Phrase of the season

“Thunder now stops” is the symbolic phrase of this season, that is, around the beginning of the second half of September.

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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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I learned something.

This is what I learned recently, taking a cue from someone’s behavior.

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“You must not make any remarks on anything you are ignorant of.”

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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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Day 3 — Different kinds of marchés

These two consecutive weekends I attended two different

marchés.

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One is a monthly event and smaller in size.

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The other is much bigger and originally held semiannually.

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I enjoyed both events; different sizes, different locations, different systems, different kinds of visitors.

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In other words, I had a valuable experience this September.

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Day 2 — Hide and seek

The photo shows a small part of my booth at the marché.

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These “light” and “laugh or smile” don’t disclose their entire bodies but they hide some parts with pieces of thinner paper.

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I did this following someone’s hint for creating something new.

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Day 1 of the September Art Marché

Unfortunately, maybe because of the weather wasn’t very good, we had only a few visitors.

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I hope more people will come to the venue to enjoy this fun, art event.  It will be open tomorrow (Saturday) and the day after tomorrow (Sunday).

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Here is more information about this fun event.  The venue is here and the period is till Sunday September 20^th.

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Feeling nostalgic 2

The other day I wrote about my copying practice years ago.

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Here is another similar one, which I must have done around the same time as the former one for my first solo exhibition at the beginning of 2009.

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Regular practice

The photo shows my new copying practice of the model that my first teacher left for me.

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I am afraid I could do better.  For, I got too nervous here.

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September Art Marché

It is a pleasure for me to announce that I was allowed to participate in this event.

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I hope many people interested in Japanese style calligraphy will come to the venue during the period from Friday, September 18^th to Sunday, September 20.

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Day 2

Today was the Day 2 of the big event, the Kyoto Art Craft Market.

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The event’s venue was in an old building, which was the former Bank of Japan Kyoto Branch.

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Through this event, I had many new and fresh experiences, meeting and talking with new people and learning many new things about turning your favorite pastime into business.

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I am more than happy to have participated in it and profoundly grateful to all the people that helped me do things well in the event.

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