Painting the Dao

93 ak18.89 Down from the Moon Ink and white watercolour on cloud-dragon paper 187 × 65 cm, Hong Kong, December 2018 Five artist seals 水松石山房 Shuisongshi shanfang (Water, Pine and Stone Retreat) 墨者不朽 Mozhe buxiu (Let ink be my immortality) 養石閒人 Yangshi xianren (Idler who cherishes stones) 山外山樵 Shanwai shanqiao (Mountain woodcutter who is not in the mountains) 石狂 Shikuang (Stone fool) Published The Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat, Beyond the Stage of Time , i: Realised Realms (Hong Kong: Rasti Chinese Art, 2020), 222–3 inscr iption Snow clouds begin to clear Parting flakes idle on the breeze The moon emerges bright and clear Reclaiming dominion over the wilderness As the gorge chants its eternal poem I push open my door Enraptured again Inscribed by the Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat at the Garden at the Edge of the Universe, winter 2018.