{"product_id":"before-the-bell-zen-temple-fine-art-print","title":"Before the Bell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMonks on the temple steps at night, each at a different stage of awakening, in the held breath before the bell. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA small night narrative in watercolour and ink, made into an archival fine art print. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMost of these small narratives I improvise, feeling first. This one I planned, every part of it, around a Hungarian phrase: időtlen időbeli, temporarily timeless, a paradox held in a single breath, outside time for a moment while still inside it. The monks are seated on the steps of a temple at night, in meditation. The bell is the one that will ring to end it and call them back into time. This is the moment just before it, time suspended, no one moving yet. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRead along the steps and you can watch it happen: each monk is at a different state of awakening, the nearest one deepest in meditation, the farthest one fully awake. The colour carries it too, a colour perspective, the robes cool and purple up close, warming as they rise toward the temple. Above them, the temple is built from thousands of fine ink dots. The original measures only 6 by 10 centimetres. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI have painted these monks again since, set into other works, because seeing them keeps the feeling of this one near. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe title does not translate the phrase. It puts you inside it, waiting, listening for a bell that has not yet rung.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrinted to order on Hahnemühle German Etching, a heavyweight 310gsm mould-made fine art paper, acid- and lignin-free to museum standard, with archival pigment inks. A giclée from an original watercolour by Léna Ruisz, never a mass reproduction, colour-managed to stay true to the original painting. Because every screen shows colour a little differently, what you see on your device may vary slightly from the finished print. Free worldwide shipping, arriving ready to live with. No frame is forced on you, so choose the size that fits your wall. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou are buying the fine art print only. The frame shown in the product image, and any mount, furniture, plants or other props in the photographs, are there to show scale and setting. They are not included in your purchase.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildcabinet","offers":[{"title":"4×6″","offer_id":54179353821525,"sku":"WC-BTB-4X6","price":32.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"A5","offer_id":54179353854293,"sku":"WC-BTB-A5","price":42.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"5×7″","offer_id":54179353887061,"sku":"WC-BTB-5×7″","price":42.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"A4","offer_id":54179353919829,"sku":"WC-BTB-A4","price":55.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"8×10″","offer_id":54179353952597,"sku":"WC-BTB-8×10″","price":55.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/1445\/4869\/files\/LR_BeforetheBell_2026_v1_Mockup_Hero.jpg?v=1781873346","url":"https:\/\/www.wildcabinet.com\/products\/before-the-bell-zen-temple-fine-art-print","provider":"Wildcabinet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}