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In praise of 'weird' calligraphy
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Holding his breath, an old man draws a big, homemade brush over
the cement ground of a park.
The brush is a sponge tied to the end of a stick, occasionally it
is dipped in a bucket of water.
He is practicing calligraphy perhaps copying the writing of
Master Wang Xizhi (303-361) from memory, or maybe just writing a poem
by Chairman Mao.
Had I not been asked about it by a fellow New Yorker recently, I
would not have had given any thought to this "weird" practice of
calligraphy that I used to see so often in Beijing's parks.
After giving her a quick answer, I realized that the topic wasn't
just ...
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