Marden became inspired by far eastern calligraphy during a trip to Japan, after making an enormous life shift committed to sobriety and being present. Through this very personal transformation, he found an inner outer connection between self and nature, inspired through the meditative process of eastern systems of writing/painting.

As a practicing artist, I find this appropriation from other cultures and even other artists, a way to connect to something larger than the sense of self. Likewise, I believe Marden’s work seeks that same interconnection.