Inspired by the examples of calligrapher Chiei
At the last Zen Heart Brush we explored the Kaisho and Sosho styles of shodo calligraphy, working with tenchi 天地. We were inspired by the examples of calligrapher Chiei 智永 from his version of the fascinating Thousand Character Classic 千字文 – Senjimon.
His name means wisdom eternal – in Buddhism this wisdom is jnana (pronounced gyana in English) pure awareness unrestricted by concepts. Chiei is from the 7th Century Sui dynasty. He is the great great great…..great grandchild of Ogishi ( 王羲之 4th Century, one of China’s four famous calligraphers).
Thanks to Blair’s teacher Kobayashi Sensei in Japan for the encouragement to work with this text.
千字文 Thousand Character Classic
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Character_Classic
王羲之 Wang Xizhi
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Xizhi
