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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Calligraphy

There is an old Chinese saying, "Calligraphy is a painting of the heart." This is because, being a form of handwriting, it expresses something of the inner spirit of the writer. Although, like many art forms, calligraphy requires a certain amount of technique, Kyoto's Iori instructor, host, and calligraphy artist Alex Kerr explains that "calligraphy is the freest of the arts. The calligrapher rises above technique and strives to draw a "portrait of the heart."

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