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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 11:41:07 -0500

We were not yet done on our day of arrival. After a walk to the Japan Society on the east side, we saw their exhibit of Zen paintings. Most were done by the early 18th century Japanese teacher, Hakuin Ekaku, who established many of the Zen practices common today. Hakuin painted deceptively simple scenes complementing his calligraphic messages. In Two Blind Men Crossing a Log Bridge, the subjects grope their way across a narrow log over emptiness, a metaphor for making our way through life before enlightenment.