s worldview of being and becoming plays an important role. There is often a depth and loftiness within Zen artworks that is not revealed by its surface appearance. Like with satori or enlightenment, the individual must find a particular wave-length in order to receive the message and profundity of the particular image. Many of the practices of Zen ritual, like meditation techniques, are required to be able to fully appreciate Zen works of art, especially if one hopes to receive the power that comes from unraveling the mysteries it often contains “Works of art partaking of the Zen spirit require from the viewer, such as hardly any other art form, silent, patient self-absorption, concentrated, pure harkening to the soundless message which in the end retracts everything and emanates the absolute void beyond all form and colour, whether it is an abstract ‘dry landscape garden’ made of rocks and sand, a spontaneously brushed, bold scroll of Chinese characters, a sparse ink paintin
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