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Brush Calligraphy Pictograph Art These colorful, original renditions of Due to the spontaneity of the free-flowing brushstrokes, no two of the same pictograph will be exactly alike; they can be fashioned to colors of your choice, or those of the examples shown, or simply black on white canvas. sample pictographs for painted canvases introduction With a pictograph about the size of a pinky fingernail, Watts’ book shows and interprets the original picture for “Tao.” Until that moment, all i had ever heard and read was that there was no translation of “Tao.” Yet there it was, a pictograph aka ideogram giving clues and guidelines for the smoothest way of moving through the day-to-day and long-term experiences of what we call ‘living.’ It seemed that all the scholars and interpreters had never seen that picture! And so began a journey of research so as to transliterate ancient Chinese pictographs. With a handful of Chinese dictionaries and some online research and occasionally consulting with some Asian friends, for about 20 years i have been expanding my calligraphic artistic repertoire as well as my understanding and interpretations of Chinese pictographs which pre-date the modern variations of Chinese and the ensuing Japanese. Some pictographs have been found on ancient bones and tortoise shells. My pictographs have found their way into many of my books, as well as the annual Haiku Calendar, and have been exhibited at Kings Park Library. Also, my calligraphy and interpretations of the original pictographs of Tao Te Ching (Thou Dei Jinn) are in the Fall 2021 issue of Empty Vessel: Journal of Taoist Philosophy and Practice. For many years i have taught a basic introduction to brush calligraphy class, The Meditative Art of Brush Calligraphy, at libraries and art centers. The traditional method requires grinding the inkstick with water in an inkstone so as to make the ink ready for calligraphying . . . the opposite of text-messaging, as it takes minutes to prepare before being able to ‘say’ anything. Some years ago i did some of the pictographs on canvases using black acrylic paint and a regular paint-brush. Recently while watching a documentary film The Brush Mind, featuring the calligraphy of Kazuaki Tanahashi who often uses large brushes and color paints, . . . i had an aha moment for doing color calligraphy on canvases using calligraphy-brushes rather than paint-brushes, and, of course, color acrylic paints! In my experience, the pictographs are like symbolic guides or visual mantras, often enhancing, via contemplation, one’s relationship with the Earth and the Natural World. “I am impressed by Mankh’s mastery of Chinese characters.” ~Shipping costs determined by location and size of canvas. ~Each painting comes with a printout explaining ~Prints are available by request. E-mail or call the landline with specifications, requests, questions
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