{"id":104,"date":"2014-05-29T13:45:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T13:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.searchofpeace.com\/blog\/?p=104"},"modified":"2014-05-29T13:45:51","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T13:45:51","slug":"calligraphy-characters-and-magic-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.searchofpeace.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/29\/calligraphy-characters-and-magic-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Calligraphy, Characters, and &#8220;Magic Paper&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vxd-4oQAXnQ\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vxd-4oQAXnQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samurai, monks, rulers, and schoolchildren are taught the way of the brush as a way of understanding the deeper meaning of culture and language. \u00a0That being said, this is an amazing way to start learning about the characters central to aikido practice.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It is appropriate to realize that as a beginner I am supposed to be\u00a0\u00a0truly awful at even the most basic task. \u00a0Aikido was certainly\u00a0a similar struggle but has evolved to generally\u00a0have the potential for a beautiful moment. \u00a0Starting to study\u00a0eastern calligraphy would require\u00a0whole landfills\u00a0if not for &#8220;Magic Cloth.&#8221; \u00a0It is as amazing as it appears in the video; the water makes black brushstrokes and then after 15 minutes it completely disappears. \u00a0 For serious calligraphy the making of the ink, preparation of the paper and the product (on the wall or in the landfill) has a lasting importance. \u00a0At the same time calligraphy is supposed to be a meditation on the meaning of a character which requires gaining an understanding of strokes, orders, and many unfamiliar characters so for the beginner this is a great way to achieve the appropriate results for the beginning stage.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=saretesearcho-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B00GOYOCSC&#038;asins=B00GOYOCSC&#038;linkId=NHE2ZRAAZ77QVVHQ&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samurai, monks, rulers, and schoolchildren are taught the way of the brush as a way of understanding the deeper meaning of culture and language. \u00a0That being said, this is an amazing way to start learning about the characters central to aikido practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-books-and-materials","category-sarete","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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