This thousand-year-old painting from Dunhuang uncannily depicts a 21st-century author trying to writ

This thousand-year-old painting from Dunhuang uncannily depicts a 21st-century author trying to write, while a thousand demons stir up a ruckus and unhelpfully provide an endless stream of distractions. This is the demon called OHSHITDONALDTRUMPISPRESIDENT. Permanently hunched over, its only action, endlessly repeated, is to blast tripartite flames from its ass. Note its location in the painting, just below the Buddha. This is the demon called, STOPWHATYOU'REDOINGANDSAVETHEWORLD. Wielding its battle-axe, and barely aware that a human being is flattened to its face, it raises one hand in impassioned invective that will change no one’s mind… but shouldn’t you be doing the same thing? SHOULDN’T YOU? Located at the center of the lower-right quadrant of the painting. This is the demon TIMETOCOOKDINNER. It balances a platter of flames atop its ridged, barracuda-shaped head. Located center-left of the upper-left quadrant. This is the demon called, YOU'RENEGLECTINGYOURHOUSEHOLDDUTIES. At the very top, just to the right.  This is the demon called, OMGIJUSTHADANAMAZINGIDEAFORACOMPLETELYDIFFERENTNOVEL! All over its skin, new demons are erupting. It has seven heads. It opens its mouth to speak, but a weasel-demon shoots out. Located toward the top of the lower-right quadrant. These are the demons SELF-DOUBT and UNCERTAINTY. Self-doubt has three snake-heads, each with a single eye; they argue with each other all the time, while the little demon with the bow-and-arrow balances on top of the three bobbing reptile heads. If only he could remain steady, he could aim his arrow and hit the target. If only…Upper left quadrant. This is the demon LOOKATMEIHAVEAFLAMETHROWER! You’re trying to finish your scene but wait, wouldn’t it be better if it had a demon with a flamethrower, and three live snakes writhing on its scalp? Dammit, why didn’t you think of that sooner?Toward the bottom of the upper right quadrant. These demons are the YOURFIRSTBOOKWASBETTER BRIGADE. A dragon, a tiger, a bull, and a panther come out one by one and laugh at you.Along the bottom of the lower right quadrant. This is the demon called SOCIAL MEDIA.It’s right next to the Buddha’s hand. -- source link

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