Text by Barbara Aria
Calligraphy by Russell Eng Go

Wind, like earth and sky, is one of the primal forces of nature. It is timeless, unceasing, yet in time it brings about change in the skies above, and by extension, on the earth below: the wind brins rain, then scatters clouds to reveal the warming sun.

In Chinese thought, the world of nature and the world of man are linked, reflecting each other in ways large and small. And so in Chinese, feng also means 'breath\, the wind we breath.

The precise origins of this character are lost in time. It seems, however, to contain elements from two words— 'phoenix' or 'sail', both of which suggest movement through space; and a modification of the radical for 'reptile' or 'insect', denoting change.