Andy Lowry

@RustyBertrand@toot.wales My cat gives his pawprint of approval. Two mornings ago, the fuzzy bastidge woke me up by sneezing while in just this position. I passed from full sleep to bolt upright in one second and I was at a sink before I knew I was moving.

@everywhereist@mastodon.social In the first half of the 13th century, the Soto Zen master Dōgen wrote instructions on bathing and cleanliness for his monks. The text is in chapter 7 of his masterwork Shobogenzo. He's very specific about how many balls to prepare and use. A good free translation can be had here if you'd like to look at it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pq2MCIiUnLUZepRE0OLs1ptkCCWziq6c/view That translation is broken into four volumes, and this first volume contains fascicle 7, which starts on page 47.

@darren@c.im @everywhereist@mastodon.social 😆

@Sheril@mastodon.social I would not have guessed that so many had already lived and died.

@everywhereist@mastodon.social So sort of a dual-purpose ceramics function! Very efficient to think of that. Are you aware of the medieval Japanese thing where they used balls of clay? I can provide info if needed.

@gowin@social.tchncs.de @everywhereist@mastodon.social There's a point in there where the math doesn't add up and there would be leftover clay balls. This strikes me as funny, given his overall OCD style approach to detail. Something of a peculiar fellow!