what originally motivated me to look for it in full and reproduce it here. The source of the painting is not related to Ryōkan3.| Jayson Salazar Rodriguez | @jdsalaro | Blog
Although it might be a cliché by now, I’ve always been quite fond of ukiyo-e, the Japanese art of woodblock printing1, and of course of Hokusai’s work. As for many, my earliest exposure to this type of art was Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa 2 and so it’s here for posterity.| Jayson Salazar Rodriguez | @jdsalaro | Blog