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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

-Shozo Sato, Chazen: Zen Wisdom for Jeans & a T-Shirt

Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

"It will arrive without expectation or planning, just like a sudden bolt of lightning from the heavens, and its recipient must not think about what is happening, but rather humbly accept the flash of light that has seized them."

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

"To become enlightened, no amount of anticipation or planning will foment the fires of that moment. The opportunity for Satori cannot be foreseen.

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

"Therefore, this statement reminds us that there is no precedent prior to (ganrai) enlightenment, and that it remains unknown (fushiki) in perpetuity.

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

"One’s careful and deliberate thought will act as a barrier, blocking out enlightenment like a dam. Satori must come from within, from the very heart of one’s being.

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

"If rationality and discrimination of the mind are the basis of one’s intellect, Satori will forever elude their intelligence.

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

GANRAI FUSHIKI 元来不識 Insight Is Unexpected

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

"Young Shozo Over Earthrise" Acrylic gel plate monotype, sumi ink woodblock print, and inkan stamp on found magazine paper 8"x11.75" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025 $65

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

"Under the Floorboards in the Barn" The telltale gillhooter Stickers, oil pen, and collage elements on found paper 5.25"x4" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 $35

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

"The Source of Counter-Culture" Sticker, oil pen, and collage elements on found paper 5.25"x7.5" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 $55

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

"Rebel 81" Real rebels don't use their rebellion as social currency Acrylic gel plate monotype and inkan stamp on found paper 8.5"x11" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025 $35

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

"That's What We're Getting" Sticker, oil pen, and collage elements on found paper 5.25"x7.5" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 $55

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

"Cheetah Boy, Post Swim" An ode to the first time I enjoyed playing catch Acrylic, collage elements, and oil pen on canvas board 9"x12" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025 $225

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

"Your Ego Burning" “Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke Sticker, oil pen, and collage elements on found paper 5.25"x7.5" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 $55

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

"Electric Cowboy at the Drag Show" Lasso 2 Electric Boogaloo Stickers and collage elements on found paper 8.5"x11" Marc-Anthony Macon & KAM Teen Takeover Night Guests, 2025 NFS

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

"I Could Use Some" “As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it.” ― Andy Warhol Sticker, oil pen, and collage elements on found paper 5.25"x7.5" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 $55

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

"You Think About That, Tammy" Unsolved mysteries are superior to solved ones Acrylic and oil pen on found paper 8.5"x11" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025 $75

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

"Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second, and you can hop from one place to another... And in the real cinema, every object and every light means something, as in a dream." -Federico Fellini

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

"Cowboy X and the Helpful Planet Yume" Acrylic gel plate monotype, oil pen, sumi ink, and inkan stamp on found paper 8.5"x11" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025 $35

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

"That Was Some Zap" “I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?” ― Arthur Conan Doyle Sticker, oil pen, and collage elements on found paper 5.25"x7.5" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 $55

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

"Thank You For Waiting, Gentlemen" “We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.” ― Voltaire Sticker, oil pen, and collage elements on found paper 5.25"x7.5" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 $55

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

"I Want Answers" Indeed. Sticker, collage elements, and inkan stamp on found magazine paper 7.5"x11" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025 $45

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

"Fruit Moon Waxing" Ulula cum lupis cum quibus esse cupis Acrylic gel plate monotype and inkan stamp on found magazine page 9"x11.5" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025 $69

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

"You See Your Destiny" “I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha Stickers and oil pen on found paper 4.25"x6" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 $35

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

"QT Visitor 1138" This is what I feel like when I'm asked to speak at a school Stickers, collage elements, and inkan stamp on found paper 8.25"x11.4" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025 $125

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

-Shozo Sato, Chazen: Zen Wisdom for Jeans & a T-Shirt

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

We cannot hold our children’s hand through every ordeal, or they will never learn to act on their own. Allowing them to struggle some, under your watchful eye, will allow they to gain their own, unique strengths, for which they can feel proud and accomplished."

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

"This story is also in a famous Kabuki dance drama. Among human society, if the teacher wants to train their students seriously, they should apply this concept of the tiger and the cliff.

