Watching a Dragon Come to Life

Imagine a theater stage where, at the beginning, all you see is large sheet of paper spanning from one side to the other with only a few cherry blossom pedals painted here and there. Then and artist, dressed in a beautiful kimono performs a magic show just with a few brush strokes.  I never saw a modern Japanese calligraphy show except on TV and knew that I would be in for something new and powerful. Surely enough I was not disappointed. Syoka Kana drew everybody into her world of dragons, cherry blossoms and calligraphy. It is a silent art which became alive under Kana’s brush. It seemed like her characters started to sing and dance.

This shodo demonstration was organized by the Boston Japan Resource Exchange (JREX) and took place at International Community Church (ICC) in Boston.

I just heard that the final artwork will be on permanent display at the International Community Church in Boston (Please click on the link below for more information).

       Syoka Kana’s Blog (In Japanese)

International Community Church (ICC) in Boston

Syoka Kana – Shodo Performance – Boston – April 2014 – Allowing photos to tell the story

Syoka Kana – Shodo Performance – Boston – April 2014 – Allowing photos to tell the story

Syoka Kana – Shodo Performance – Boston – April 2014 – Allowing photos to tell the story

Syoka Kana – Shodo Performance – Boston – April 2014 – Allowing photos to tell the story

Syoka Kana – Shodo Performance – Boston – April 2014 – Allowing photos to tell the story

Syoka Kana – Shodo Performance – Boston – April 2014 – Allowing photos to tell the story

Syoka Kana – Shodo Performance – Boston – April 2014 – Allowing photos to tell the story

Syoka Kana – Shodo Performance – Boston – April 2014 – Allowing photos to tell the story

Syoka Kana – Shodo Performance – Boston – April 2014 – Allowing photos to tell the story

Syoka Kana – Shodo Performance – Boston – April 2014 – Allowing photos to tell the story

Syoka Kana – Shodo Performance – Boston – April 2014 – Allowing photos to tell the story

Syoka Kana – Shodo Performance – Boston – April 2014 – Allowing photos to tell the story

Syoka Kana – Shodo Performance – Boston – April 2014 – Allowing photos to tell the story

Everybody should have such a dragon…

Syoka Kana – Shodo Performance – Boston – April 2014 – Allowing photos to tell the story

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