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 … Continue reading Inspired by the examples of calligrapher Chiei