Zen Pencils - Work & Play

Gavin Aung Than is a freelance illustrator living in Melbourne, Australia. He has spent a number of years as corporate graphic designer before quitting to pursue his passion for illustration and cartooning. Since then he has been illustrating famous quotes, creating as he calls them "cartoon quotes from inspirational folks". His work is trully outstanding. View this sample here, and visit his website for more.

Original Post by the artist was on 28 Aug.2012 here.

Legend :

L.P. JACKS (1860-1955) was an English Unitarian minister and philosopher. I only used one sentence, but the full version of this quote is beautiful:

“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play, his labour and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself he always seems to be doing both. Enough for him that he does it well.”

Such great words, and I’m trying my best to apply it to my own life. This is a companion comic to my early Find a job you love piece. I really liked that comic and I wanted to recapture that same sense of joy and fun. So this comic is pretty much exactly the same but with a different vocation. I know it’s a little bit lazy to rehash old ideas but I loved the quote so much I think it warranted another comic. And it’s my website and I can do whatever I want – so there!