Hibernation

This phrase is one of the divided season phrases of the solar terms, allocated to the last few days of September and the few first days of October.

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It roughly means “insects and worms hide themselves under the soil and close the door to escape from the approaching cold”.

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Their will hibernate until Jingzhe, around March 6th.

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My calligraphy in someone’s craft

A lady in my neighborhood is an enthusiastic handicrafts maker.  I knew she did great embroideries.

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And recently, I found out she also made small goods out of colored, thick paper.

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She came to my booth at Kyoto Art Craft Market and chose one postcard with my calligraphy of 星 or “star” in both modern (dark ink) and ancient (pale ink) forms.

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At that time, I didn’t know what she was going to do with it but the other day she showed her handmade frame with my postcard in it.

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I was very happy because it was the very first time to see my calligraphic piece be actually used by someone.

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My version of “beautiful mathematics”

I wrote two characters meaning “number, figure, arithmetic or mathematics” and “beauty or beautiful”.

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Here I hoped to express “beautiful mathematics” or “mathematics is beautiful” in my manner.

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For, working for mathematicians greatly expanded and enriched my world and I have always been deeply grateful to them.

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Last day

Today marks the last day of this year’s autumnal equinoctial week.

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During vernal and autumnal equinoctial weeks, Japanese people customarily visit their family graves, clean them and present offerings.

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However, I haven’t given much thought to that.

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Now, I have learned that in Buddhist thinking, during these weeks the distance between the land of the living and that of the dead becomes smallest.

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Photographs of my late parents/

Look young/

Autumnal equinoctial week/

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Translation and calligraphy by Chio

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I realized something.

After years of brooding about how I could be more original and wildest in the best sense, breaking loose from my own routine kind of calligraphy, somehow quite recently, I realized that being myself and performing just naturally could create my best calligraphy.

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“(Wishing for) the beauty and the valuableness of being ordinary.”

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Now, I am looking forward to seeing myself grow and improve as a calligrapher.

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Years ago

This is my copying practice of the work of my first calligraphy teacher’s wife who was a great calligrapher just as her husband was.

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Moreover, she was a perfect mentor for me who I still adore.

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For, she had this marvelous ability to see into the nature as a human of all the people she knew even when these people weren’t in her visible range.

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I really think this ability is remarkable because some people just don’t understand me even though I have been around and often talked with them.

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