Thursday, October 20, 2011

transferring over

I've been super busy lately, and I'll write a proper post later to at least somewhat get this thing up to date. In the meantime, I'll just copy-paste (ko-pi-pe in Japanese) a small blog entry I had to write for my Japanese class about my CIP (community involvement project), aka the calligraphy club. It's in Japanese, so anyone who follows this thing that reads Japanese (which would be...no one, I'm guessing?) can read it, but it's probably impossible for anyone else.

私は日本の伝統的なことに興味があるので、日本に来たら、色々なことをしてみたかったが、上手になるように、一つを選んだほうがいいと思った。だから、書道部に決めた。茶道とか剣道も面白そうだが、必要な道具が高くて大きいから、かんたんには出来ないと思った。でも、書道なら、筆しか必要じゃない。そして、どこでもできる。アメリカに帰ってもし続けられる。

日本に来る前から、書道に興味があったが、経験は全然なかった。でも、日本人の学生と交流したかったので、先生から習うのではなく学生の書道部に入った。知らなかったが、実は書道部に先生も来るから、両方が出来ている。まだ下手で、書き方もきたないが、部員と先生のおかげで、だんだん上手になっている。みな親切で、私の質問にはっきり説明をしてくれる。

書展に出品するために、何かを書くつもりだ。漢字を七十ぐらい書かなければならないから、ちょっと忙しくなった。大変かもしれないが、書きながら楽しんでいるから、かまわない。書道部の部屋は静かで、たたみがあって、たたみのいいかおりもして、そこにいれば、落ち着ける。漢字に集中すると、頭がすっきりする。今からもっと練習して、うまくなったらいいと思う。いい趣味をみつけた。

I have to write yet another entry in English later, so I'll post that here as well. It'll probably be much better written too, given how minimal my grasp of the Japanese language is. My fall break starts on Saturday! Yay! I'll have time to actually catch up on things that I've been wanting to do for a while. Such as writing. And tweaking photos. And programming. And doing some self-study. And sight-seeing. And moving around in general.

1 comment:

  1. google translate says:


    I'm so interested in traditional Japanese come to Japan and wanted to try various things, so well, I thought it is better to choose one. So the decision to calligraphy. Toka ceremony kendo but also interesting from the larger instruments necessary high, not thought to Easy. But if calligraphy, not only requires a pen. And it can be anywhere. If the U.S. continues to back.

    Before coming to Japan, but was interested in calligraphy, the experience was not at all. But I wanted to interact with Japanese students, for students entering the calligraphy teacher instead of learning from. Not know, actually come from teachers in the calligraphy, which can have both. In still poor, so writing is messy, thanks to the teachers and staff have become increasingly well. In all kindness, and to give clear explanation to my question.

    Get to a bookstore, and I will write something. From about seventeen to have to write Chinese characters was a little busy. It may be difficult, but I enjoy the writing, mind. Calligraphy of the room is quiet, there are folding, folding and even smell good, if there, calm. If you focus on the Chinese, invigorate the mind. Now and then more practice, I think longer work. I found a hobby.



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    google translate fail.... BUT I did manage to get out of that that calligraphy is going well! draw? write? (what verb do you use for calligraphy?) me something!!

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