I have been writing on paintings for years.  Chinese writing is especially interesting because of the architectural-like placement of the lines and the evolution from pictures to symbols to simple Chinese.  I don’t care whether people can read what I have written;  it is the spirit of the writing that matters.  The illusion underneath matters more than the reality of the material. Because I’m making something to look at, these legible designs must be part of an esthetic entity, but the characters also symbolically express, in an artist’s way, a desire to communicate and a hope that all peoples can remain individual while working in a world community.    Edward Evans