Zen Artists are not interested in a photographic representation of an object but in interpreting its symbolic meaning. The Zen Artist tries to suggest by the most straightforward possible means the inherent nature of the aesthetic object. The basic premise is that the highest truth, the first principle, or Tao, is not expressed in words but intuitively understood. Anything that may be painted or communicated in poetry, or any sounds that may become music, can reach a higher state of Consciousness. Nature is the main subject of Zen Art, and the job of the Artist is to suggest the essence and the eternal qualities of it.