예술 창작과 선(禪)

Abstract

We usually use the word Zen (禪) and we know vaguely about thesens, but it is not easy to accurately describe in short words to expressthe sense of Zen. Even we study of the Zen, be able to answerthe history and spirit of Zen, but it will not be easy to define thethought of Zen in simple words. Because the Zen is enlighten by ourown experience. Moreover Buddhist saying 불입문자 burip munja (不立文字) which means ‘the word can’t precede the Zen’ and also theysay ‘when Zen represents by words, it’s not already Zen’. What isZen through we know by meditation, and what is meditation? Thismeditation is thinking stops, starts when you are stops or notthinking. We will have a question about stops thinking, because welive in a constant thinking status about all of the things. In the West, the meaning of Zen is translated meditation, and usedas Zen according to the Japanese pronunciation. Also Zen interprets aphilosophical sense rather than a religious significance. In daily life inFrench, ‘soyez Zen (be Zen)’ is used to mean ‘calm down’. In aphilosophical sense, to learn whether there is any relationship with awork of art and Zen, meditation, we search the meaning of Zen andthe origin (source) of Dhyana, and we are explored a signification ofconfigure the Dhyana that Samatha and Vipasyana. We look at the meaning of the Samatha in the works, Calm ofHyeon-Suk Kim and Light leading of James Turrell that makes uscomfortable, quiet and also stopping to think. And we interpret themeaning of Vipasyana in the works Versailles di Cedre of GiusseppePenone that evoke inner word, and Also we think about the relationshipbetween the Zen and artworks, the meditation practices and theacts of the artists, in the works Comtemplation irrationnelle ofPhilippe Ramette that reminds those who meditate and perform. Like Zen, diverse genres of artworks which does not express inwords, propose a variety of signification to us. Sometimes, the meaningof artworks allows to deliver us the way of transmission of Zen,through 이심전심 isim junsim (以心傳心 heart to heart, mind andmind). And sometimes, such as the baffling dialogue of Zen Master,or such as looking at the index finger of Buddha pointing to themoon, we are also unable to perceive the intentions of the artists, becausetheir thoughts go too far ahead than our thought. The Zen isstudied for themselves through meditation, to recognize the now, atthe moment and newness of each moment. So even if artists were notaffected personally by the Buddhism, if their works contains a wisemind that know to look at the reality and reality as they are, artworkscan be compared to Zen. Moreover, as significance of Dhyana,artistic creations that are produced through contemplation, and concentration,and, act of creation artistic by momentary intuition are similarsomewhere to a Zen.