Being a good writer is a difficult skill to perfect. Starting from the very beginning, you have to first learn the shapes and letters... then comes spelling and grammar, and later you're expected to have well-constructed thoughts that deliver poignant messages to the reader.
In English, I think I can hold my own if I really try. As a newbie to Chinese calligraphy class, I'm back in my kindergarten days, making barely-legible letters on lined paper.
But, writing the Chinese characters with a brush and ink is much more fun. It's much harder than it looks, getting the paint strokes to look just right and sizing everything out. Today was Day 1 of the weekly class for Gary and me, so hopefully in a few more weeks/months, we'll be dazzling the masses with our Chinese writing.
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