Comic #5984: perfect-life
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Panel 1:
- Background: A mountain with a small hut on top.
- Character 1 (a young person) asks: “Wise master, should I pursue the perfect life or the perfect work?”
Panel 2:
- Character 2 (the wise master) responds: “The perfect life. A life of peace, joy, compassion.”
Panel 3:
- Character 2 continues: “If you pursue the perfect work, you will always know jealousy. You will look at all beautiful creations, by yourself and others, as mere entries on a giant scoreboard in a game no one ever wins.”
Panel 4:
- Character 1 responds: “You can do that with life too now!”
Panel 5:
- Character 2 replies: “Look, I’ll set you up on Instagram.”
Panel 6:
- Character 1 asks: “What?”
Panel 7:
- Character 2 explains: “See, the wise master two mountains over has 16 acts of righteousness and compassion today.”
Panel 8:
- Character 1 looks at their phone and says, “Look how many emojis people are responding with. I could never have that.”
Panel 9:
- Character 2 reflects: “I am nothing. But not in the meditative sense. In the way that makes me eat cookie butter with a spoon while conflating my desires and hopes with social expectations.”
Panel 10:
- Character 1 concludes: “I wouldn’t post that. People prefer nudes?”
Footer:
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