Well, the cat is out of the bag... My dear friend Hilary discovered my Yi-Toons site and now it belongs to the world. Ah..., chance... You've got to love Yi humor and for that I mean Yi's own sense of humor.
Bear in mind that Yi-Toons design is still a work in progress and I'll be making changes to this blog as well as the main site.
I hope you enjoy your stay.
I hope you realize that many of the cartoons so called "dialogs" are based on the text of the lines of a given Hexagram as well as their Judgment and Image text. As for myself, I realize that for those people not geeky enough to know the basic inner structure of the Yijing (I Ching), the toons may seem rather obscure. Well, that's my challenge to you: Get to know the Yi!!
I'm still fixing a few little design details on Yi-Toons. I added something very important to the front page that I thought it would be easy to figure out without it: You must click on the cartoon (which is sort of a thumbnail) for a bigger, readable version of the toon.
Ah, curiosity... From my web stats I can see there is a discussion, at a University in Colorado, about this site. Unfortunately, it is a private domain and cannot read the thread. I asked the Yi: "what's up with that?" Below is satirized version of the answer. I rather see myself as Hex16 in this case...
Hex6 is called Conflict or Contention and describes, among other things, the bringing forward of grievances in a court of law, with all that such a situation entitles. Usually, it isn't good for the complaining party and lines 2 and 6 deal with that aspect.
Hex16, called Enthusiasm or Delight, depicts a situation or a person that isn't concerned about negative situations because he feels confident to achieve a positive outcome. Has many friends (can delegate and "movilize multitudes" according to the text).
So, as said in the toon, lighten up!
I came across this this nice quote about Chinese paintings:
The royal painter of Ch'i was asked by the king what objects were the easiest and what objects were the most difficult to paint.
"It is the most difficult to paint ddogs and horses; it is the easiest to paint ghosts." the painter replied.
"Why?" asked the king.
"People know what dogs and horses look like. When I paint them, I have to make them look like dogs and horses, which is rather difficult. But nobody knowss what ghosts look like. I can paint them anyway I wish, and yet no one can contradict me. That is why, Your Majesty. I have always preferred to paint ghosts rather than dogs and horses."
The king nodded in agreement.
--Han Fei (d. 233 B.C.)
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