Calligraphy Workshop Online
An Introduction to Chinese Ideographs
With Gerow Reece
** ON ZOOM ONLY **
Friday, September 11 – Saturday, September 12, 2020
An evening and a day to plunge into using the Chinese brush to explore some basic terms in ideographic form:
one, three, mountain, tree, heart
"form itself is emptiness; emptiness itself is 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.
REGISTRATION & FEES Attendance will be limited to eight online participants to ensure the flow and intimacy of the workshop. Registration is required for this event to help with our planning. 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.
We will be sending out the Zoom link to the event as we get closer to the date.
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MATERIALS
Gerow’s Example Pages may be viewed and downloaded here.
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.
Gerow crafting signs for the Jikoji grounds.
OUR PROGRAM
Here's our full schedule, subject to minor changes. All times are PST.
FRIDAY EVENING
6:00 pm to 8 pm
SATURDAY
morning session
9:30 am to noon
afternoon session
1:15 pm to 4:00 pm
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.
Thank you for looking.
Additional questions? Please email us!