Joi Ito's Web泥中乃蓮 emerging from my long-neglected Japanese calligraphy. The symbol on the bottom is my kao (花押) which is a kind of kanji signature derived from my first name Joichi (穰一). Fudepen on back of index card. Thick Nhat Hahn, one of my favorite Buddhist monks, often said, "No Mud, No Lotus." This is very similar to the saying, deichuunohasu (泥中乃蓮, でいちゅうのはす), which translates to "lotus in the mud." I
