calligraphy - my recent works 半紙 size

[xnamelessx]

I wrote a message and the browser closed so I just attached the pic again. Lol.
I attempted that hiragana alphabet system in with a calligraphy pen, from Cass Art (the Flagship store in Angel, Islington).

Sach Pwoductions (TM)

[xnamelessx]

I wrote a message and the browser closed so I just attached the pic again. Lol.
I attempted that hiragana alphabet system in with a calligraphy pen, from Cass Art (the Flagship store in Angel, Islington).

Sach Pwoductions (TM)

[ryuurui]

Learning by writing is the way to go with Japanese language. One remark though - hiragana and katakana are not alphabets, but syllabaries.

Here is a link to kana, but I wrote there few words about where it came from, perhaps you will find it usefull:
kana

"Nameless if you want to learn about calligraphy you can start with visiting my site. Link is in my signature. We are constantly adding new content to it.

[xnamelessx]

Also what I wrote in my original post before it deleted itself, is that I've always been told my writing in general is very calligraphic. I did used to try and do the calligraphy thats like Shakespearian writing, so basically calligraphy with Romanised letters.

[xnamelessx]

I may have come across your website before. Lol.
It's really good! Thank you for the link.

Originally Posted by ryuurui

Learning by writing is the way to go with Japanese language. One remark though - hiragana and katakana are not alphabets, but syllabaries.

Here is a link to kana, but I wrote there few words about where it came from, perhaps you will find it usefull:
kana

"Nameless if you want to learn about calligraphy you can start with visiting my site. Link is in my signature. We are constantly adding new content to it.

[ryuurui]

this is a common misconception and it is quite understandable (given that knowledge of Far Eastern calligraphy is rather hard to obtain), but western calligraphy and the one we are talking aboiut are two completely different things. Western calligraphy is more of a craft, whereas the Chinese and Japanese ones are a way of life and a philosophy, often considered an art within art. Chinese calligraphy is a multilevel medium for conveying emotions and visions as well as mesages, etc. It's far more complex than a wester calligraphy. In fact, the term "caligraphy" is incorrect in my opinion, and it was mistranslated (simplified), similarly to the "rice paper". Lastly, Far Eastern "calligraphy" has absolutely nothing to do with writing pretty characters (calligraphy is taken from from Greek and it means "beautiful writing")

[Nameless]

Originally Posted by ryuurui

"Nameless if you want to learn about calligraphy you can start with visiting my site. Link is in my signature. We are constantly adding new content to it.

Yes, that's what I have been doing so far, thanks.

[ryuurui]

飛龍 flying dragon

[ryuurui]

Thanks Diversejapan. I started in 2002, and i am still studying, actually, it is getting more and more serious with every passing day. This is definitely what I want to do in my life. Hopefully, in few years time i will leave Tokyo one day and move to Kyoto for more in-depth studies on the university over there.

My tacher's name is Kajita Esshuu, you can read about him on our website, the link is below in my signature, just look up "organisation" menu. He has just turned 73 and is more vigorous than ever.

書風 - one's personal writing style

[ryuurui]

心上空　(上の空)　　absent-minded (lit. mind high up in the sky)