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Around early 2000s, the artist replaced the zigzag style with a new pattern of simple and clean vertical lines. While the zigzag Ecriture works involve the natural and spontaneous interaction between the hand and the mind, his later Ecriture works break away from the complicated patterns and feature simple and jotted vertical lines with a three-dimensional look. The texture of jotted vertical lines represents the endless changes of nature just like the widening ripples on a pond. The later Ecriture works from the mid-2000s onwards feature jotted texture and more vibrant colours. The artist keeps exploring the colours from nature and uses them actively in his paintings. “I was simply speechless. It looked as if the whole valley was on fire and I felt like the burning fireball was rolling towards me to engulf me. I was deeply moved and decided to paint that intense experience.” “The following day, I went for a walk along a lake in another mountain. It was such a fine day. Against the light, the autumn leaves seemed to be saturated with fluorescent red colour while the ones in shady spots took on a blackish hue. What a work of nature! No one can paint the red Ecriture better than me.”