by Nan Rae | Oct 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
It’s not often one get’s the privilege of being with a true living legend. On Saturday, after class, Charles and I went to a benefit at the beautiful Villa di Fontani for ‘Brushstrokes in Hollywood’, a feature documentary film about Tyrus Wong....
by Nan Rae | Oct 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
I thought today that if we learned any more, we could possibly all explode with joy. We started off with Tom’s presenting our three artists with their completed scrolls. Beautiful Beverly had an advance peek at my blog but it was even more exciting to actually...
by Nan Rae | Oct 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
Our Master Calligraphy teacher, Shantien ‘Tom’ Chow recommended a new translation of Lao Tzu’s ‘Tao Te Ching’. He said, “This is one of the latest, and possibly one of the best translations, originally credited to Lao Tzu’s...
by Nan Rae | Oct 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
Yes, it’s true. On Monday we took Amtrak to San Juan Capistrano to lunch with out dear friends, Maj. Gen. Ray Cole and his lovely wife Gwen. Charles had asked me how I met the Cole’s and I said, “hmmmmm, I was flying back from Paris stopping to see...
by Nan Rae | Oct 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
We were delighted to hear that Charles Jr. was flying in from Houston for an ‘Investment Seminar’. The bonus round was that we’d take a day off just like that!Since Charles was staying in Santa Monica, we went to ‘Anisette’ a new French...
by Nan Rae | Oct 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
Last month, three people in the Calligraphy class gave their dynamic calligraphy to Shantien ‘Tom’ Chow, our Master Teacher, to have their work mounted onto Chinese scrolls. Saturday’s class was priviledged to see the results which are staggering....
