Expressive Heart Sutra Zen Calligraphy, Form is Emptiness Painting

Modern Zen calligraphy brushed on Xuan rice paper. This calligraphy shows the Heart Sutra line – Form Is Emptiness, Emptiness is Form– brushed in an expressive, straightforward Zen style. The calligraphy is a fusion of East and West ideographics. On the left stands the Chinese/Japanese character 空, Emptiness, and on the right stands 色, Form. Both characters are brushed in a bold cursive style. Between them stands the equal sign =, hence the meaning: 空 Emptiness = 色 Form The calligraphy can be read both ways, from right to left, or from left to right. Form is exactly emptiness Emptiness is exactly form. The red seal reads : Directly pointing to the human mind– the core principle of Great Master Bodhidharma's teaching. As my signature I introduce one of the oldest art expressions of humans: the print of a hand. The original calligraphy is not stretched yet. I don't know if you are familiar with rice paper, but when you brush on it, it absorbs the ink and it wrinkles. Therefore the artwork needs to be mounted, which means it is stretched and flattened to take the wrinkles away. Several Chinese and Japanese mounting services in the USA offer art mounting services on the internet. They will be happy to assist you with the mounting. You could also ask your local framer.