Object 22 is part of a limited collection of hand-painted ink strokes.
The purpose behind the handmade objects is to reflect a union between the creator and the material essence of the world. In traditional Chinese painting philosophy, the material, the medium, the reality, and the artist are all representations of a larger cosmic whole. The act of painting with "one stroke" is an act that unifies that whole by creating a new objective reality as seen through a representative object.
In this practice, I use black ink bought from a wholesaler, poured into a white ceramic dish. I use a sable tip brush bought from an art supply store, and I use the brush to mix the new ink with old ink, reflecting on the ink's purpose. In this sense, the ink's purpose is to absorb light and to focus the attention.
Then, in a quiet room -- in this case, during a major typhoon -- I take the brush to the paper and in one stroke produce something. This is the 22nd object I have created in this practice.
Not every object I create will be sold or shown.
This NFT represents the physical paper and ink stroke, which Hambone will be sent, along with a provenance sticker affixed to the object, showing the date and time it was created in .