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03-26-2005, 01:23 AM
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Chinese Calligraphy
Well, you all know that I draw and stuff. But I also do chinese calligraphy (kanji).
Here is my favorite passage I've done so far. It means... The rules of existence are all governed by a single harmony: This Way of the great Tao cannot be described.
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03-26-2005, 01:45 AM
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It's beautiful. Is it on rice paper?
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03-26-2005, 01:48 AM
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Yes it is. I use sumi ink on rice paper.
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I go forth with bare feet, and a simple spirit. Lord have mercy on me. beati pauperes spiritu †
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03-26-2005, 02:03 AM
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I've never quite understood calligraphy but I love it anyways!
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"I may not agree with your opinion, but I shall defend to the death your right to give it."
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03-26-2005, 02:10 AM
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It is comprised of two pictures. The squiggly part on the side and the line on the bottom comprise one picture. This picture represents "walking, or moving." The rest represents "mind, right, or correct." Thus Tao means right walking, or "the right way." But it is now just seen as "the way, or the path."
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I go forth with bare feet, and a simple spirit. Lord have mercy on me. beati pauperes spiritu †
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03-26-2005, 02:21 AM
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Quote:
 It's just that calligraphy as an art form has always been somewhat of a mystery to me. I guess I just don't much about it.
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"I may not agree with your opinion, but I shall defend to the death your right to give it."
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03-26-2005, 02:36 AM
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As an art form? It goes back to ancient chinese culture. Calligraphy was the most highly prized of oriental art forms. In ancient china, it was impossible to pass a civic exam for a government job if you could not create calligraphy proficiently. Throughout the history of the east, great intellectuals, painters, writers, poets, and doctors were often great calligraphers as well. The famous saying in china, "chinese characters reflect the man," explains the long held chinese belief that just a single page of calligraphy reveals the secrets of its writers character.
It is also intermixed with the chinese concept of chi. Calligraphy is an excellent way of self development and achieving inner harmony, with their chi. Calligraphy helps achieve balance. Theres more to it than painting lines and dots. There is meditating while grinding the ink stone, and then gracefully expressing the souls innermost feelings through the tip of the brush. It is a wonderful discipline, and one I suggest any taoist pursue.
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I go forth with bare feet, and a simple spirit. Lord have mercy on me. beati pauperes spiritu †
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03-26-2005, 08:38 AM
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I love looking at kanji and trying to figure out what they mean without seeing the translation first.
 It's fun to see what you can see in them, laugh at how wrong you were, then look and see why it does (or doesn't) make sense for that kanji to mean that character.Seeing relationships between kanji is fun, too. I didn't realize until I read about it how alike 'man' and 'great' are. EDIT: D'oh... I got so caught up in babbling about kanji I forgot to comment on the pic! It's a very beautiful piece, Master Vigil. How long did it take you to get to that skill level?
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03-26-2005, 09:05 AM
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