Om mani padme hum

OK as you probably know 'bout my man, Siddi H (Siddhartha Gautama), leaving the good life behind, ran off like Jack Kerouac and hit the road, sleeping rough and living hard tryin' to find where it's at. It was cool but it wasn't all cool. Well one day Siddi was sittin' just grooving listening to his stomach growl, when 'long came a sweet little chick called Susie T. (Sujata). She said; “Hey bro, wassup?” and he say; “Back off sweet thang, I'm living rough to save the world!” and she say: “Dullsville man, have some rice pudding.” Will Siddi had a bite, and then another bite and it got him thinking: “Hey man I've been rich, I've been poor, I've been up, I've been down and just like Frank Sinatra I did it my way but... shucky darn, maybe the best route leads down the middle of the road, the middle way!”

So! Thanks Susie T., if it tweren't for your pudding, zen would be just sitting!

Watercolor on Canson's XL Bristol paper, 11 by 14 inches.