Love

£50.00
Medium: Sumi ink
Ships from: UK
Framing: Custom
Worldwide delivery available

This section is for the compositions where the "negative space" is the protagonist. In Japanese aesthetics, the white space is as important as the ink; it is where the viewer’s imagination breathes.

愛 (Ai) - Love in Sosho style. the traditional charterer is composed of several symbolic parts:
  • Top (爫): Represents a hand.
  • Middle (心): This is the radical for heart. In the traditional version, the heart is placed right in the center, suggesting that true love comes from within.
  • Bottom (夂): Represents a foot or "walking slowly."
Together, the etymology suggests the image of someone "walking while looking back with a lingering heart"—a beautiful metaphor for deep attachment and care.  
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