Unceasing | 未央

UNCEASING

A Chinese calligraphy, painting, and seal carving solo exhibition by Dr. Yew Tong Wei

‘How goes the night? It is unceasing.’ – The Shijing (Classic of Poetry)

A melody captivates the listener for days; the taste of tea lingers on the tongue. A vision of the heavens and waters dancing in endless convergence enthrals the watching wanderer. The ancients had long recognised that human response to stimuli reverberates long after the first contact. Mesmerised by these experiences, the ancients lost themselves in reveries and meditations, in what they term the ‘unceasing’.

‘How boundless and unceasing (is the Dao)!’ – Laozi, Daodejing

The unceasing is without boundaries; it ventures far beyond horizons and transcends mortal realms. Our response to art’s beauty is an unceasing captivation that propels our imagination to unthinkable heights. Tong Wei has been enraptured by the same unceasing beauty, and has thus spent many years expressing it in calligraphy, painting, and seal carving. Yet, he recognises that his artistic journey is, with no small irony, winding through an also unceasing path.

Like the fabled night of the Shijing, his art is unending, and we only have more to look forward to. He hopes that this
exhibition would convey his unceasing love for his art; hence, there can be no better title for the exhibition than ‘Unceasing’.

《未央》
尤东暐书画篆刻个展
听过好听的曲子，方知何谓余音绕梁；
悠闲地品一口好茶，才能感受到沁人心脾；
静看落霞与孤鹜齐飞，秋水共长天一色，方能体会什么叫流连忘返。这种余韵未尽的悠远情感，
古人把它称之为“未央”。
《诗经 。小雅。庭燎》：“夜如何其？夜未央。”
《老子》：“荒兮其未央哉！”；王弼注说：”叹与世俗相反之远也。“
前者指夜晚未到尽头；老子则指精神辽阔广远，无有穷尽。
东暐习书画印多年，临近不惑，愈能体会未央之意，是以首次个展命曰《未央》。