Painting the Dao

102 ak21.77 Primordial Stone Ink and watercolour on xuan paper 123.5 × 69.0 cm, Hong Kong, December 2021 Five artist seals 水松石山房 Shuisongshi shanfang (Water, Pine and Stone Retreat) 如如居士 Ruru Jushi (Retired scholar who believes all doctrines equal) 竹虛老人 Zhuxu laoren (Old man as empty inside as bamboo) 墨者不朽 Mozhe buxiu (Let ink be my immortality) 石狂 Shikuang (Stone fool) inscr iption Primordial Stone Born of creative energy, the universe constantly recreates itself in the sapient mind. Inscribed by the Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat at the Garden at the Edge of the Universe, winter 2021.