Empty is the beginning of Fullness.
Excess, yet, leads to emptiness.
"謙受益，滿招損"
Illustration Friday this week calls for drawings on "Empty". Whew, big subject.
"Empty" is not just an important subject of art in oriental world, it is an art itself. The struggle of balance between Emptiness and Fullness founded the whole school of Eastern Philosophy, defined the standard of beauty, shaped the perfect way of living:
"謙受益，滿招損" Empty your hands, then you can receive more. Open your mind, then you can learn more. Humble your heart, then you can be blessed more. On the contrary, the arrogant and conceited would only see vain and and failing...
It is said that Confucius once made a rounded container. When filled almost full of water, it would stand gracefully balanced on the holder, yet when it is fully filled, it would overturn and spill out all the water. My submit this week is one of my study of Chinese painting which abstractly capture this spilling jar. The jar is full, thus it is empty. Because of its emptiness, it can filled and full again. Oosp...hv written too much...hope you like this post :-
3 comments:
You expressed the paradox of the full, yet empty bowl as a metaphor for life so eloquently - in words and in your painting. Thanks you for sharing this.
Beautiful... I love the rhythm and balance between positive and negative space....
Naa, didn't write to much, just enought to keep me interested and wanting to sit and meditate this instanse! :-)
thanks!
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