Kelly's Talkshow

Okay, and the last stop on our tour is the study.好了，我们参观的最后一站是书房。Wow, this is incredible. Look at all the books! And what's all this stuff on the desk?哇，这太不可思议了。看这些书！桌子上这些是什么东西呀？That's my calligraphy gear: ink, paper, brushes, and an inkstone. We call them the Four Treasures.那是我的书法用具：墨水、纸、毛笔和砚台。我们称之为“文房四宝”。Amazing. It looks so graceful yet chaotic at the same time.好神奇啊。看起来混乱中透着优雅。Balance and rhythm are essential in calligraphy. At its very heart, it's all about correct strokes, stroke order, and character structure.平衡和韵律在书法中是必不可少的。它的核心就在于正确的笔画、笔画的顺序和字体结构。I was pretty good at handwriting in school, but I'm not sure I could ever do this.我上学的时候字写得也挺好的，但我觉得我可能写不出这样的来。Well, calligraphy requires a high level of concentration and patience, things which I think are invaluable to a person's refinement.嗯，书法需要高度的专注和耐心，我认为这些对一个人的修养是非常宝贵的。So, in a way it's a kind of aesthetic meditation?所以，从某种程度上说，这算是一种美学冥想吗？That's it exactly!非常对！Expansion | 知识拓展 The origin of the term "calligraphy"一词的由来Calligraphy is the art of beautiful