Master Yun Reveals About His Fengshui Calligraphy PART 3

 

Even if you couldn’t read off Master Yun’s fengshui calligraphy, you have to admit, you see something, you feel something, as if an image is speaking to you... 

 

To explain, we first go back to the Chinese characters, the words. Many Chinese words, their forms, mimic and take reference from the subject they are representing, a very pictographic system, if you will.

 

And so, relatively, paintings happen to be more concrete. Master Yun paints a peacock, you see the peacock, and a crane as a crane.

 

 

Chinese words, derived from images, they become a more abstract form of painting and visual understanding.

 

And especially so for Master Yun’s fengshui calligraphy. 

 

Master Yun deliberately amplifies the visual meaning of the Chinese words. He imbues the pictorial essence of Chinese characters into his calligraphy, so even for those who can’t make out the words, you feel them. 

 

For instance, you see a “鹤” (crane) with a long stroke extended to the bottom, that’s portraying the strength of the tall standing crane, may the blessed collector be strong even at the ripe of age. 

 

For instance, many saw a standing person in “立” (to stand up), and that’s exactly what it means.

 

 

And when you put all the drama of the words together, feel it, decipher it, meditate upon it, you might just have a whole new understanding of Master Yun’s fengshui calligraphy.

 

You might just be transcended into another realm.

 

-- Kan, Executive Director
(as heard from Master Yun)