“Just wanna see your charming smile”
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The phrase is from a pop song lyrics and I heard later that this piece enjoyed the most popularity at my first solo exhibition held at the beginning of 2009.
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The task for today’s practice session was to write on a very special embossed sheet of paper made by a famous artisan with a traditional method and who makes paper for the imperial family’s use.
The letter is “Hope”. At the upper left, there is an eye that symbolizes a human. He or she is looking at the moon at the upper right with his or her body kneeling down on the ground, hoping to accomplish something great.
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I posted a new and seventh video on my YouTube channel (chio_art).
Check this and enjoy my calligraphy!
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The essence of calligraphy resides in live performance rather than displaying completed works at exhibitions or anywhere else as many people do for the sake of convenience.
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People feel calligrapher’s breathing subconsciously when they see this kind of demonstration, which is the most important aspect in calligraphy.
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So, I would like to have as many opportunities as possible to give demonstrations in front of people.
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It is “One heart and ten thousand flowers”.
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Our whole house looks brighter, cleaner and more beautiful with the new curtains.
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Sunday/
The town/
Through the lace curtain/
Translation and calligraphy by Chio
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I added some new items to my shop on eBay. I would like to say these would attract more attention than the old ones.
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Somehow I am fond of any combinations of any things.
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These carry two shades of ink.
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And they show two kinds of styles: The letter used in modern days in dark ink and ancient letters closer to pictures (and my favorite) in light ink.
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I hope these will help spread this culture and art, that is, Japanese style calligraphy to every corner of the globe.
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The photo shows my work I already posted about two months ago that hadn’t been framed yet then.
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The phrase means “for your beauty” in Chinese which I learned from my dear friend. She has been enjoying vigorous success as a business owner of a company that trades various kinds of makeup tools.
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The reason I posted this again is that I recently found out what I want to do ultimately as a calligrapher is this, that is, create works of calligraphy for businesses and other kinds of establishments in any manner, that is, trademarks of businesses, goods, lines of goods, logos and so on.
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I am not sure what the grounds for this are, however, I somehow am quite certain that I will succeed at some point not far in the future.
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Moreover, I think if I succeed this way, it will help spread this culture and art to the whole world.
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I posted a new and sixth video on my YouTube channel (chio_art) that I newly set up.
Check this and enjoy my calligraphy!
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For, you will enjoy seeing how characters are produced out of a brush, ink and an artist’s arm with this unique device by my precious friend.
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The letter represents THE most auspicious meaning. And this letter can be used in many different occasions, in other words, it is not limited to celebrating weddings as is commonly thought to be.
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In short, it is THE almighty character.
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The photo shows my works I sent to my special friend I got acquainted at the occasion of TRZY RZEKI 2017 KYOTO POZNAN held in November 2017 and has been my close friend ever since.
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This lady has been a very serious and committed teacher at a primary school in Poznań, Poland where this unique calligraphy exhibition was held.
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As I used to be a teacher myself, I have noticed she was an excellent teacher.
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Then one day, she sent me a message asking me for a calligraphic work meaning “Never war” in Japanese. She said she would use it as a part of her teaching materials on the 80thanniversary of the outbreak of World War II.
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That is why I sent her these “anti-war” and “peace”, which, according to her, generated interests among her students in both the contents of her lesson and Japanese style calligraphy.
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Moreover, she informed the parents of her students about my calligraphy pieces displayed in the classroom. Again, according to her, they showed much interests in my calligraphy.
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I felt firstly very honored to be asked to provide my calligraphy pieces and then felt really happy to know they got to be seen by many people.
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This lady is a really kind, thoughtful person and as I wrote before she is definitely an excellent teacher. No wonder she was decorated an honorable premium. I deeply thank her for giving me this wonderful opportunity to show my works to many people.
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And I also thank my calligraphy teachers and seniors who taught me never to decline any request to write something as a calligraphic item.
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The photo shows my works exhibited at the First Exhibition of Yushokai held in July 2011.
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There are two important points about these, I think, that will appeal to people.
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Firstly, they are small and easy to handle and decorate in your living room or kitchen or any room or entrance in your house. And that will realize the key motto “joy of calligraphy in daily life” that my first calligraphy teacher, the late Mr. Akiyama Kodo (秋山公道) had upheld through all his life.
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And, they have this new and unique feature of combining paper and cloth for calligraphy works of art.
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The task for today’s practice session was this; a well-known rule of life, according to our calligraphy teacher, that is, that consists of four parts.
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(1) You must not feel astonished easily
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(2) You must not feel frightened easily
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(3) You must not be skeptic with little reasoning
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and
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(4) You must not be deluded easily.
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