Calligraphy

“The whole process felt very meditative to me. Drawing the same strokes over and over was completely absorbing, and I found myself getting into a zone. I took my pens and a notepad everywhere. I practiced on my lunch breaks at work, I practiced in coffee shops [...] I practiced at home while watching tv. And as the days progressed into weeks, the pen started doing what I wanted it to do.”

“Now I would LOVE to tell you that when I put pen to paper for the first time, the heavens opened up, an angel delicately placed a crown of nibs on my head and I suddenly knew my life’s purpose. But that’s not how it went. I was not what you would call a natural. I struggled… a lot. I could not get the grip how I wanted it, and my letters definitely didn’t look like they did in the book. But one miraculous thing DID happen: I didn’t care.”

“In my practice following the class, I wasn’t able to get over certain issues like ink blobs and splatters, and I just couldn’t seem to master a consistent look with those lovely, contrasting thin up and thick down strokes that make calligraphy so beautiful. I got frustrated and gave up for a while.”