Michael Edwards

THE CHINESE BRUSH (Stage 2)

 

 

Passed on down the Dynasties

The Chinese brush displays

The rhythmic skills of mastery

Through frameworks formed by principles

 

a product of the Sandlewood tree

On porous paper strokes directed

by hair of wolf and goat applied

the ink of soot and gum.

 

Held upright in the hand

Condensed in time the brush applied

Through pressures in directed strokes

mirroring the artists mind

Reflecting Ch’i and energy

 

 

With form and space in complement

Avoiding lines in symmetry

crystalized through skills acquired

An artists road to self-expression