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Event Description
Calligraphy Workshop #1
Today’s workshop’s participants were included with 2 new members who expressed their excitement in writing calligraphy after so many years. Although we write same characters when using pens, pen-writing requires different kind of skill as it is used in daily life. While Calligraphy may be considered an art/hobby in modern days, as I may have mentioned before, in old days good hand-writing was considered not only sophistication but also high education as well as intelligence. Since we no longer need to present our handwriting in order to prove good educational background or skill, it is sad to see more and more Japanese seem lack in good writing technique. It is, however, scientifically recognized that when you handwrite frequently, you would most likely remain sharp in memories thus may even avoid developing dementia. Well, that is for pen-writing, and I’m not sure if these theories would apply to Calligraphy writing. But anyways, “Writing” for Japanese is very meaningful thus much important. So, doesn’t matter if it’s a part of art or education or hobby, we would like to continue Calligraphy workshop as long as we see participants happy, and hopefully we’ll have more non-Japanese members to share the importance of Writing.
Midori Shinye
Calligraphy Instructor
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