Lei HanAsheville, NCnm.unca.edu/~lhan/mysite/In Ephemeral Series I, the notion of nothingness or emptiness plays a central role in the theme. The notion of nothingness signifies the ultimate reality of the world and the ultimate truth about our transient existence. Ephemeral Series I expresses theory of the Daoism and view of the philosophers of the Japanese Kyoto School: the idea of Absolute Nothingness represents the root of the self and of the world.