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He asked her, astonished: 'But you, you speak Chinese?” She
suddenly answered, 'Yes, it is because I did a master of Chinese
Calligraphy at the University. It was my project for the thesis.' 'You?
You studied Calligraphy? But I am also used to brush calligraphies!'"
At this very moment, they felt an enlargement, the space between the
words changed. Ibhâhim reflects:
“And suddenly a world was lifting up, a universe was awakening
and a world began to stir behind this woman who was hiding her
mouth while eating, who was concealing a part of her face by cheer
sense of decency. And I began really to speak with her. Of what? Of
the lines strokes, of the bamboo and reed pens strokes, of the brush
strokes from the art of Calligraphy!”
"What is fascinating is that this lady, Mrs Sakkai, who was so
modest, suddenly succeeded in establishing a link with the Arabic
world, through the art of writing. I felt grateful to her for that. This
secret woman of whom the eyes were not even seen, of whom the
mouth was not to be seen began to express herself. To express
herself in what? In the world of the Calligraphy, in the world of
contrasts..."
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Ibrâhim explains this technique to me without discontinuing.
A great deal of time passes before he concludes.
"Traditionally, the Japanese use the bamboo to write and
everything seems to come from the bamboo, of its inclination, of its
hardness in features, of its delicacy. It is also represented in the
traditional Eastern paintings where the long stem formed with joints
gives an artistic orientation into the very image. Bamboo is to be
found as well in all constructions of Zen gardens. The briar or the
rose tree has the same spiritual appeal in the Arabic culture due to its
ability to soak up the ink, to retain it into the stem. The rose bush stalk
is cut to be a much refined drawing pen. The curved lines of the two
calligraphic writings suggest the elevation and the modesty in the
simple choice of colors. "
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8th C. fragment of the Qur’an: Traditional Arabic writing called Kufic.
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Japanese calligraphies
Like the Japanese calligraphy, the Arab calligraphy has a formal style
of writing and a cursive form of writing. It imitates natural landscapes
like rock formations.
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