Ensō
In Zen, ensō (円相, “circular form”) is a circle that is hand-drawn in one or two uninhibited brushstrokes to express a moment when the mind is free to let the body create. This project tries to replicate the form with a single movement of a deterministic ‘brush’ loaded with ‘ink.’
Example of Features / Traits
| Feature | (possibilities) | This image’s (->) values |
| paper-color | 6 | 1 |
| paper-texture | 5 | 0 |
| brush-size | 6 | 11 |
| bristle-density | 7 | 6 |
| soak | 5 | 1 |
| rotation | 8 | 45 |
| path-size | 3 | 1 |
| shape | 2 | oval |
| skew | 7 | -2 |
| direction | 2 | 1 |
