Ensō Zen Circle Calligraphy Poster

Ensō literally means "circle" in Japanese. Traditionally it created with a single hand-drawn brushstrokes of ink/black paint to a thin white Japanese traditional paper called washi. Ensō may symbolises elegance, the universe, strength, or enlightenment, and express a moment when the mind is free to let the body create. It is characterised by a minimalism born of Japanese aesthetics. Zen practitioners relate the idea of ensō to wabi-sabi, the beauty of imperfection. When the circle is closed, it represents perfection. Once the ensō is drawn, one does not change it. It evidences the character of its creator and the context of its creation in a brief, contiguous period of time. Drawing ensō is a spiritual practice that one might perform as often as once per day. For the full range of products that use the same design please go to our storefront: zazzle.com/TheCoffeeArt.