Gina Jonas

Unforeseen to me, I’d embarked upon a journey of self-discovery in my desire to develop as a calligrapher. This larger project, I learned, was not without precedent: in the Japanese tradition, arts such as calligraphy are undertaken with just such an intention—as a ‘Way’ to self-knowledge. Although Roman calligraphy has not developed methods for such an endeavor, Johnston’s bold statement of our aim—“to give letters life that we ourselves may have more life”—unmistakably implies such an entwinement.

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Readers may be interested in the publication by the same author, Finding the Flow: A Calligraphic Journey, 2006. Article republished here with thanks.