Happy New Year!
景雲飛, written by my wife.
It means "Joyous clouds wave in the sky."
It means "Joyous clouds wave in the sky."
Writing English
Four months have passed since I started this blog. At first, I wondered if I was able to write correct English. I managed to write all posts in English, but my English hasn't improved yet. The usages of articles and prepositions of English are particularly difficult for many Japanese, which, in many cases, come from Japanese language structure. This picture was taken by my younger daughter in Shanghai. Although this Japanese is a little funny, this might be better than my English. Writing English is frustrating for me. On the other hand, I feel, in a sense, an indefinable freedom as if I was liberated from Japanese language and culture that I grew up in for a long time when I write my blog in English.
I don't know how many school children practice calligraphy nowadays. Incidentally, I am bad at writing and sometimes ashamed of it, especially at a wedding reception.
ReplyDeleteI'm really impressed with the calligraphy work done by your wife, wondering if she is a calligraphy instructor.
Thank you very much.
DeleteMy wife is a professional calligrapher and an instructor.
Our daughters learned calligraphy from their mother, but now they write terrible Japanese.
I always use PC to write something because I don’t want to write by the hand.