Chinese tradition tells the story of how one day, the Emperor decided to decorate the walls of his new palace. He summoned two of the most famous painters of the time and gave them two months to complete the paintings on the walls. One of the painters immediately got to work and spent two months diligently and meticulously sketching, applying colors, correcting, and perfecting his painting. The second painter arrived a day before the deadline and painted his painting in a single gesture, without plans, sketches, or corrections. The next day, the Emperor viewed the paintings and declared that both were equally excellent.

This story tells us about two paths of action. The first essentially aligns with the Far Eastern concept of craftsmanship, which relies on rationally planned and prepared action intended to produce a desired effect. The second method, known in the Far East as "one-stroke" painting, exemplifies the spontaneous pursuit of the Path, in harmony with the world. From this monochromatic, "one-stroke" ink painting practiced by Chinese sages, originates the Buddhist practice of ensō—the act of painting a circle with a single gesture.

Ensō, however, is not simply painting a circle. The graphic art created in the act of painting with a single gesture transcends aesthetics and art understood as an activity related to beauty. Like all other arts practiced on the Way of Spontaneity - the concept of "one-stroke" is applied in the Far East to all kinds of artistic activities - ensō is an act of experiencing unity with the world, experienced by both the artist and the audience. The circle painted with ink is a living, vibrating accompaniment to the transformations of the world in close and inseparable relationship with all that exists. For the art of spontaneously following the Way, or the Way of Spontaneity, stems from the belief in the unity, indivisibility of reality, in constant motion. And it is practiced with the goal of constructing the experience of achieving Harmony with all that exists.

Like Buddhist practice, trio ensō is not simply a musical ensemble. It is a sonic experience of co-vibration, of following transformations in an inseparable network of relationships, like the Deluzian rhizome or Indra's net. It is a pulsating swirl with what was, is, and will be, an interpenetration of worlds, an experience of unity and indivisibility in an extensive, all-encompassing listening that allows one to immerse oneself in the flow of the world. It is an experience transcending music, a flowing current of life uniting opposites, without beginning or end. It is a "one-stroke" that touches the Whole. Because spontaneously improvised music allows you to experience harmony with the natural streams of sound which are the world.