in a tokonoma

“A tokonoma is a small alcove of planks and mats (“tatami”) in a Japanese (tea)room where calligraphy, drawings, plants, and flowers are displayed.”
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“We have already said that it was the ritual instituted by the Zen Monks of successively drinking tea out of a bowl before the image Bodhi Dharma, which laid the foundations
of the tea-ceremony. We might add here that the altar of the Zen chapel was the prototype of the Tokonoma, – the place of honour in a Japanese room where paintings and flowers are placed for the edification for guests.”

from:
the Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura, 1906
(Dutch and English version)

The classification “altar” in a room that is already so refined, as a tearoom is, triggered my fascination for the Infinite / Holy.
This fascination can be seen in my early white pieces, later the black, clouds and in this case the ultramarine blue.
This blue, acrylic paint I make myself, with pigment powder, this way I have more control over the intensity of the colour.