I know the practice is to meditate and grind the ink. Clear our minds and get ready for the day's work. But what if someone else could do the menial tasks? What if...

Then I find out that the ancient Chinese scholars kept miniature monkeys to grind their ink and turn their pages. The monkeys slept in their desk drawers.
Little things.

They were thought to be extinct by now, but one was found in southeastern China. Just recently, too. I wonder if it could be taught to line paper...