Painting the Dao

119 ak23.36 One into Three Ink and watercolour on cloud-dragon paper 185 × 95 cm, Sussex, July 2023 Three 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) 石狂 Shikuang (Stone fool) commentary [Not inscribed on the painting] Reality is the result of creativity fuelled by energy. To mimic the result focuses on lower levels of meaning in art, which is not where the wondrous communication in art awaits; that is just where it starts. Painting the energy allows me to weave a fabric of layer after layer of patterns in various diluted colours, each intermingled and dancing with those that went before. With each work, the circle of creativity is completed; knowing consciousness is the only entity in the universe we can be certain of that can bring recognition and delight to billions of years of mindless cosmic creativity. Inscribed by the Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat at the Garden at the Edge of the Universe in the summer of 2023.