Articles by Gavin Aung Than
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This comic originally appeared exclusively in my second Zen Pencils book collection (available from all good retailers!) in 2015. I really enjoy writing t
Gavin Aung Than · 4,505 views
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Jiddu Krishnamurti knew a thing or two about fame. As a 13 year-old boy in India, he was not ‘discovered’ by a record producer or casting agent, but by one of the leaders of...
Gavin Aung Than · 6,727 views
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The ONE secret that Nikola Tesla wrested from nature on that fateful day in a Budapest park was the design for his most famous and important invention: the Alternating Current Induction...
Gavin Aung Than · 5,095 views
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Pablo Picasso was feeling uninspired. The world’s most famous artistic genius had been commissioned to do a painting for the Spanish Pavilion at the Paris World’s Fair in 1937, but all...
Gavin Aung Than · 19,622 views
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“The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of the religious worshiper or the lover. The daily effort comes from no deliberate intention or program...
Gavin Aung Than · 7,743 views
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Sooooooooo … can you tell I’m a new dad? My w
Gavin Aung Than · 10,614 views
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Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American writer, poet, philosopher and one of the leading figures of the transcendentalism movement. Besides writing Civil Disobedience, which inspired
Gavin Aung Than · 17,397 views
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Gavin Aung Than · 13,493 views
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All the world’s a stage, one of Shakespeare’s most well-known monologues, is taken from his play As You Like It. It’s spoken by the weary traveller Jacques, and in the play’s context is...
Gavin Aung Than · 4,699 views
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Gavin Aung Than · 30,555 views
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This is my second quote adaptation from the great Robert F. Kennedy. It’s an extract taken from one of his most important speeches, titled ‘On the mindless menace of violence’, which Ke
Gavin Aung Than · 3,588 views
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Sophie Scholl (1921-1943) was a German activist who is famous for speaking out against the Nazi regime. Scholl was a member of a protest group called The White Rose, which was formed by...
Words by Sophie Scholl - Illustrations by Gavin Aung Than · 12,777 views
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Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was a modern day Renaissance woman – author, poet, activist, dancer, singer, director, teacher and hero. Here is her poem Phenomenal Woman, illustrated by Zen...
Gavin Aung Than · 26,396 views
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Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (1931-2015) was a scientist, aer
Gavin Aung Than · 46,148 views
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Desiderata poem by Max Ehrmann beautifully illustrated by Gavin Aung Than
Gavin Aung Than · 212,922 views
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Atena Farghadani is a 28-year-old Iranian artist. She was recently sentenced to 12 years and 9 months in prison for drawing a cartoon.
Gavin Aung Than · 145,529 views
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Gavin Aung Than · 197,881 views
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An amazing cartoon made by Gavin Aung Than, which is inspired by this great lecture of the philosopher Alan Watts.
Gavin Aung Than · 983,528 views
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