Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. This is one of the aphorisms of the ascetic sage Lao Tzu in his Tao Te Ching. Tao Landscape is less exposed among painter-sculptor-printmaker Latiff Mohidin's series of artworks, as it may be classified under Latiff's Rimba Series. It was probably inspired when working on the Bahasa Malaysia translation of the Tao Te Ching. The raw beauty of the painting inspired by the wu-wei or the spirit of inertia or non-action may mimick a Chinese landscape painting with the aesceticism of Shih Tao. Caught in this conundrum, emptiness is fecund. This work was featured at Christie's Asian 20th Century Art Day Sale in Hong Kong on Nov 25, 2012. Poet-painter Latiff Mohidin's career took a quantum leap in the landmark Pago-Pago (1960-1969) exhibition at the prestigious Centre Pompidou in Paris on Feb 28 to May 28, 2018. Regarded as a national treasure for his contributions in paint, prints, sculptures and letters (poetry), Latiff was accorded a major Retrospective (Latiff Mohidin 60 Years) in 2012-2013 by the National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur. Unlike most Malaysians with Anglophile tutelage, Latiff was educated at the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Berlin; and then Atelier La Courier-Frelaut, Paris; and Pratt Institute, New York. His early award was 2nd Prize (Graphic) in the Salon Malaysia in 1968. In literature, he was awarded the SEA Write Award in Bangkok in 1984, the National Literary Award in 1984 and 1986, and the Malaysian Government literary prize from 1972 to 1976. He was a Creative Fellow at Universiti Sains Malaysia (1977) and a guest writer at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (1988).