Expression through Calligraphy

Tracing words with your fingers on dust-covered glasses of cars …carving out your abstract mood with words on finished dinner plate …the last page of your note book embellished in your leisure with words …or endorsing a sea shore sand with your name……I think these all things reflects a calligrapher within you.
As I work with words on the canvas, the shapes of various syllables shape up the creative instinct within me and I understand that language can not be the arbitrary system. To understand the strength of syllable as a form, it’s important to understand the history of calligraphy as an art.
Calligraphy is the art of giving form to signs in an expressive and skillful manner. It originated from China and it has evolved through various regions of the world.
Asian calligraphy typically uses ink brushes it is considered an important art in East Asia and the most refined form of East Asian painting. Calligraphy here has influenced most major art styles in East Asia like sumi-e, a style of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese painting.

Calligraphy is also central in Tibetan culture. It is considered that Lamas usually were capable calligraphers. Calligraphy here is also particularly evident on Tibetan “prayer wheels”, although this calligraphy was forged rather than scribed, just like Arab and Roman calligraphy. Although originally done with a brush, Tibetan calligraphers now use chisel tipped pens and markers as well. There is also a Persian calligraphy which dates back to the pre-Islam era. In Zoroastrianism beautiful and clear writings are always praised.

In Islamic art there is an inevitable place for Islamic calligraphy. Calligraphy for Muslims is a visual expression of the highest art of all that is the art of the spiritual world. The holy book of Islam, al-Qur'an, has also played an important role in the development of the Arabic language, and by extension, calligraphy in the Arabic alphabet. Proverbs and complete passages from the Qur'an are still active sources for Islamic calligraphy. Western calligraphy is another kind of calligraphy of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing system. It is said that early alphabets had evolved around 3000 BC. Later Christian churches promoted the development of writing through the prolific copying of the Bible, particularly the New Testament and other sacred texts. Most Indian calligraphy has religious influences. India has the rich heritage of calligraphy, in almost dozens of Indian languages.