Asemic writing is a wordless open semantic form of writing. The word asemic means "having no specific semantic content", or "without the smallest unit of meaning". With the non-specificity of asemic writing, there comes a vacuum of meaning, which is left for the reader to fill in and interpret. This process is similar to deducing meaning from an abstract work of art. Asemic writing distinguishes itself in the tradition of abstract art through the author's use of gestural constraint and the retention of writing's physical characteristics like lines and symbols. It is a hybrid art form that merges text and image, setting it free for arbitrary subjective interpretations. Asemic writing can be likened to free writing or writing for its own sake, rather than to produce verbal context. Its open nature allows for meaning to emerge across linguistic boundaries, enabling an asemic text to be "read" similarly by speakers of different languages. Asemic works may carry multiple or even infinite meanings, or their meanings can evolve over time, leaving the translation and exploration to the reader, who becomes a co-creator of the work. (from wikipedia)
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