Higher Perspective - Ten Ox Herding - Part 9 - Art Print / Framed Print.
The world is the same as it was before you embarked on the journey. Flowers are still as colourful, the ocean remains blue, and waves continue to break beautifully. The reality is that it was there all along, only now you can see it so perfectly. You have become a part of what you see before you.
About the Ten Ox Herding project
This project is a collaboration with my friend Shinji Asai. It is a surfer's search of the true nature of the mind, based on the story from "Ten Ox Herding".
Ten Bulls or Ten Ox Herding is a series of short poems and accompanying drawings used in the Zen tradition to describe the stages of a practitioner's progress toward enlightenment and her or his return to society to enact wisdom and compassion.
Shinji wrote the story in Japanese for each step:
返本還源
真実は何も変わっていない
そう気づくまでに 多くの時を 旅に費やした
花は色づき 海は青く 波は美しくブレークしている
目の前に広がるこの 風景は 幻だろうか
長く続いた試練の道は幻だったのか
否 真実と幻は共にあり 今真実を見る
and Tim Crowe translated it into English:
"The world is the same as it was before your journey. Flowers are as colourful, the ocean shines blue, and waves break beautifully. In reality, it was always there, only now you see it so perfectly. For you have become a part of it."
The Kanji and stamp is made by Shinji's brother Junichi Asai.
The print: Gallery quality archival Giclee prints on Jonas favourite paper - Hahnemühle Photo Rag, a white, 100% cotton paper with a smooth surface texture. Available with or without a matte/ border, and with or without a black/ white wood frame.
Sizing: The print dimensions listed are for the size of paper it is printed on including the white border. All frames and mattes adds to the sizing.
Size example 1: On a 10x10" print with a matte, the matte will have outside dimensions of 13x13".
Size example 2: On a 16x16" print with a matte and frame, the frame will have outside dimensions of 20x20".
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Beautiful! Nice heavy paper, nicely wrapped and perfect on arrival. We love Jonas’ art. This is our 4th print. We order the medium which fits perfectly in our 20 X16 frame and we change out the prints every few months. I would have one for every month if I could. We would advise getting it out of the cylinder promptly to avoid that stubborn roll. Let it Snow!
Hi Judy,
So nice to hear you are happy with the print, and the other prints! Hope you are getting some snow soon. Probably wont see any here in Australia for a long time :)
I didn't buy it and it looks like a narwhal ;)
Absolutely love how this came out with the matte border! Needed some help via customer service and they were quick to respond and to help. Will buy more!
Hi Megan, awesome to hear, thank you!
Love it!
Awesome to hear! Thank you!
Prints arrived in italy in a very short Time and quality is awesome! Seem to be drawn with ink directly on the paper!
Very happy about that! ♥️
Hi Elisa, happy to hear you are into the quality and that it arrived quickly, thank you so much!
Beautiful! Nice heavy paper, nicely wrapped and perfect on arrival. We love Jonas’ art. This is our 4th print. We order the medium which fits perfectly in our 20 X16 frame and we change out the prints every few months. I would have one for every month if I could. We would advise getting it out of the cylinder promptly to avoid that stubborn roll. Let it Snow!
Hi Judy,
So nice to hear you are happy with the print, and the other prints! Hope you are getting some snow soon. Probably wont see any here in Australia for a long time :)
I didn't buy it and it looks like a narwhal ;)
Absolutely love how this came out with the matte border! Needed some help via customer service and they were quick to respond and to help. Will buy more!
Hi Megan, awesome to hear, thank you!
Love it!
Awesome to hear! Thank you!
Prints arrived in italy in a very short Time and quality is awesome! Seem to be drawn with ink directly on the paper!
Very happy about that! ♥️
Hi Elisa, happy to hear you are into the quality and that it arrived quickly, thank you so much!