Here’s a side-by-side comparison of my calligraphy now to that of 4 months ago:
You don’t need to read Chinese to be able to see the difference!!
My practice this March:
My practice in December:
My practice in November:
now i get what they mean by the “energy” in the brushstroke — there really is nothing more telling than a calligraphy brush. even the slightest bit of anxiety or unease will show up in my practice as a shakey hand or a crooked character. the teeny difference in my relative patience in the morning vs restlessness in the afternoon is magnified 50x when i write during either time.
here are some cherry-picked characters from my practice lately, in Ouyang Xun style standard script 歐陽詢楷書
