Delicate washes of ink dissolve into mist, leaving only the faintest suggestion of bamboo groves clinging to the slopes. The two figures, barely larger than a thumbprint, measure the vastness of nature against human scale.

What does the empty space between the mountain’s peak and the calligraphy reveal about the artist’s balance of presence and absence?

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