Was cycling along the park connector when I saw the group of people gathered around the stone bench near the 500m marker.
Aha.... there's this old man practising his chinese calligraphy there. Pretty good pieces and what strikes me most is that he is using tissue papers for his writing. Using tissue papers to write sure is not easy. The ink must be controlled very well and is very different from the way rice paper absorbs ink. He explained that it's cheaper that way since his purpose is for practicing his writing skills. Many of those gathered around asked for his completed pieces which he gladly gave away. He would throw them away anyway since it's just practice pieces. Had a long talk with him and he gave me two of his pieces...
Aha.... there's this old man practising his chinese calligraphy there. Pretty good pieces and what strikes me most is that he is using tissue papers for his writing. Using tissue papers to write sure is not easy. The ink must be controlled very well and is very different from the way rice paper absorbs ink. He explained that it's cheaper that way since his purpose is for practicing his writing skills. Many of those gathered around asked for his completed pieces which he gladly gave away. He would throw them away anyway since it's just practice pieces. Had a long talk with him and he gave me two of his pieces...
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