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Ink 032

Caigentan: A Single Birdsong Undated

Hyunbo (Kim Sung Eun)

Script: Cursive
Year: Undated
Medium: Ink on paper, hanging scroll
Source: Hong Yingming, Caigentan (Vegetable Roots Discourse), Ming dynasty
Reference: Ink 032

About the work

"In utter silence, the sudden song of one bird awakens countless quiet delights; after every flower has withered, one branch shooting up stirs boundless life. Our original nature is never truly withered — its spark waits only to be touched off." Linked running-cursive that moves like that birdsong breaking the stillness.

Caigentan: A Single Birdsong — cursive script calligraphy by Hyunbo, ink on paper, hanging scroll — View full size (opens the image)

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