Shodou : Japanese Calligraphy

It's weekend already! don't you all love weekend? I bet you do <3

Today is really sunny Friday, isn’t it? It hasn’t been raining for three days, even though the drizzle came down in a while sometimes. I miss the rain, and I miss my home’s atmosphere with hot tea and fried banana made by mom. I got bored with my daily activities. But I have to be aware that I also have a pile of tasks. I miss the warmth of my family, but I’m sure everyone at home miss me it’s just they’d rather have me stay here to achieve a dream. 

Instead of mourning all day long, let me share the experience I had during public lecture by a Japanese professor.  Let’s start shall we :))

The lecture held by students and lecturers from Aichiken University, Japan. It was held for 2 weeks at the beginning of the 5^th term. I was so excited when I heard the announcement for this lecture. Although my holiday was cut by the lecture but nevertheless it became wonderfully unforgettable days. I will never regret joined the class. Why? Aside from the meeting with handsome Japanese, I learnt Japanese culture and language. The one I would like to tell you is when I was practicing shodou 書道. That was my first time doing shodou and I was so excited. I chose the kanji YUME which mean DREAM, because to me beside from the nice shape of the kanji , almost every achievement began from dream. There was professor Miyatani who is a strict but kind and patient figure. She taught me how to use paint brush properly. After the 10^th try I got my letter right. Honestly shodou is definitely not easy and require a special training. I’m so lucky to have the chance to try it. Someday I’ll get myself practicing the shodou again. 

me with my own made shodou

me with Professor Miyatani :)

me with Toru-san :3

Professor miyatani also gave me a kind of memento in form of her self made shodou writing, which is also the kanji Yume. I framed it and put it in my room. I felt so lucky and I hope I’ll be as successful as Professor Miyatani. God bless ^.^

shodou : yume = dream

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Shodou derived from the Kanji kaku (to write) and michi (the way). Shodou made it's way back from the 6^th century along with Kanji writing from China. The unique style of shodou begin to appeared as the Japanese invented  Hiragana and Katakana (kana) as their own unique writing. 

*Kanji is one way of Japanese to write things.

Hey, it is late already and my eyes start to drowsy. I will write about shodou again for other time :))

書道を習うのは楽しい

( Learning calligraphy is fun )