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Mu - Emptiness
Original calligraphy by American Zen monk and artist Peter Cutler. The calligraphy is in the Sosho style.
Mu is the Japanese word for "nothingness". It is the heart of Zen teaching. It means to transcend the illusion of dualism, to go beyond all concepts of existence and non-existence. It is the state of enlightened consciousness.

The small red chop or seal in the lower right reads "True Virtue". It is the Dharma Name given to Peter by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.

Peter Cutler is an internationally acclaimed artist, photographer and film director. At the young age of 20, he won Nikon Cameras prestigious international photography contest. Shows at leading galleries and art and photography magazines soon followed. Over the next 40 years he developed a successful career as a leading commercial artist, photographer and film director, winning over 150 international awards. After 20 years of meditation and spiritual practice, a profound spiritual awakening led him to leave the world of commercial art behind, become a Zen monk and devote his life to his newly discovered gift of healing and manifesting Spirit through art. As he readily acknowledges, this art flows through him, not from him. The art is...