Henri Michaux, 1961, Untitled (detail), chinese ink drawing on paper And white appears. Absolute white. White beyond all whiteness. White of the coming of the White. White without compromise, through exclusion, through total eradication of non-white. Insane, enraged white, screaming with whiteness. Fanatical, furious, riddling the retina. Horrible electric white, implacable, murderous. White in bursts of white. - Henri Michaux , "With Mescaline", 1956