Allan, that's right, altho the only one I remember was Gunsmoke on Saturday nights!

Peter, we have a wonderful woman here, whose mother was Japanese and father was an American diplomat high mucky-muck in Japan after WWII. About 5 years ago, Mako arranged for teachers from the Japanese Consulate in Washington state to present a day of fine art demonstrations. It was wonderful! In particular the flower arranging...very minimalist, but NOT avant-garde!

But esp. the calligraphy, which was much as what you posted above. It was incredible how she knelt on the floor, positioned her body over a long scroll of paper, brush in hand, ink well near her, then meditated, concentratd, sawayed back and forth, then in one, really ll swoop" executed the stroke, leaving behind a stark image on an expansiveness of white. Absolutely the pure essense of beauty.

Good to see you posting these, again!

kat