[Kätzchen]

昔者莊周夢為蝴蝶，
栩栩然蝴蝶也，
自喻適志與，
不知周也。俄然覺，
則蘧蘧然周也。不知周之夢為蝴蝶與，
蝴蝶之夢為周與？
周與蝴蝶則必有分矣。此之謂物化。

The Butterfly Dream (above) ~>>> Link

All my life, it would seem, I have loved butterflies, stories about butterflies, have always felt like a 'social butterfly'....and, in particular, maybe some 7 years ago?, I came across a post on an internet board about items related to the practice of Zen (Koans,etc):

Zhuangzi, was the subject of interest. Interestingly, since coming across posts about Hundred Schools of Thought and other like-minded posts, it led me to delve into an 'underworld' of critical thinkers who seemed to question things as remote as concepts about time, philosophical reflections on dreams (The Butterfly Dream), and how some believed Zhang Zou to be "perhaps the world's first anarchist" (Murray Rothbard, NY, NY, American Economist, of an Austrian School of Thought).

I think I was around the age of 44, when I first began to learn about Zen.
I don't really know a lot about any of it; but what I do know is that I try to be mindful with cultural studies,
even when it delves deeper into lesser-talked about philosophies, in terms of a polysemy of prismatic values.

I wouldn't say that I am completely enchanted by all that my eyes see, but I do tend to wonder when my curiosity is peaked by things that nip at my conscience and find reason to pause, as I contemplate what it could mean to me or others.

The combination of the Zen, butterflies, and pentangled artistic expressions, tend to draw me in deeper; and it brings to me, in untypical ways, a certain kind of peace.