Calligraphy Workshop
With Gerow Reece
** At Jikoji & On Zoom **
Friday, May 20, 2021 – Sunday, May 22, 2021
OUR PROGRAM
Here's our full schedule, subject to minor changes. All times are PST.
FRIDAY EVENING
6:00 pm to 8 pm PST
SATURDAY
morning session
9:30 am to noon PST
afternoon session
1:30 pm to 4:00 pm PST
An evening and a day to plunge into using the Chinese brush to explore some basic terms in ideographic form.
Writing with this type of brush is a three-dimensional dance–unlike using a pencil or pen. When familiar with the form, the writing of an ideograph becomes a meditative dance.
The meaning of the word can deepen in non-rational ways bringing a shift of focus from outer form to inner feeling, expression beyond the word.
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Online participants will be sent a link to the Zoom meeting the day of the event.
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REGISTRATION & FEES
NOTE: Attendance will be limited to eight online participants, and six in person participants, to ensure the flow and intimacy of the workshop. Online participants will be sent a link to the Zoom meeting upon Registration.
The event is offered on a donation basis, with a suggested donation of $50 - $100. Donations may be made through our Donate page, also linked at upper right.
Online participants will receive a Zoom as we get closer to the date.
Overnight accommodations are optional, are quite limited. and may be booked separately on our Reservations page. Campsites are also available.
We will be working on the 5 ideographs of the left-hand column:
MATERIALS
Gerow’s Example Pages may be viewed and downloaded here. The circled examples on each page are the ones that we will work with in the worlshop.
Additional Items may be purchased from a Chinese shop such as Soyodo.
Ink: either stick ink with an inkstone ( $10-20) or a bottle of calligraphy ink ($6-10)
Brush: for calligraphy with bristles between 1 and 1/4" to 1 and 3/4" long. ($10-20)
Practice paper: old newspaper or phone book. Buy one pack of "rice paper" as well.
Black felt: to place under paper when writing, 12x15" or larger (buy at fabric shop)
Weight: One long narrow flat stone or piece of steel to use as paper weight when writing.
ABOUT GEROW
Gerow Reece first sat with Yamada Reirin Roshi and the young monk, Maezumi Sensei, in the old brick Zenshuji in Los Angeles in the early 60s. He then practiced with Robert and Ann Aitken at Kokoan in their home in Honolulu. Later, while studying in Kyoto, Japan, he sat at Antaiji with Uchiyama Roshi and later with Morinaga Roshi at Daishu-in and Kobori Nanrei at Ryoko-in, never settling on a teacher --until the arrival of his son. Gerow serves ceremonial tea and occasionally teaches calligraphy at Jikoji.
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