Unfortunately I have not seen the opening, neither have i seen the Olympics itself. I simply don't have the TV set, or time to watch it.
Maybe there is some short movie about it in youtube. I'll search later on.
Writing is subconscious, one does not think while writing. Good calligraphy cannot be staged. It simply goes against its philosophy.
With large scale works the most tiring is ink grinding and cleaning
, rest of it is pure joy.
Well my current skills are not justifying buying such an expensive brush, but I would love to try to write something with it. Maybe in 20 years I will buy one like that.