Concentration Allows Brush to Flow

This is a short article about a young lady that is beginning to teach Japanese calligraphy, or shodo,  to the public Kansas.  Right now, she is teaching this form of calligraphy to home-schooled children. 

The most important message that I took out of this article is the necessity to concentrate on everything you do while performing this ancient art.  By concentrating, not only will you improve the overall outcome of your writings, but it allows you to express your inner beauty. 

Are you showing your true beauty?

Japanese calligraphy course ascribes beauty to writing

By Sophia Maines (Contact)

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

 Japan, it is called shodo, the way of writing. But to Sanae Eda, it is like music.“What makes it beautiful is having some balance between technique and freedom of expression,” said Eda, assistant professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Kansas University.

Japanese calligraphy course ascribes beauty to writing | LJWorld.com

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