A mark creates a corresponding void, and it’s the interplay between white and black that gives Kline’s work, or any work, really, its dimension, depth, shadow, pace, rhythm. The spoken and the unspoken, the gesture and the pause, each has its role to play.

The universe makes a sound — is a sound. In the core of this sound there’s a silence, a silence that creates that sound, which is not its opposite, but its inseparable soul. And this silence can also be heard.

This silence is the preparation of things to come, but is not free standing. It’s rather the shadow of whatever is, which precedes or follows at will any element that presents itself to this world. Its favorite time is the night.

Both a verb and an adverb with no direct English translation, ‘Meraki’ means, “when someone is doing an activity — like cooking —with so much care, devotion, and attention to the task at hand, they leave a piece of themselves in it.”

If good ideas do not come at once, or for a long time, do not be troubled at all. Wait for them. Put down the little ideas however insignificant they are. But do not feel, any more, guilty about idleness and solitude.