One Stroke of Brush and the Way: Moosan Huh Hwe Tae’s Emography
Young-chan Ro, Ph.D.
Professor of Religious Studies
Chair, Religious Studies Department
at George Mason University
Since the invention of writing, human beings have developed various forms and shapes for the written script. Throughout the history of East and West, we discover that the written script is not merely a means of communication, a non-verbal form of exchanging ideas. Moreover, language should not be considered simply as a means of communication. As Martin Heidegger has noted, “language is a house of being.” Language has a power of creating and shaping “being.” Being and words, thus, have an intrinsic unity. The act of writing or manner of drawing is not a simple tool for expressing one’s idea but it is a form of being.