Tawara Yusaku believed the nature of the universe is flux, and that the impermanent bunching together of vibrational energy -- wavelike forms he called hado -- comprises individual existence. Fundamentally based on Buddhist thought, Tawara's vision of reality was transformed into richly complex paintings filled with monumental energy that makes it difficult to believe some may be as small as 3 x 5 inches. His paintings are intriguing and beautiful, executed primarily in ink on paper. Constructed from countless strokes and dots using small brushes and other improvised implements, the paintings have an intensity of content and visual impact. Tawara eschewed representational art, though many of his paintings are reminiscent of ink landscapes or other forms in nature. Though Tawara utilized long-favored symbols of Zen calligraphy (he also made use of the Western alphabet), he emphasized that he was not trying to do calligraphy. Essentially he took motifs often employed in calligraphy and painted them -- constructed them -- creating exciting effects that could never be executed in a single stroke.