Office zazen

Zen’s minimalist aesthetic is timeless.

Just the word itself is perfect, and everything surrounding the zen cosmos, like zen gardens and zazen posture, has this beautiful, all-encompassing void, black and white feel to it.

Just look at this diagram, ay:

You know I love looking at a dot on my laptop screen. And you know I love making seemingly boring habits of mine fun and spiritual.

I couldn’t help myself to make even the staring-at-dot work habit of mine spiritual. During dotting, I try to think of nothing, or as Sasha Chapin puts it, practice nothing. And, through no effort of my own, I envision a frog zen monk with a stick behind me correcting my posture while I stare at dot.