Songs of Nature: On Paintings by Cao Jun (The Collected Writings of John Sallis)

This latest philosophical text by John Sallis is inspired by the work of contemporary Chinese painter Cao Jun.

It carries out a series of philosophical reflections on nature, art, and music by taking up Cao Jun's art and thought, with a focus on questions of the elemental.

Sallis' s reflections are not a matter of simply relating art works to philosophical thought, as theoretical insights and developments run throughout Cao Jun's writings and inform many of his artistic works.