(On drawing quickly, part 2)

(I have this image in my mind: a dull average fellow, perhaps a little overweight, frustrated with the boredom of his life, decides to set out on what is sometimes referred to as the inner voyage. He buys some ink and rice paper ($29.99 for the Zen Painting Set) and, locking himself up in his room, connects with his inner self and dashes out quickly a few works. What he produces looks awful, and he does notice, as he studies it, that it is none too pretty; but since (the theory tells him) his fast work represents a revelation of the inner self, he meditates on the ugly stuff, trying to interpret it. So this is how I am inside, he says to himself, puzzled).