“It’s like they threw a whole bunch of stuff from all over the world together in one place,” Rintaro continued. “It looks like it’s full, but in fact it’s empty.” The cat’s response was very Zen. “There’s no philosophy behind it and no taste. No matter how rich and wonderful it all looks on the outside, when you take off the lid and look inside there’s nothing but a jumble of borrowed junk. It’s the worst kind of ignorance.”
