World Calligraphy Day

 World Calligraphy Day

Since the year 2017, the second Wednesday of August is celebrated as World Calligraphy day.  Calligraphy is an art,  where art meets handwriting.  It has been around since ancient times and has had a vast impact on history and culture all around the world.  Different civilizations have different styles inspired by their cultures because it is the combination of visual art with writing.

Today, in the modern world, it is used in many design concepts for advertising and promoting, and it is easy to do because of the advanced technology we have today.

In 2017, The Pen Museum and the Manuscript Pen Company have taken the initiative to create a World Calligraphy day to popularise this art and the rich history attached to this art.  The Pen Museum is a museum dedicated to teaching the art of calligraphy and the Manuscript Pen Company being an art retailer specializing in calligraphy products.

Let the creativity of writing flow through this art.

Below fan-shaped MS was issued by Taiwan Post on 13th January 2016 on the theme Calligraphy and Paintings.

The above Taiwan Miniature sheet depicts a 7 character regulated verse written by Wen Zhengming.  To attract and highlight their culture to the modern generation, these scripts are printed on bamboo strips and the stamp is in the form of a fan.  

The 7 characters regulated verse reminds me of our Thirukurral written by Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar.  All 1330 couplets (Kurals) have 7 words, 4 in the first line and 3 in the second line.