100×93cm Framed 2023
How many poles does the fresh breeze have?
A fresh breeze sweeps across the earth. What could be more perfect?
This phrase appears in the opening verse of the Zen koan collection "The Blue Cliff Record" by Xuedou Chongxian (980-1052). It is interpreted to mean that the truth is not something far away, but is present right here, all at once.
I wanted to express a kind of intensity, so I used a brush that I don't usually use, but because I wasn't used to it, I had difficulty with the brushstrokes, and it ended up looking like I just wrote it roughly. I think I should have organized the composition a bit more, or made the lines more random, like cracks in the ice.
