Calligraphy and Ting Tongs

It's another new year and we started it off with a trip to the Asian Art Museum to see their Chinese calligraphy exhibit.  It was just the momentum I needed as I'm deep in my planning for Project Apricot!  I'm super excited about Chinese calligraphy again and will soon bust out my supplies to start practicing again.  It'll be great.  Really.

I really like Chinese as a written art form.  The above is standard script, but I especially love the semi-cursive and cursive writing.

I also recently made some home-made Ding Dongs (which I named Ting Tongs) for a friend who was lamenting the demise of the Hostess company.  I followed this recipe and it came out pretty tasty (and no shady chemicals or preservatives).  It was definitely messy, but yummy and won thumbs up from everyone who tried one.

Sanjay Patel's Fun Indian Exhibit at Asian Art Museum

I just had a really lovely birthday :)  I was jokingly told that I was past my prime this year, but it doesn't feel so bad so far.

Michael took me to the Asian Art Museum which still turns me into a giddy kid.  Aside from their usual exhibits, they had the Maharaja exhibit.  The highlight for me was the work by Sanjay Patel that was being displayed all over the museum.

Sanjay's extensive work illustrated many Hindu dieties as well as a Maharaja's parade, and more.  The works are visually fun, intricate, and exciting.  They are a bold, fun modern take on classical material, which he lovingly handles.

His work also reminds me of the visual storytelling of the Samurai Jack series.

Love it!