My Mind Is Like The Autumn Moon Acrylic Print

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This calligraphy shows a line of poetry by the Tang poet Han Shan, the Chinese Zen hermit poet called Cold Mountain. I love this phrase and so do many Zen practitioners. From the first time I heard My mind is like the autumn moon, I wanted to brush it. Here is a cursive calligraphic version of this Zen song.

The characters are:

吾 my
心 heart
似 like
秋 autumn
月 moon

You can read the entire poem in The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain, a marvelous translation of Han Shan's poetry by Red Pine

My gallery presents calligraphies and paintings that breathe the spirit of contemporary Chinese and Japanese brush art. The main feature of my art work is to grab the moment of inspiration and express in its fullness with the brush. My medium is ink and natural pigments on rice paper. My primary tool is the flexible Oriental sheep's hair brush. In the calligraphy section you will find artwork brushed in different styles of Japanese calligraphy. The very different calligraphic styles evoke different moods, which you will be able to appreciate yourself by browsing the calligraphy print gallery. The subjects covered in the calligraphy section are mainly related to Zen and Buddhism and martial arts. As for the painting gallery you will find...