This work is a site where the human impulse to hierarchical order and the wild autonomy of nature remain locked in a slow, unresolved dialectic. Hierarchy and domination Over the Natural Threshold From David Hinton’s perspective, he might note that this painting inhabits the paradox of wu wei: (effortless action) the strokes feel inevitable, unforced, … Continue reading Adorno and Hinton, Wu-Wei and an Unresolved Dance