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

"The father tiger, loving his own cubs as he may, must be willing to kick them off the steep cliff. Only when the cubs are capable of climbing back up to their father, can he properly educate them so that they might be the next king of the animals.

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

"Young Shozo Over African Purple Rain Promo Poster" Sumi ink and inkan stamp on found paper 8.25"x10.75" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 $65

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

"Fun With a Purpose" I try to go with the flow of progress and not dwell too much on nostalgia, but damn if I don't miss the movie-going experience of yore Collage elements and inkan stamp on found paper 8.5"x11" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025 $155

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

"Ecolighter Yume" “Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together. ” ―Anaïs Nin Sumi ink and inkan stamp on found paper 8"x11" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 $35

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

"Sins and Wins" “You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Acrylic gel plate monotype, oil pen, and crayon on found paper 8.25"x10.5" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 $45

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

"Party Napkin Yume" If you invite me to your party, I will steal some napkins, is all Acrylic, oil pen, sumi ink, inkan stamp, and collage elements on incomplete New York Times crossword puzzle 8.5"x11" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025 $35

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

"Shadowfax and Lady Luna" I trust folks who howl along with dogs they don't even know Acrylic, oil pen, stickers, unicorn spit, and collage elements on found postcard 5.25"x7" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 NFS

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I just adored the Atami Yamaguchi Museum: An apartment complex with each unit serving as its own gallery, stuffed with artwork that's new, old, forgotten, famous, frivolous, and phenomenal.

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

"A Portrait for the Atami Yamaguchi Museum" Acrylic gel plate monotype, inkan stamp, and collage elements on found paper 8.5"x11" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025 $125

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

"Tea For the Kintsugi Cowboy" Sitting down to tea with a handsome man can't fix everything, but it can make most things sweeter Acrylic gel plate monotype, oil pen, decorative tape, and collage elements on found wrapping paper 7"x9.5" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 $45

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

"New Shoes" I love having new shoes, but hate getting new shoes Acrylic gel plate monotype, oil pen, and inkan stamp on found magazine page 9"x11.5" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025 $65

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

"Mr. Content et le Miroir de l'Histoire" Still a bit freaked out by mirrors, what can I say? Oil pen and inkan stamp on found paper 6.5"x9" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025 $20

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

"Bear Being" Acrylic, oil pen, stickers, sumi ink, and collage elements on found paper 10.25"x14" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 $175

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

"The Spirit of the Kracken Plays Ragtime" My disappointments stems from the fact that I was really hoping for an apocalypse with giant tentacles Acrylic gel plate monotype and inkan stamp on found Mysteries of the Unknown book page 8.25"x11" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025 $125

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

"complex as it may seem, the world is very simple, and every rock, tree, bird, or even our own eyeglasses can go unseen, if we are looking for it somewhere far away." -Shozo Sato, Chazen: Zen Wisdom for Jeans & a T-Shirt

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

"One can look for an object, for example, their eyeglasses. Because the mind is overflowing with thoughts, they may look for their glasses all over the house, missing that they are in their pocket, or on the desk right in front of them...

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

"However, if we know how to approach it, anything in the natural world can teach us about ourselves. Even in our modern daily lives, our minds are filled with physical concerns, which serve as distractions.

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

"Natural objects such as mountains, trees, oceans, clouds, and the sun and moon are frequently used by Zen teachers as metaphors to gently nudge students in the right direction, but these objects are not enlightenment themselves.

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

"Young Shozo and the Southern Sunset" Acrylic gel plate monotype, sumi ink woodblock print 8.5"x11" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 $65

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

"At Six" Cheers to everyone else whose parents told them carob is as good as chocolate Stickers and inkan stamp on found Midjourney Magazine page 5.75"x11" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2025 $55

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

"Big Stack of Pizza Boxes Yume" “I had a dream I was awake and I woke up to find myself asleep.” ― Stan Laurel Sumi ink and inkan stamp on found paper 8"x11" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024 $35

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Marc-Anthony Macon @maconandeggs.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Is there a term for the phenomenon wherein some folks feel like they have to start a story by telling you that they were telling this story to someone else earlier?

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