zen Calligraphy and paintings

when one is idle
the cassia flowers are bound to fall

( from Wang Wei, Tang Dynasty )
when one is idle the cassia flowers are bound to fall ( from Wang Wei, Tang Dynasty )
night so quiet,
Spring hill so deserted
night so quiet, Spring hill so deserted
the moon shows its presence, startling the pheasants
the moon shows its presence, startling the pheasants
phoenix pavilion dances the phoenix

gone the phoenix
gone the pavilion

like the flowing river
lonesomely
flows itself

by Li Po of Tang Dynasty
phoenix pavilion dances the phoenix gone the phoenix gone the pavilion like the flowing river lonesomely flows itself by Li Po of Tang Dynasty
gone the phoenix gone the pavilion
like the flowing river
lonesomely
flows itself
gone the phoenix gone the pavilion like the flowing river lonesomely flows itself
Spring flowers
Autumn moon
til whence do they reach their ends

of the past
how much
do you really 
live their very hearts

by Li Yu of Tang Dynasty
Spring flowers Autumn moon til whence do they reach their ends of the past how much do you really live their very hearts by Li Yu of Tang Dynasty
shadowed hillside
the sorrow cries
of
monkeys' signs
shadowed hillside the sorrow cries of monkeys' signs
Unfathomably
the river
quickly runs
its course
at night

by Meng Ho Yin of Tang Dynasty
Unfathomably the river quickly runs its course at night by Meng Ho Yin of Tang Dynasty
flowers
fly
flowers
flowers fly flowers
once in a while
behold
petals fall

by Liu Hsien Xu of Tang Dynasty
once in a while behold petals fall by Liu Hsien Xu of Tang Dynasty
the perfume
along the river
spread
farther
and farther
the perfume along the river spread farther and farther
on top of the hill
lies the restful door
on top of the hill lies the restful door
hidden in the willow wood stationed the hall of study
hidden in the willow wood stationed the hall of study
bright is the sun
reflecting the hill
bright is the sun reflecting the hill
its rays reach and purify my robe
its rays reach and purify my robe
pomegranites, homeward dreams
pomegranites, homeward dreams
the falling of the petals
the calling of the dreams
the falling of the petals the calling of the dreams
flowers
fly
flowers
flowers fly flowers
the ripening of the plums
the ripening of the plums
the softest
overcomes
the hardest
the softest overcomes the hardest
the lucky bird
the lucky bird

zen 

difficult not to

touch the realm of

zen

if one wants to unlearn

in ink that bleeds

naturally

in space

that forms

accidentally

in the wind

the scroll of calligraphy

holds itself not

let it be

even in the way of

a presentation

because what one learns

is to

unlearn

to be kind of -not quite in control

of uncontrollable

situations

even if the

calligraphy

is seen

all of a sudden

in a horizontal manner

the eastern mind

now nutured

with the western sense

a challenge to the innate

sense of space

of form

of notions

of all living experience

of all that one is too accustomed to :

the normal acceptable

visual codes

( works shown on this page were done approximately in 1998-1999, when an Association East West was founded in Florence, Italy)

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