The characters translate directly as Heaven Earth Humanity Harmony — 天地人和 — In Mandarin Chinese this reads as: Tiān dì rén hé. A timely wish that humans find a way to live in harmony with this living earth, with the divine will, and with one another. Calligraphy by S. J. Thomas. www.palmstone.comRead More
The Chinese characters for Yin and Yang, representing the interconnected qualities of existence that are constantly being transmuted one into the other. 陰陽Read More
I love the bold and simple strokes of many of the ancient forms of Chinese characters. Clouds, 云 (Yún), are evoked with just three lines in this old version of the character. For me the lower line evokes a dragon in the clouds. Yún is a component of the more complex character for the Yin principle (as in Yin and Yang): 陰Read More
I love the bold and simple strokes of many of the ancient forms of Chinese characters. Yáng, meaning to open out, expand, glorious. This is a representation of the sun above the horizon with either rays or shadows extending across the land. With the radical for place or hill this becomes the character for the Yang principle (as in Yin and Yang): 陽Read More
