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One of my pieces from the other day. "Serene Heart" after Zhiyong. When I showed it to Kaz, he said "That's Lester's dharma name!", so of course i gave it to Lester! ⁣ ⁣ #design #dynamic #art #washi⁣ #calligraphy #calligraphymasters⁣ #Shodo #shodoartwork #emptiness_is_a_design_pattern #brushlettering #brushmind #書道 #poetry #poet #zen #contemplative #brushwork #wangxizhi #zhiyong (at Tai Chi Center of Madison) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2-mygYjEY6/?igshid=1bzxsa5uthkya

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Last night's study, the text is from the first pages of Kazuaki Tanahashi's upcoming translation and study guide to the "One Thousand Character Essay" (Shambala). ⁣ ⁣ On a half-sheet of handmade Barcham-Green paper (watermark 1983), Chinese stick ink and quills. ⁣ ⁣ Completely spontaneous, and unfinished. There is plenty of additional text in this book :-)⁣ ⁣ The 1000 Character Classic #千字文 by Zhou Xingsi (ca470-521ce) was the first source of reading and writing in China for nearly 1500 years. The entire (largely mythological) ancient history of the Middle Kingdom, the fundamental principles of family and duty, even the essence of music and language were taught to students in exactly 1000 non-repeating characters (ideograms), 250 four-character lines. More on this later! ⁣ ⁣ #china⁣ #zhouxingsi⁣ #zhiyong ⁣ #wangxizhi ⁣ ⁣ #edwardjohnston⁣ #calligraphymasters⁣ #calligraphy⁣ #lettering⁣ #fraktur⁣ #zapf ⁣ #neudorffer #blacknwhite_perfection #blackletter ⁣ #gothic ⁣ #alphabets #emptiness_is_a_design_pattern ⁣ ⁣⁣ #calligraphy⁣⁣ #lettering⁣⁣ #handlettering⁣⁣ #italic⁣⁣ #handwriting⁣⁣ #Shodo⁣⁣ #shufa⁣⁣ #書法⁣⁣ #書道 (at Washburn, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NHIwvD0Pn/?igshid=1wiwu0oaeyewu

Yong 永 — timeless, eternal. The root character Shui 水 is Water, and water is always flowing...⁣ ⁣ Study after Zhiyong — 1000 Character Classic. ⁣ ⁣ Zhiyong was a 6th century monk who copied this children's teaching story (1000 unique ideograms in four character stanzas, the first 1000 to be learned in school) in both standard and cursive/semicursive scripts. His model for the cursive was the 3rd C "Sage of Calligraphy" Wang Xizhi, considered the Supreme Master of Calligraphy for nearly 2000 years. ⁣ Wang Xizhi's teacher was Lady Wei who said "in Calligraphy, the white should be as black." Here in my study, for example, the small white triangle is an essential element in the definition and balance of the ideogram. Did you see the triangles, or only see the black strokes? This is what I mean by #emptiness_is_a_design_pattern ⁣ ⁣ The Eight Principles of Yong have been taught since those times as the roots of the brush movements in Chinese calligraphy. They are drop, horizontal stroke, vertical stroke, hook, rising stroke, left-falling stroke and right-falling stroke.⁣ ⁣ I talk about this character in our Mindful Play and Tools for Resilience retreat. Water practice is profoundly calming, brushwriting with water... No clean up required :-)⁣ See the link to our October retreat in my Instagram bio, and other programs! ⁣ http://makeamindfulmark.com or http://frtd.eu/2020WildRice _⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #wangxizhi ⁣ #zhiyong ⁣ ⁣ #art⁣⁣⁣⁣ #brushlettering⁣⁣⁣⁣ #brushmind⁣⁣⁣⁣ #brushwork⁣⁣⁣⁣ #calligraphy⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #calligraphymasters⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #contemplative⁣⁣⁣⁣ #design⁣⁣⁣⁣ #dynamic⁣⁣⁣⁣ #emptiness_is_a_design_pattern⁣⁣⁣⁣ #handlettering⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #handwriting⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #interiordesign⁣⁣⁣⁣ #italic⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #lettering⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #MakeAMindfulMark⁣⁣ #mindfulness⁣⁣ #mindfulplay⁣⁣ #poet⁣⁣⁣⁣ #poetry⁣⁣⁣⁣ #shodo⁣⁣⁣⁣ #shodoartwork⁣⁣⁣⁣ #shufa⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #wash⁣⁣⁣⁣ #zen⁣⁣⁣⁣ #書法⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #書道⁣ (at Washburn, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9j2_yLjLx3/?igshid=1zdufskia4xc

