About the work
An arc begins a circle. Beside a straight edge, it might begin something else.
The same small family of shapes offers several relationships. A curve passes over a bar. A pale layer lets two forms remain visible together. Faint lines continue beyond the more definite shapes, suggesting that the arrangement could still become something else.
A form we can meet again
There is care in the placement, and room in what it leaves undecided. We can follow a familiar figure, lose it, or let another association arrive. The forms do not have to be unfamiliar for our encounter with them to change.
The construction has also been explored through digitally interpreted drawing, mixed media and acrylic. In this palette study, a Sage upright rectangle and Clay quadrant meet the retained Navy arcs and Espresso bar. A translucent overlap lets distinct pieces remain visible together; the color relationships leave several larger figures possible.
Where the idea began
Shunryu Suzuki's beginner's mind gives the work its starting point: keeping a capacity for discovery within continuing practice. The idea belongs to his Zen teaching; this composition develops a separate visual inquiry. Explore the source talk and published-text reference.
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