Myō

Daisetz T. Suzuki describes the Zen Buddhist concept of myō as a "certain quality perceivable not only in works of art but in anything in Nature or life...myō is something original and creative growing out of one's own unconsciousness.  The hands may move according to the technique given out to every student, but there is a certain spontaneity and personal creativity when the technique, conceptualized and universalized, is handled by the master hand.   Myō may also be applied to the intelligence and the instinctive activities of various animals, for example, the beaver building its nest, the spider spinning its web, the wasp or an constructing its castles under the eaves or beneath the ground.  They are wonders of Nature.  In fact, the whole universe is a miraculous exhibition of a master mind, and we humans who are one of its wonderful achievements have been straining our intellectual efforts ever since the awakening of consciousness, and are daily being overwhelmed by Nature's demonstrations of its unfathomable and inexhaustive myō."     Zen and Japanese Culture