about the chop:
the chineese chop or stamp featured on this page is my personal seal. the chop was created in d.c. by Dai Tie-sheng at his shop the "oriental art gallery". the words were picked by me and approved by him. the chop says

the diagonal positive and negative carving on the soap stone, which has a chinese lion carved in the top, symbolizes a tai chi. when signing my artwork, i often use this seal.