Philippians 4:13




“Calligraphy is the tongue of the hand, the delight of the conscience, the ambassador of the mind, the inheritor of the thought, the weapon of knowledge, the companion of an absent friend, the converser with them over long distances, the depository of secrets, and register of events.”-  Ibrahim Ibn Muhammad Ash-Shabayni



My output is a calligraphy of my favorite Bible verse which is Philippians 4:13. I used my notebook, my calligraphy pen, and my color pens. I used the blue pen to design the cursive letters and the orange pen for the words that I want to emphasize.
I am not the literary kind of person who loves writing poems, essays, novels, short stories or whatsoever. I hate doing those things but I just love writing beautifully. I love designing letters or words. Since elementary, I’ve been joining a slogan contest, but I never tried joining essay or poem writing because I don’t have the skills for that.
Same as to calligraphy I also love doing hand-lettering because I have the freedom in choosing what font will I use, and I can use any kind of pen to write the text, including brush pens, markers, and even ballpoint pens. When I feel that I’m alone I write down what’s on my mind, it could be a lyrics of a song, a Bible verse or just pure nonsense. It is my companion when I feel like I’m all alone in this world. Also, I love designing my notes.
While doing the activity last Thursday I have a hard time starting, 10 minutes had passed still I don’t know what to do, I was just looking at everyone busy doing their work. I ask myself, how they can be so artistic while I’m not. I know that I am creative in my way because we have different skills and talents. But still, I’m not that confident. So yes, I wrote my favorite Bible verse, and I was planning to do it again and transfer it to a white bond paper because my notebook is not that spacious enough.
I want to improve my skills in calligraphy and hand-lettering because I love doing it. But we can’t deny the fact that there will always be people who you can’t please by your works. I know to myself that I’m not that skilled enough, and that makes me shy to show my works. I know I have a lot of things to learn for me to become “good enough” for this field of art and I am challenging myself for that, for I have fallen in love with letters.

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