A Cloud Never Dies - Calligraphy – Parallax Press

While practicing calligraphy, I touch the profound insight of no self. It becomes a deep practice of meditation.

When you look at it or hold it and let it be without imposing a word or mental label on it, a sense of awe, of wonder, arises within you. Its essence silently communicates itself to you and reflects your own essence back to you. This is what great artists sense and succeed in conveying in their art.

an essential step in the preparation for a tea ceremony is looking at a work of shodo to clear one’s mind.

However, this moment is more than a reflection of our day-to-day life—it is a deep reminder for us to pause and to be present to the details of the everyday.