#insomniac fun in the wee hours studying ancient Chinese characters. The last character in the column is shuãng 霜 frost. The components are yú rain 雨 and xiãng 相 mutual. 'Mutual' doesn't make much sense here as a character component of frost, but itself is made of 'tree' and 'eye', so I'm imagining that frost is rain the eye can see in the trees!⁣ ⁣ I couldn't make out the stroke sequences in the cursive form of frost. Time for some Detective work! Other cool tools, Pleco and Yunzhang give classical forms and the many variant cursive renderings. ⁣ ⁣ Snow, of course, is a broom in the rain. Xuě snow. 雪⁣ Cloud 雲。⁣ ⁣ This study is of a column shown in the pre-release of Kazuaki Tanahashi Sensei upcoming book One Thousand Character Essay (Shambala). Kaz and Susan O'Leary provide translation and annotated display of Monk Zhiyong's calligraphic rendering of the 1000 Character Classic (the Ogawa manuscript, now in Japan) composed by Zhou Xingsi in the 6th C. at the command of Emperor Wu. In parallel columns, the classical form kaishu on the right and the cursive caoshu of Wang Xizhi (The Sage of Calligraphy, 4th C) on the left.⁣ ⁣ This draft edition was used in Kaz's master classes last year. I am pleased to have contributed the map of ancient China and the cover design (preliminary). My thanks to Kaz and Susan for this wonderful gift!⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #zhiyong ⁣ #wangxizhi ⁣ #1000CharacterClassic⁣ ⁣ #art⁣⁣⁣⁣ #brushlettering⁣ #brushmind⁣⁣⁣⁣ #brushwork⁣⁣⁣⁣ #calligraphy⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #calligraphymasters⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #contemplative⁣⁣⁣⁣ #design⁣⁣⁣⁣ #emptiness_is_a_design_pattern⁣⁣⁣⁣ #handlettering⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #lettering⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #MakeAMindfulMark⁣⁣ #mindfulness⁣⁣ #mindfulplay⁣⁣ #poet⁣⁣⁣⁣ #poetry⁣⁣⁣⁣ #shodo⁣⁣⁣⁣ #shodoartwork⁣⁣⁣⁣ #shufa⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #zen⁣⁣⁣⁣ #書法⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #書道⁣ (at Washburn, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Oz-Ovj0eQ/?igshid=suhtg5g03g60

This morning's research, looking up the ideographs of Bodhidharma's Four Sacred Verses by refering to Zhiyong's version of the 1000 Character Classic.⁣⁣ This manuscript (6th Century China), a national treasure of Japan, contains the formal and cursive forms of the first 1000 characters a literate person in China was expected to learn. The same text was used for nearly 1500 years until the mid 20th century.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I'm looking forward to Kaz Tanahashi's advanced workshop at the Tai Chi Center in Madison this September, where he will focus on this manuscript and Zhîyong's dedication to the calligraphy of Wang Xizhi — the 4thC Sage of Calligraphy. .⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I believe there are still a few places open! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣#Tanahashi ⁣⁣ #wangxizhi⁣⁣ #zhiyong⁣⁣ #1000CharacterClassic⁣⁣ #Zen⁣ #bodhidharma⁣ #buddhism ⁣ #directpointing ⁣ #seeonestruenature⁣ ⁣ A special transmission outside the "scriptures"⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ No need for words or letters⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Direct pointing at the human heart⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Seeing ones true nature, and becoming awakened. ⁣⁣ ⁣ Also called, Bodhidharma's Definition of Zen:⁣ ⁣ 教外別傳 Kyõge betsuden ⁣ ⁣ A special transmission outside the scriptures;⁣ ⁣ 不立文字 Furyû monji ⁣ ⁣ No dependence upon words and letters;⁣ ⁣ 直指人心 Jikishi ninshin ⁣ ⁣ Direct pointing at the soul of man;⁣ ⁣ 見性成佛 Kenshõ jõbutsu ⁣ ⁣ Seeing into one's nature and the attainment of Buddhahood.⁣ ⁣ (from Suzuki's Essays in Zen Buddhism – First Series 176)⁣ ⁣ #calligraphy⁣⁣⁣ #lettering⁣⁣⁣ #handlettering⁣⁣⁣ #italic⁣⁣⁣ #handwriting⁣⁣⁣ #Shodo⁣⁣⁣ #shufa⁣⁣⁣ #書法⁣⁣⁣ #書道 #emptiness_is_a_design_pattern⁣⁣⁣ #calligraphymasters⁣⁣⁣ #design (at Washburn, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1HNOB-jMVT/?igshid=arlg4t69vswp