Jack tells of a muslim man who was put into a prison for a crime he did not commit. A friend came to visit and smuggled him a present, a prayer rug. The jailed man was disappointed, he did not want a prayer rug, he wanted a hacksaw or knife or something else that would somehow aid his escape> But after some time he decided to make use of the rug, studying the beautiful and intricate patterns as he did his daily prayers. One day he started to see an interesting design in the carpet, a diagram of the internal mechanism of the lock to his cell. He picked the lock and he was free. As Nasaruddin foretold, looking was indeed the key.

– Mark Epstein