I love this birthday gift from my son! The sequence is painting an image with water and observing its disappearance. According to Zen Life, “With the Zen Artist Board you can watch your stress disappear right before your eyes. It’s as simple as dipping the brush into a bit of water then putting the brush onto the board. Leave your worries behind as you unleash your inner child and bring your artistic creations to life. Within a few minutes the image will disappear and you can create your next masterpiece”.

In an “Aha” moment, I realized this Artist Board and quick, creative process of usually text-based images, mirror life which is impermanence. There’s always movement and nothing stays the same - Ever! With varying degrees of ease and difficulty, this is a daily, working practice of acknowledging impermanence as a given, remembering to breathe deep, and letting go into what is so I don’t suffer from the grasping of attachments. Essentially, be here now. To be continued.