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Category: Calligraphy

I taught myself calligraphy over the years. When I remember to take a picture, I share it here.

Hardship

Hardship
My writing is getting worse in the cold…
Author neilPosted on June 23, 2020January 2, 2021Categories Calligraphy, UncategorizedLeave a comment on Hardship

Habits

Habits
Author neilPosted on June 22, 2020January 2, 2021Categories Calligraphy, UncategorizedLeave a comment on Habits

Fragile ideas

Fragile ideas
Author neilPosted on June 21, 2020January 2, 2021Categories Calligraphy, UncategorizedLeave a comment on Fragile ideas

Books and Culture

Author neilPosted on June 20, 2020January 2, 2021Categories Calligraphy, UncategorizedLeave a comment on Books and Culture

Hello in there

Author neilPosted on June 19, 2020January 2, 2021Categories CalligraphyLeave a comment on Hello in there

Measure

Author neilPosted on June 17, 2020January 2, 2021Categories CalligraphyLeave a comment on Measure

The Future

From reader Lisa’s review of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”:
“Literature has the power to engage where statistics leave you cold, it has the power to make you feel what other people feel, and to see what abstract terms mean in real, everyday life.”. 
A quote from Ms. Stowe
Author neilPosted on June 16, 2020January 2, 2021Categories CalligraphyLeave a comment on The Future

Krulak’s Law

Author neilPosted on June 14, 2020January 2, 2021Categories Calligraphy, UncategorizedLeave a comment on Krulak’s Law

So now?

The partial writing of poetry continues. more Bukowski, mostly because he doesn’t seem to use capitals, which works great for my lack of capitals writing knowldege.
 I learnt a technique to get those ink drops splattered on the page: blow gently at the nib! 

Author neilPosted on June 1, 2020January 2, 2021Categories Calligraphy, Uncategorized, WritingLeave a comment on So now?

Keeping Quiet

Neither exercise nor meditation come easy to me.

Writing these out is slowly helping with the latter.
A long way to go, obviously, in the italic hand I’m re-learning the foundations of. A month of these scribbles will show some improvements I hope.

 

Author neilPosted on May 6, 2020January 3, 2021Categories Calligraphy, Learning, WritingLeave a comment on Keeping Quiet

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