Influenced by Zen Buddhism, Japanese paintings often are paintings of misty landscapes which are of great poetic beauty. At the same time, they show that things, according to Buddhist teachings, do not really exist. They are made from 'emptiness' or 'nothingness' in which they disappear again, thus being part of a process and without a firm identity. Schultz' short piece can be understood as a musical realization of these Buddhist teachings. In this piece, specific and prominent figures appear f...