mind body spirit – Calligraphy by Vicky

心技体 (shin-gi-tai) “mind, body, spirit”

A Japanese calligraphy work of three kanji characters, black ink on white card, with a red enso, in a black frame.

This was a calligraphy commission for a martial arts practitioner to use as a wall decoration and also as a tattoo design. Students of Japanese will notice that it doesn’t exactly say “mind, body, spirit”. This is because although this phrase is common in English, it’s a little different in Japanese. Happily there is aContinueContinue reading “心技体 (shin-gi-tai) “mind, body, spirit””