Ever wondering how Chinese Calligraphy works? I tell you about it while discussing the intersection between visual arts and linguistics.

Special thanks to Master Chen and Master Liu (AKA my dad and my mom) for all their help in this video!

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Images:
"Evolution of the Sinogram” by Andy Fitzsimon https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evo-sh%C4%81n.svg (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Beautiful Water Calligraphy by Marc Smith https://www.flickr.com/photos/49503165485@N01/41563979 (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Make Dust Our Paper by Istolethetv https://www.flickr.com/photos/istolethetv/3207404211/ (CC BY 2.0)
书法 by Shizhao - https://www.flickr.com/photos/shizhao/482434304/ (CC BY 2.0)
Riverside Park by Angela Lai https://www.flickr.com/photos/atlai/6846614368 (CC BY 2.0)
Practicing Calligraphy by c-head https://www.flickr.com/photos/c-head/15011795904/(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Sources and Further Reading:
http://education.asianart.org/explore-resources/background-information/introduction-chinese-character-and-brush-strokes
http://www.omniglot.com/chinese/evolution.htm
http://www.ancientscripts.com/chinese.html
http://asiasociety.org/chinese-calligraphy

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