Loss is part of the human condition: we lose both significant and insignificant things constantly. Existence and non-existence lie upon each other.

I was gradually engulfed by the darkness after dusk. My poor eyesight could hardly render the path underneath my feet. Suddenly, I felt an unassuming piece of grass wiggling its body in the tender evening breeze. I was ferociously hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting, but barely seeing. The visceral experience established almost spiritual resonance with the landscape. How much can one see without seeing?

How much do we see with naked eyes versus conscious minds? Various independent research studies have revealed that processing certain semantic relationships in visual imagery requires the subject to have conscious experiences. Combining reduced strokes with atmospheric perspective, a picture attains its fullness in the spirit of emptiness.

“The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.”