Calligraphy Lesson number 6

It is a sunny afternoon this last Saturday in April. These are the two doors that open into the classroom where we take lessons.


It is a long walk down the corridor. On the right hand side is a green metal fence. Behind it lies a rock hill with steps going up and through down the other side into the walkway that borders a long wall. On the other side of the wall is the Hall of Literary Brilliance, the Hall of Respect, and the Pavilion of Literary Profundity. It feels as though I am in a different world.

This is our classroom. It is a nice and airy space. Often soft traditional Chinese music plays in the background. Four people can fit in this room. Many times there is a young woman practicing the same calligraphy style as we are. She is studying for the entrance exam into graduate school. There is also a young man that has been painting with us several times. His work has strong lines. It is beautiful.


We had both visited a gallery where Teacher You had work on display. I had a picture of a work of calligraphy in my last entry. We were asking about other work that he has done at our last class.

This is a piece that he brought out of storage and unwrapped for us to see. I personally like this one better. Teacher thinks there is no comparison, the other is much richer in meaning and more beautiful.




Here I am with Teacher You. In the background is work by another student. The work is beautiful.

After practicing for a while. We took a walk to the peony garden to look at the flowers. My friend wanted some pictures to paint from when the time comes for her to paint art.

There were people posing in the garden with the flowers. We didn't see lots of ants as we would in the flowers at home.

Here, I stepped into the garden to hug the flowers. They smelled lovely.You can see that I am wearing a black shirt. The ink we use stains and I have a white shirt at home with little black dots on it from ink.

I like this shot. It has a sense of beauty along with reality. There is a nice juxtaposition here.





We were on our way back to our classroom. If you look closely you will see the doors of the gate. The building ahead I believe is the pavilion to enter through into the Hall of Literary Brilliance.

After the gate we encountered a wedding party getting into another costume for pictures. The bride is in red getting her hair fixed up and the groom is buttoning his Chinese style jacket.

The wedding party will likely take pictures with the rock hill in the background. This is the same rock hill that is outside of our classroom door. It is beautiful today with the sun shining and the wild yellow roses dressing it up so nicely.