By Hui Neng

the tree of buddah exists not

nor the stand of the mirror bright

Universe begins with no self

dust finds abode somewhere else

( famous zen poem of sixth zen master Hui Neng, an approximate translation by BKFlee )

Homage to Noguchi, an approximate remade of an idea of Hui Neng found in the mirror- sculpture of Noguchi

the path

formed

by

the trunks

felled

by

the 

new neighbour

placing them

one

after

another

one

after

another

a return

to the vague

scupltural

path

of the

U of A

when

I used to

walk along

to attend

Art History

lectures

recalling

the Noguchi

exam

the slide

show

and the

zen path of

old

when

I was

in Shek

O

reciting

this little poem

of

Hui Neng

the empty self

the rich self

emptiness

as

the 

richest

element

in

the 

universe

like

the mirror

that reflects

that does not reject

that embraces

all in all

the 

whole

universe

how old was I

maybe

about

five

what

a

path

this

Hui Neng

Zen 

path

 ( installation 2015; path with paintings was formed for the exhibition that lasted only a few hours, on the 24/06/2015, an experiment of making an exhibition without inviting any spectator as spectators could be invited eventually, such as over a virtual platform )