Those were the dying words of legendary Osamu Tezuka, father of artforms and a man whose reaching influence on today’s symbols, pop culture, and storytelling is difficult to overstate.

When work is playful and creative vision makes labor effortless, you can understand how pure a statement Tezuka made if you replace the word “work” with “live”. Maybe it would be appropriate here to call him by his Buddhist name, Hakugeiin Denkakuenju Shodaikoji, parting earth with such an elegant abstraction on the human condition. 八(＾□＾*)