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“Zen Poem” is a painting with different inks on yupo paper. The composition is based on concepts from traditional Chinese art combined with Western gestural painting techniques.

This image was published in 2022 in a book written in German and Chinese and containing 31 poems by Theodor Storm. Each poem features an illustration by Friedrich Zettl, who also created the cover.

Mixed media with Western and Indian ink on yupo paper.

Ready to hang! The picture comes matted and in a good quality, modern, attractive frame made of black aluminum and plexiglass. The frame is 3.5 cm deep.

[Please note that the original is not very large, and the situational images are just examples of how prints of the work could be effectively displayed.]

The story behind the picture is based on one of the most famous Daoist stories by Zhuangzi. Adapted from this image it reads: Once upon a time, there was an old goldfish who suffered from rheumatism because of the steam, cold water. One night he dreamed that he had left his pond and lived like a bird in a tree, flying through the air and letting the summer wind blow through his feathers while he looked at the flowers from above......

With Zhuangzi, as we all know, the story goes:
One night Zhuangzi went to sleep and dreamed that he was a butterfly. He dreamed that he was flying around from flower to flower and while he was dreaming he felt free, blown about by the breeze hither and thither. He was quite sure that he was a butterfly. But when he awoke he realized that he had just been dreaming, and then Zhuangzi asked himself the following question: “Was I Zhuangzi dreaming to be a butterfly, or am I now really a butterfly dreaming that I am Zhuangzi?”

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