Flowering of the Unbounded 49

Only three paintings have survived over-painting in 2011. This one - 10" x 10"- takes its place in the series 'Flowering of the Unbounded'.
The phrase comes from 12C Zen Thinker Dogen whose writings have been inspiring me through the last year. Yayoi Kusama - soon to have a major retrospective at Tate Modern - writes: "The machinery of the sky that confounds us on earth with endless transformations of clouds... does not compare to the extraordinary tenacity of human beings, the way of human life, the presentiment of approaching death, the existence of love, the brilliant corruscations of light and the dark scars of our lives, to say nothing of... the overwhelming mysteries of space, time, distance. What is it that towers in the background, looming over all this? I wanted to express my yearning for that unknown something..."