At the center of this work is a stylized representation of a pagoda, paired with a seal that reads, “the spirit escapes” 元神出竅. This expression is derived from Daoist practice, describing the level of spiritual attainment where a practitioner’s soul is able to leave the body. In Fung’s painting, this phrase takes on new meaning when paired with a pagoda, a symbol of Buddha’s freedom from the cycle of rebirth. Imprinting this stamp atop a sequence of numbers as well as swirling circular and oblong forms, the artist uses the tension between layers of painting and shufa to explore two kinds of liberation. Can spirit escape from form? Can it escape from time itself?