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Elan joins forces with Kayo Anderson Media just in time...

Elan Entertainment Group (EEG), and it's President Michael Gerald, have signed on to be repped by publicist Kayo Anderson of Kayo Anderson Media (KAM).

The Chinese Language, Ever Evolving - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com
Source: The New York Times

Should the Chinese calligraphy be simplified?

Man Writes Calligraphy Using His Own Tears!
Source: Weird Asia News

Ru Anting, aged 56, actually sucks up the water with his nose and then sprays it through his tear ducts! Ru told the press that he has had this special talent since he was a child. He discovered it quite by accident while swimming one day in a local river.

The Art of Calligraphy
Source: The New York Times

In the hands of artists over the centuries the Koran became a devotional object of surpassing beauty.

Inspiring Interview with Izzy Pludwinski a Professional Calligrapher
Source: www.israelseen.com

Izzy Pludwinski is a professional calligrapher in both Hebrew and English calligraphy. Abstract Hebrew Calligraphy - an exciting new field Izzy has been experimenting with, some commercial work, and a newly published limited edition book- Shir Hashirim - The Song of Songs, intro …

CalligraphyAlphabet
Source: HubPages

An interesting article on the history of the Calligraphy Alphabet and practice of Calligraphy writing

Old crafts disappearing
Source: Wired

The Musalman is the world's last remaining handcrafted newspaper. The pages are prepared by master calligraphers, writing in Urdu - both the language & the art of calligraphy are threatened by the digital age.

A newspaper WRITTEN BY HAND faces the digital future
Source: Wired News

The fax machine on 76-year-old Editor-in-Chief Syed Fazlulla's crowded desk is by far the most sophisticated technology in the room. It whizzes and burps forth a stream of scribbled notes from a correspondent in New Delhi.

New Yorkers Celebrate City's First Japan Day - Associated Content
Source: Associated Content

The first Japan Day festival took place in Central Park on June 3, 2007.

Leading Iraqi calligrapher killed
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

One of the Muslim world's leading calligraphers has been shot dead by gunmen in Baghdad. The calligrapher, Khalil al-Zahawi, was killed outside his house in the New Baghdad district of the city.

Strokes of genius and a cultural revolution
Source: The Times

A teacher had four students, an American, a European, an African and a Chinese. He asked them to write an essay on the topic "What is your personal opinion of the world food shortage?" "What is the world?" asked the American student.

Encountering the Bible Before the Year 1000

Imagine yourself surrounded by sheets of paper, papyrus, parchment at least a 1000 years old, covered in scripts beautifully calligraphed, one at a time, by dedicated, no obsessed, souls whose beliefs were so important to them that they spent well over a year at a time making a c …

Seattle Asian Art Museum Re-Opens
Source: The Seattle Times

On January 6, the downtown Seattle Art Museum closed for 16 months of renovations. The following week, on January 14, the Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAM's Volunteer Park branch) reopened after a long closure due to re-roofing.

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