Painting the Dao

94 ak19.179 Searching beyond the Snow-blind Sky Ink and watercolour on cloud-dragon paper Handscroll, 32 × 720 cm, Hong Kong, December 2019 inscr iption Title Panel Searching beyond the Snow-blind Sky Inscribed by the Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat at the Garden at the Edge of the Universe in the winter of 2019. Three artist seals 水松石山房 Shuisongshi shanfang (Water, Pine and Stone Retreat) 竹虛老人 Zhuxu laoren (Old man as empty inside as bamboo) 石狂 Shikuang (Stone fool) Painting Searching beyond the snow-blind sky I follow no path Into the wilderness, unaccompanied Save for my walking staff And the muffled thump, thump As trees shake off their first winter burden Who knows where I shall shelter ’til spring returns Three artist seals 墨者不朽 Mozhe buxiu (Let ink be my immortality) 如如居士 Ruru Jushi (Retired scholar who believes all doctrines equal) 養石閒人 Yangshi xianren (Idler who cherishes stones)