On the way with journalists who always report on something that is only big in their country. In this episode: the calligraphy editor from Japan.
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Thomas Hahn
The technique is one thing when you sit down to write characters on fine paper with a brush: dissolving the India ink in water on a rubbing stone. Concentrating on the right line. The flow of writing. But the other thing is to understand what you write. Both are part of the art of beautiful writing, and both require special attention. That’s what the current cover story of sumiJapan’s only calligraphy journal.