Calligraphy, Philosophy and the Comos
Dao Flow. (2019) Chinese Ink on Rice Paper. Size: 140cm x 70cm, From Zhu Tian Yun, the artist: Long before the brush touches paper, the act of writing has already begun. For many days I sit in quiet meditation, letting the vision of ink and paper take shape within the mind. The dance of strokes is rehearsed in silence, until the energy gathers, swelling like a river behind a gate, waiting for its moment to flow. When morning arrives, I rise unhurried. After a simple breakfast, I clear the table, laying bare a space for creation. The felt is spread, the ink prepared—small gestures, yet each one a ritual of readiness. I imagine the unfolding of words, their rhythm and form, the architecture of the whole composition as though it were already breathing in the unseen. And then comes the moment. The brush is lifted, and without break or doubt, the writing begins. Stroke follows stroke, as though guided by something beyond myself. I do not so much write as witness. The words appear of the...
