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My caligraphy works

絆 (きずな, kizuna), i.e. "emotional bond", "connection (between people)", stylised seal script (篆書, seal script)

 
Wow, great job sir. I don't usually see gyosho like those.
 
Glad you like it.

Here is some more gyousho, that I wrote 2 days ago.
無中潜 (むのなかにかくれる) "cocooned in nothingness", or "to disappear into nothingness", semi-cursive script (行書, Semi-cursive script (行書, gyousho) - Beyond Calligraphy another phrase from my book, in this case it is a title of the first chapter.

 
Cheers, Kraystone.

無我 (selflessness) in semi-cursive script (semi-cursive)

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I can see only 3/4 of the video window on my screen, I guess it is due to the adds on this forum. If you cannot see it in full, just watch it on YT.
 
天下神器、不可為也、不可執也。為者敗之、執者失之。

"The world is a sacred vessel. It should not be meddled with. It should not be owned. If you try to meddle with it, you will ruin it. If you try to own it, you will lose it."

One of my favourite quotes of Laozi. It applies to calligraphy as well, as it is a world on its own.
Slver ink on dark blue paper, written with a small Japanese brush called makifude (巻筆), which I bought only recently from Unpeifude (雲平筆), the last manufacturer of makifude in the world. The workshop is ran by father and son.

to the admins...the picture tool is really horrible, guys...
 

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ﾋ?ｪﾅ停?壺?｢KﾅｽE (窶堋｢窶堋ｿ窶堋ｰ窶堋ｫ窶堙絶?堙≫?堋ｳ窶堙? ichi geki hissatsu), lit. "one hit certain kill", Kyokushin karate motto. It means to attack without hesitation. 135x35cm, (窶伉青鞘?? cursive script)

 
Love your work...

Wouldn't be great if you could write these two names : 怜朗 and 海児
 
Here is a video in which I write a fragment of a poem dating back to the Tang dynasty in China, composed by a famous poet Du Fu (窶徇窶｢ﾃ｡). The fragment reads: ﾂ青ｳﾂ青･ﾂ江窶愿ｬﾂ好窶｢窶版段ﾂ，窶版ｽ窶ｰﾃ版ｽﾅｾﾂ静溪?凪?斃?ｧﾅ誰, and could be roughly translated as "on the first month of the year I enjoy the wonderful scenery of Jiangnan, the season of falling (flower) petals, and yet again I have a chance to cross my path with you ("you" refers to a famous singer/musician of Tang, Li Gunian (窶披?ｺ 窶ｹT窶扼). "

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Work size: 135x35cm (hansetsu: calligraphy paper), hanging arm technique (Logic Behind The Magic ﾃ｢竄ｬあ Brush Principles, Part I. | Beyond Calligraphy), large wiesel hair brush (calligraphy brush hairs).
 
窶｢M窶｢窶 (窶堙凪?堙??堋ｪ窶堙懌?堋､, fude ga mau), i.e. "dancing brush"; mixture of cursive and semi-cursive scripts (ﾂ行窶伉青鞘?? calligraphy styles)
 
Video in which I write my favourite fragment of Dao De Jing by Laozi (in semi-cursive script / gold ink on blue paper)

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My rinsho (臨書, Rinsho – The Magical Ink Time Machine. Part I | Beyond Calligraphy) of a fragment of the Treatise on Calligraphy (書譜) by Sun Guoting (孫過庭, 646 – 691), size 135x35cm.

It is a part of a beautiful passage describing differences between calligraphy strokes (hanging needle and suspended dewdrop) and it reads: 臨危據槁之形。或重若崩雲。或輕如蟬翼。, i.e. "(...) (the power of) shapes facing danger and holding on to rotten wood, which are sometimes heavy like threatening clouds, and sometimes light like cicada wings".

 
ﾂ静ｧ窶板｢窶抃ﾂ行,ﾅｽn窶ｰ窶披?伉ｫ窶ｰﾂｺ (pinyin: qiān lǐ zhī xíng, shǐ wū zú xià / Japanese reading: ﾂ静ｧ窶板｢窶堙個行窶堙?ﾂ、窶伉ｫ窶ｰﾂｺ窶堙嫁ｽn窶堙懌?堙ｩ), i.e. "even a journey 1000 li (li is a Chinese mile, equivalent to 500 meters) long, begins with a single step". Cursive script (窶伉青鞘?? cursive script).
 
I love Dao De Jing, so I often write chosen quotes by Laozi. In the calligraphy below, I wrote the entire chapter 33 in cursive script, with a gold ink on black paper.

窶冦ﾂ人ﾅｽﾃ停?冫ﾂ。ﾅｽﾂｩ窶冦ﾅｽﾃ停?督ｾﾂ。ﾂ焦ｸﾂ人ﾅｽﾃ停?猫窶氾債、ﾅｽﾂｩﾂ焦ｸﾅｽﾃ停?ｹﾂｭﾂ。 窶冦窶伉ｫﾅｽﾃ停?｢xﾂ。窶ｹﾂｭﾂ行ﾅｽﾃ停?猫ﾅｽuﾂ。窶｢sﾅｽﾂｸ窶伉ｴﾂ焦?ﾅｽﾃ停?ｹvﾂ。ﾅｽ竄ｬﾅｽﾂｧ窶｢s窶鉄ﾅｽﾃ椎｡ﾃｦ

One who understands others is clever.
One who knows self is enlightened.
One who conquers others is forceful.
One who conquers self is strong.
One who can be content is rich.
One who is contentious is ambitious.
One who doesn't lose one's position endures.
One who dies but is not forgotten lives on.

 
窶堋ｫ窶堙ｪ窶堋｢窶堙??堋ｷ!!

I do Chinese painting calligraphy. Yours is really beautiful~
 
I really appreciate it, thank you.

I wrote a short poem today, inspired by one of the poems by possibly the most cherished Chinese poet, Li Bai (窶披?ｺ窶昶?? 701 – 762 C.E.). Then, I sat down and wrote it in oracle bone script (ﾂ甲ﾂ最凪?｢ﾂｶ, Oracle Bone Script - Beyond Calligraphy gold ink (窶ｹﾃ?窶渡; calligraphy ink types) on black paper.

窶督ｾﾅ椎ｽﾂ湘??禿ｩ窶ｹﾃｳ
ﾃ･U窶倪?愿､ﾂｩ窶ｰ_ﾅ?C
窶｢窶版ｸﾃ?ﾅ?ﾃｴﾃ､ﾃ昶?板｢
ﾂ心窶｢窶倪?戞窶昶?卩ｽ窶ｦ

Bright moon illuminated the night skies
Concealed in haze of vast sea of clouds
Wind that travelled a few thousand miles
Fluttered my mind light as silk

 
Cheers, Davey. Please send me an email to ponteryuurui@beyond-calligraphy.com, if you are interested.
The above work will be displayed during calligraphy exhibition in Ginza, Tokyo, in July this year. Let us hope it won't disappoint.
 
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