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Professor Du Juemin “It is a feeling that flows from deep inside,” says Professor Du Juemin, classical Chinese painter, calligrapher and a poet, as he held his hands out as if to absorb energy fields floating in the air. The spiritual energies guide Du Juemin, an exponent of the minimalist and the simplistic traditional Chinese painting, to capture life’s story in monochrome. Speaking in Mandarin, his thoughts were translated by Ying Ping Liang, lecturer of Chinese at Confucius Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona. “The use of monochrome is from the Buddhist ideology of minimalism and the fact that all colours evolve from black and white,” explained Du Juemin, who is visiting Jamaica as artist in residence at Confucius Institute. The neutrality in his works, he said, is a very noble style of painting and a formidable medium of expression. Du Juemin’s paintings are a confluence of visual and written thought process – a symphony of poetry with delicate brush stroke...