Monday, June 15, 2009

Arts and Crafts

For Monday's "International Cultural Forum," they brought in Kaishin Makuta, a calligraphy sensei from Chiba University, to give the foreigners an introduction to the art. After a few frustrating attempts with small paper (everything came out all blobby on the page), they decided I was ready to upgrade to the real deal- paper so big it has to go on the floor. Here's me writing "dream" (copying the example in orange by my left foot):



Today is our last day (and last concert) in Kazusa- tomorrow we all move to Yokohama for a week of orchestra playing.
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  1. HumingwayJune 17, 2009 at 11:52:00 AM EDT

    Wow, good job! It looks perfect so far. Any pictures of the final product?

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  2. Martin ShultzJune 18, 2009 at 3:03:00 AM EDT

    Yes! There is a picture of me holding up the painting with the calligraphy teacher. One of the staff members used his camera- I'll see if I can get it.

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