Art Koans

Koans come from the Zen tradition of awakening. A koan is an impossible question asked repeatedly, by the mind, until an answer arises. A typical koan is the question: "What is the sound of one hand clapping?". Usually, only dedicated Zen students have the discipline to keep the 'koan question' reverberating in the mind, moment by moment, day by day, month by month until the realisation finally occurs. Art Koans are silent pictorial questions and insights. They are not depicting intellectual theories or speculations. These images may reveal to the meditative mind, what the thinking mind cannot grasp or understand. Truth is not outside of oneself but a revelation from within. Seek it there.