New Year Calligraphy in Adult class大人クラスの書き初め
The first calligraphy of the year started off with New Year Calligraphy session in adult class—the first experience for all of the students.
The word I chose was a zen word「洗心」--washing of heart/purification of heart. My wish is to welcome our new year with purified heart, and to repeat it every day, every second throughout the year.
We’ve been practicing 「忍」with 「心」in it, so everyone was able to express their wonderful characters of big heartedness very comfortably and confidently.
My Jiu-Jitsu buddy has joined me this day to experience calligraphy for the first time. She is left-handed, which adds extra challenges as all the Japanese strokes are made to be written with right hand. But she did it! She did great!
As always, I am amazed what they can make and enjoyed our quiet yet heated quality time together. Thank you so much!! I can’t wait for the next time!
1月の大人の書のクラスは書き初め。皆さん書き初めは初めての経験のはず。私が選んだ言葉は「洗心」という禅語。年の初めに心を洗い、その気持ちで毎日毎秒心を綺麗にしながらこの一年過ごしましょうという願いを込めて。
これまでのお稽古で「心」はかなり書いてきたので、皆さんが持ち合わせている素晴らしい大きな心を表現できましたね!
今回はいつも一緒に柔術のトレーニングをしている大学生のAちゃんが初めて参加してくださいました。彼女は筆を持つのは生まれて初めて、左利きなので漢字を書く方向にやや苦労しましたが、驚くほどの完成品。
いつもながら皆さんの素晴らしさに圧倒されながら熱い時間を持つことができました。ありがとうございました!