HP CEO Robb Rasmussen Receiving Chinese Calligraphy Name 書法中文名

Robb Rasmussen, CEO of Hewlett-Packard 6:00, received his name written in Chinese calligraphy Kaishu during the lunar new year celebration on Feb. 9, 2011, the year of rabbits. Rasmussen and his employees spoke about Asian cultures and Chinese New Year celebrations. Today is a snowing day, so most businesses and schools are closed in the Dallas metropolitan area. The event was arranged previously and luckily we did not cancel it.

As the MC had pointed out at 4:50 the red color is favored everywhere for celebrating Chinese New Year, Chinese people never ever stick white paper for lunar New Year, nor do we write anything on white paper with brush and ink on Lunar New Year's Day (aka Spring Festival.) In Asian cultures we avoid writing people's names with calligraphy brush and ink on white paper if something else (such as painting or a poem) is not added.

For such a VIP, I used premium and expensive red Xuan paper printed with dragons. (Available from http://stores.ebay.com/Big-Teapot-Brush-Jade-Dress-eStore__W0QQ_fsubZ336676QQ... and/or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsXXwxhBfvk ) The brush used is one of my favorite brands as featured in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrejNu4KHeQ , though it's sort of too small for the size of Robb's name.

惠普公司新任執行總裁 Robb Rasmussen 於兔年春節慶祝會中致辭並接受以正楷書法寫的中文名"羅伯 拉思木生"

Phonetic translation:
羅 Ro
伯 -bb
拉 Ra
思 -s
木 -mu
生 -ssen
The selections of those Chinese characters (not "symbols" or "letters") are based on phonetic and artistic considerations. Although 謬森 is very phonetically similar to "-mussen" we used 木生 instead.

Filename: RobbRasmussen-ReceivingChineseCalligraphyName-Feb92011.wmv

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[jackitbcoit]

It seems that you just made it in time.

[artvirtue]

@jackitbcoit Yes, the employees were worrying that I might not finish writing the name before the CEO left.

[HaxUnPeu]

I am so happy for you, Joshua! You get to write for Hewlett-Packard!

[artvirtue]

@HaxUnPeu Thank you. I also wrote for some other CEO's but the calligraphy is substandard due to insufficient time for preparation.

[bbornets]

Terrific! Thank you,Joshua, for posting real world videos. Your calligraphy is lovely!

[artvirtue]

@bbornets Thank you. Have a nice rabbit year.

[artvirtue]

@cristobelle56 Thank you. The CEO said he is going to keep it. Many thanks also to those Chinese working at HP for their help.

Have a nice weekend.

[cristobelle56]

What a beautiful piece of work including the lovely premium Xuan paper. I hope the CEO of HP appreciates this and get the calligraphy framed up ! Rgds

[artvirtue]

@BushiBato Thank you. Have a nice day.

[BushiBato]

Congratulations!This is quite an accomplishment and honor.I am still writing names for my nieces and nephews to put it in perspective.I am so happy for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!