Above: Reading the Book of Changes by a Mountain Stream by Uragami Gyokudo (1745–1820), a Japanese musician, painter, poet, and calligrapher. It takes some searching to find the hut of the person studying the book in the painting...
I am too lazy and obstinate to paint small scenes;
I can wet the black ink and grind the red, but ideas are difficult.
Why busy myself to death with my small talents?
Better to discard the brush and face the true mountains.
Uragami Gyokudo - translated by Stephen Addiss