Demo of Chinese Calligraphy @ Hyatt Regency - Ronda 蘭達 (Tried 3 Times)

All my questions were perfectly answered. Thanks to both of you (artvirtue and 001Asoer). And by the way, superb calligraphy as usual Mr. Hough.

It is truly beautiful. Master how can you concentrate with that female American banshee screaming in the background? Kind and warm regards,

If by "random chance" you refer to room for variation, then it is true that there is more in 行書 and 草書 than in 楷書. This is partially because the functions of those scripts are different. 楷書 for being a model; 行書 and 草書 for normal writing. Of course, room for variation does not mean there are fewer rules. 楷書, 行書, and 草書 all have rules, and they are often related. The term "書無定法" refers to variation within these rules, not that there are no rules.

At 0:23, there was a hesitation due to the surprise! Then the Hook was poorly executed.

At 0:50, the Vertical Stroke at left had the Flying White effect. However, at 1:24, the split brushstroke with the Flying White effect did not meet my personal aethetics (not because it's split.)

Then I wrote the first character the third time. Though the strokes were better the previous ones but the structure, IMHO, was not as good as the second one.

Generally (but not absolutely), the Flying White effects in semicursive and cursive styles will happen when the brush tip is slightly or partially split or flat and the effect cannot be duplicated to the same likeliness by the same calligrapher in most cases. The spontaneous effects that happen unexpectly may or may not conform to the calligrapher's expectations, ranges of desired results, and existing aethetics (including theories, principles, and taboos.)

Hi, please feel free to express your ideas.

Thanks.

The selection of brush types and sizes are relevent to the calligraphy styles and sizes. And in Chinese calligraphy, the brush strokes are always related to brushes, ink quality, paper, posture, mental status and so on.

The random chances may also exist with good brushes, experienced calligraphers as different styles of calligraphy. Usually, but not absolutely, the unexpected results (random chances) happens more in Caoshu and Hsinshu and/or less in Zhuanshu, Kaishu, and Lishu.