peace
Original: peace on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (sitting on a couch): "How do you say so AT PEACE?"
Man (standing): "It's about seeing your mind as a place."
Panel 2:
Man: "I visualize my mind as a cluttered room, and one by one I take each object and remove it."
Man: "Once it's done that, I take out the walls, the floor and the ceiling, and then the air itself."
Panel 3:
Man (now seated on the floor, eyes closed, meditating): "And then I take everyone who ever slighted me, and I put them in this room. And I imagine the sudden agony that overtakes them as the nitrogen bubbles out of their blood..."
Panel 4:
Man: "The last sound they make is OHHHHMMMMMM."
Man (chanting): "OMMMMMMM"
Votey:
Woman (in a speech bubble at the top): "I feel so tranquil now."
(A close-up of the meditating man's serene face is shown below.)
Woman (sitting on a couch): "How do you say so AT PEACE?"
Man (standing): "It's about seeing your mind as a place."
Panel 2:
Man: "I visualize my mind as a cluttered room, and one by one I take each object and remove it."
Man: "Once it's done that, I take out the walls, the floor and the ceiling, and then the air itself."
Panel 3:
Man (now seated on the floor, eyes closed, meditating): "And then I take everyone who ever slighted me, and I put them in this room. And I imagine the sudden agony that overtakes them as the nitrogen bubbles out of their blood..."
Panel 4:
Man: "The last sound they make is OHHHHMMMMMM."
Man (chanting): "OMMMMMMM"
Votey:
Woman (in a speech bubble at the top): "I feel so tranquil now."
(A close-up of the meditating man's serene face is shown below.)
Alt text
A four-panel black-and-white SMBC comic. Panel 1: A woman sits on a couch and asks a standing man, "How do you stay so at peace?" He replies, "It's about seeing your mind as a place." Panel 2: The man explains, "I visualize my mind as a cluttered room, and one by one I take each object and remove it." Then, "Once I've done that, I take out the walls, the floor and the ceiling, and then the air itself." Panel 3: The man sits on the floor with eyes closed, meditating, and continues, "And then I take everyone who ever slighted me, and I put them in this room. And I imagine the sudden agony that overtakes them as the nitrogen bubbles out of their blood..." Panel 4: On a black background, the man chants, "The last sound they make is OHHHHMMMMMM," blending revenge with a meditative om. Votey: A close-up of the man's calm, serene face beneath a speech bubble reading, "I feel so tranquil now."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.