I am at work, its night shift, running from our operational tower the plane movements on the ground, airport marshals, and parking positions. Planes are taking off and landing and I am thinking about my visit to Japan. I have been asked by my Calligraphy master to write about our experience of writing the ‘100…
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From my conversations with the Beyond Calligraphy community, it seems that a lot of people have a difficult time finding a good shodo teacher from whom to learn or any teacher at all. This means that a lot of students are trying to learn from books or streaming video services. This is a double-edged sword.…
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いつからだろう、影を見つめるようになったのは？書と墨の色に魅了され、日本を愛していた私が、南半球の国、オーストラリアに移住したのは２０数年前。
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My introduction into shodo is perhaps somewhat different than many others. My journey began back in the late 1960s as a student of budō (武道). After studying
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tradition led to the development of what is referred to as wayou shodou. The pioneers of this style were the famous Sanpitsu (三筆, さんぴつ, i.e. “three
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Those of us who choose the path of Sho (書, しょ, i.e. “to write”; here: “East Asian calligraphy”) study calligraphy all of their lives, not to become
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Before writing rinsho, I always try to obtain the printout of the entire work (both in colour [if available] and ink rubbing [拓本, たくほん, takuhon]). Naturally, sometimes it
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