暗きより 暗き道にぞ

Izumi Iwazaru 岩猿 泉 SHSL Calligrapher

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Express yourself completely, then keep quiet. Be like the forces of nature: when it blows, there is only wind; when it rains, there is only rain; when the clouds pass, the sun shines through.

Lao Tzu (via thecalminside)

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(Kawai Kanjiro’s House in Kyoto, Japan 河井寛次郎記念館 | 住 - Architecture,Int…から)

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Goldfish Tea Bag - Charm Villa via Mister Finch.

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Letting go is the lesson. Letting go is always the lesson. Have you ever noticed how much of our agony is all tied up with craving and loss?

Susan Gordon Lydon (via thecalminside)

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Let go or be dragged.

Zen proverb. (via jcooperdirector)

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Okinawa: Kakinohana Spring

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(by Sofia_Alves)

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お参り (via おじゃぱ)

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By mikeintokyo

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Qiu Zhijie

Writing the “Orchid Pavilion Preface” One Thousand Times, 1990–95

Five chromogenic prints, 19 1/4 × 29 inches each

This photographic documentation of Qiu’s best-known, process-driven work exemplifies his early interest in the performative aspect of calligraphy, particularly the pedagogical method of repeatedly copying a model until its brush movements become second nature. The “Orchid Pavilion Preface,” written by the patriarch of calligraphy Wang Xizhi (303–61), has long been revered as the unsurpassed model of cursive writing. Repeatedly writing over his free-hand interpretation of the original, Qiu turns the paper into a saturated black field. By focusing on the process of writing rather than its literary content, Qiu asserts that the ultimate goal of calligraphic practice is “a form of ‘written meditation’.”

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  山靜松聲遠，秋清泉氣香

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