Essay About Calligraphy

As an individual who’s been drawing and painting since before she could even hold a pen – apparently, I used to spill my grandma’s tea and make shapes with it – art has always been my favorite pastime. It’s tranquil and relaxing, and mixing paints is the most satisfying experience. Thus, it’s no wonder that the activity that I’m most invested in is art.

In recent years, the rushing tide of typing has overwhelmed the once necessary skill of handwriting. As the days pass by computers and other 21st century electronics are becoming more and more a part human lives. Gone are the constant needs for pen and paper, often times all that is needed for notetaking is a laptop and working fingers. A recent article published by Anne Trubek titled “Handwriting Just Doesn’t Matter” analyzes the importance of handwriting in the computerized world that is lived in today, as well as through a discussion on the teaching of cursive and other handwriting exercises in schools. Using a mix of pathos, logos, and minor amounts of ethos, Trubek is able to comprehensively convince her audience that handwriting is not as important or useful a skill as it used to be.

     Mark Salzman was perfecting his calligraphy skills and as weeks had passed he began to make

Leslie mentions that she is not alone in appreciating the act of handwriting and an author named Philip Hensher wrote an entire book “The Missing Ink: The Lost Art of Handwriting (and Why It Still Matters) giving Leslie more authority as other people in the world feel the same way. Following that Leslie describes writing as “essentially personal and unique rather then mechanical and mass-produced” appealing to the importance of everyones different personality which Microsoft cant compete

teacher Mrs. O’Neill who would like any other English teachers would try to engrave the

The invention of paper really helped calligraphers and communication throughout the Han. Paper became much easier to create because it was much cheaper than what was used before

Clunas expands on his claim that the attributes of calligraphy are sometimes more important than the content itself. Shen Du

My literacy path has a lot of exciting events that happened during my childhood. At that time I was inspired by my mother who was my literary guardian, and encourage me at that path. She was the closest person to me at that time. She has been teaching fine art for more than thirty years at one of reputable schools back home. She didn’t settle for that job only. She was cooperating with many other artist running exhibitions that won awards. Five years ago, my mother was promoted to be a supervisor at the ministry of education of all the art instructors over the region. As child whose literary guardian is an artist, I spent most of my time trying to imitate my mother’s painting.

I started the rough draft for my book, and I knew I had to practice my handwriting. Mrs. Cox thought it would be more authentic and interesting if our books were hand-drawn and hand-written, so I had to make sure that my writing was impeccable (and, preferably, better than every other kid’s who was doing this). I didn’t spend too much time on my art during the rough draft process; I knew I wasn’t an artist, and I wasn’t planning on frustrating myself for hours on end because I couldn’t get the hand or the foot “just

Abi Howe is an 8th grade student who spends her free time laying on the couch and forcing herself to get out of bed. When her parents won’t let her do nothing she is kicked into the swimming pool and onto the tennis courts, but she will willingly go to volleyball. Now, trying to be serious, she took quite a bit of time to pick the perfect font, and works very hard when she feels like it. Abi surprises herself by getting straight A’s and tries very hard to keep them that way. Abi enjoys reading and drawing but has always lacked an artistic

However, stated writing is important to him but struggle to indicate why he felt it is important. Jack mostly writes a school but also reports he writes a home when completing homework. Overall, Jack feels “so-so” about his writing ability because sometimes he does “not like to write.” He further stated everything about his writing is good, except for his penmanship; this is something he indicated he would like to improve. Overall, impression of his handwriting sample was concerning. The sample provided did not have proper spacing between words and formation of letters was unclear. He did well with capitalization and use of periods…

Similarities in Wen Zhengming’s and Tang Yin’s can mostly be attributed to the influence of Confucian ideals. Wen Zhengming was a “wen-jen,” meaning he was “a scholar well versed in the classics, poetry, and history” (Scarce 417). Similar to Confucianism, they both have the aesthetic of “integrity and sincerity” and “spontaneity and simplicity” (Scarce 417). Spontaneity is reflected in Wen Zhengming’s calligraphy when the characters vary in thickness. For example, the first character down from the fourth column from the right is thick and vertical. However, the sixth character down from the fifth column from the right is thin and horizontal. These contrasting qualities exemplify the spontaneity and expression in Wen Zhengming’s calligraphy.

Catholic schools tend to emphasize teaching cursive to their students for its historical roots and its fluidity. As a result, in third grade, my teachers spent weeks teaching my peers and I to write in cursive. Today I write in script properly, if not often, unlike many of my classmates from public schools. Although I rarely think of this superfluous skill as an asset, it comes in handy when I need to write under a time restraint. My cursive letters are quick and slanted; ink flowing in fast loops and lines as I hurry to get out my message, the side of my hand never leaving the page in my rush. I feel personally responsible for the uncorking of hundreds of bottles of red wine and the undue exhalation of gallons of CO2 as my teachers struggle

The translation from the mind’s eye to paper or any other medium, has been my tension relieving entertainment. I grew up experimenting with three-dimensional sketches, until my norm for classroom boredom doodlings with pencils on paper became “masterpieces”.

In the next room I came across a very unique and interesting collection of pieces. If you especially like or have any interest in calligraphy, then you are going to love what Hongmo Ren has done. Calling it REN-script, Ren has created what he calls a calligraphy and linguistic “experimentale.” Consisting of seven English and six French pieces, he has combined the art and beauty of calligraphy with writing of equal stature. In ten of his pieces he elaborates on the beauty of nature during various seasons and includes a complete verse from the Book of Genesis. The rest of the pieces are large single word depictions again in calligraphy with intricate detail.