希言自然(Kigen Jinen)

Year

May 2016

Medium

Katsura wood, gold leaf, acrylic paint

Artwork size

23.5 × 50 × 2.5×2 cm

Frame size

65 × 65 × 5.5 cm

Exhibition

68th Mainichi Calligraphy Exhibition (2016)

‘Rare speech is natural’ (Laozi). It cautions against forcing things: strain creates friction and causes us to turn away from nature. Sound arises only through collision or friction; silence itself is nature's way.