I was recently reminded of how my handwritings were hugely illegible.

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For reasons I can't explain, I've developed an urge to scribble Chinese characters lately. The fact that I acquired a fountain pen might have something to do with it.

I don't do it as a tool of thought or communication. If it's a mean to an end, I don't know what that is. Maybe it's the closest skill I have that's remoting close to any form of drawing.

I kinda do have the taste to tell what's good in calligraphy. So once I start it's kinda hard to stop, especially when the outcome is bad.

Armed with a fountain pen, after a few hours, this was what I ended up with. pic.twitter.com/9PFVdQS0I9

— ykgoon.com (@ykgoon) August 28, 2022

I don't prefer handwritings that are neat and tidy, even if the skills that's needed is admirable. I've always prefer writings that have a sense of personal aesthetics, to which an institution like a school would find it hard to agree with, not when it came from a ten year-old kid who knew fuck all.

That's my leaning towards chaos. But chaos needs order to harmonize. The practice of calligraphy seems to be about that: a tug of war between the proper way and letting it go wild, all within the space of a few strokes.

Let's see if I can outdo this recent result in a month.