Creation

In Mandarin Chinese, cicada and Zen are both pronounced as “chan”. Wu uses cicada as a homophonic pub to represent the state of Zen. Half of the cicada is carved on the round sphere, but what about the other half? Is it inside or outside the sphere? Is it coming to this world or leaving this world? It seems cicada(蟬) and Zen(禪) are indistinguishable.

This sculpture was perceived as the perfect work by Wu at the time.