So! One of my personal requirements for I Ho Chuan was to finish 15 art projects this year. And I think of done... 2? Yeah that sounds about right! I do have half finished projects just lying around and I pick them up every once and a while so I know that I am steadly working on them. But! There is one project that I have literally been thinking about for years. It is a calligraphy project.
Backstory time!
In highschool we had do a project on things that shaped us or what kinda represented us? I think? IDK its been 5 years, I am too old to remember. But what I do remember is sitting with my papa and explain the project and my dad told be about a poem that had shaped him is his youth. The poem is called Deserata by Max Ehrmann. Like Mastery by Stuart Emery, it similarilly gives an outline that one should live their life by. I read the poem and found that I liked it immensely. To give a sneak peak, cause I might put th full poem up here one day.
" Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence."
Like right off that bat, BOOM! Speaking right too me. Back on track though, I have been wanting to do an illuminated version of this poem with calligraphy. This year I have put my butt in gear and gotten to it. It has been a slight challenge as I have never done this kind of project before but fun! I have been learning a lot of patience cause you do one pen stroke wrong ya have to start it all over again!
So my fathers' birthday is fast approaching and I know that I finally give him the final project. Even if it takes up most of my art room!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
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