no fussing

Calligrapher: John Stevens                                                                     Author: John Lennon

 

dressing up formal

black tux and tie – flourishes:

cummerbund ruffle

 

Fussing…

Calligrapher: John Stevens

instead of fussing, try tenderness:

by Geneen Roth

Instead of fighting, try being creative!

 

Grab a pandemic attitude!

flourishes

Italic calligraphy by John Stephens with ligatures and flourishes

 

There is another alphabet whispering from every leaf,

singing from every river,

shimmering from every sky.

stay the path

fire up and continue

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”

– William Wordsworth

 

It was fifty-five years ago today…

Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. (February 9, 1964)

 

flourish

“q” is a descender

it goes down at a different angle

cuts you off when you’re turning

shaves you clean

 

usually has a “u” trailing after it

queens love it as a logo

it matches number ‘9’

and a yo-yo on a string (walking the dog)

 

“q” rhymes with:  bleu, blew, blue, boo, brew, brue, chew, choo

ewe, few, flew, flu, flue

gnu, grew, rue, shoe,

thru threw,

you

 

amore

calligrapher:John Stevens

 

effervescence

tints & shades

diagonal flash

flourishes

symphony

 

simplicity

calligraphy by John Stevens

 

wing a flourish

from a heart

rotate

fly across an “O”

tap a shoulder of an “r”

and drop kite-like

deflate gently to the bottom

where “amore”

breaks the ground

 

( Note the harmony possible with the fine point pen, the extra thin lines, and the

itsy bitsy Majuscule letters)

 

 

Solidarity

the power of calligraphy on red

!

“I want all of the girls watching here now to know, that a new day is on the horizon. And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say, ‘me too’ again.” Oprah Winfrey accepts the 2018 Cecil B. de Mille award. #GoldenGlobes

A through Z

Alphabet mantra

counts down past to future: the

sounds of silence….OMMMMM!

Collaboration

Calligraphy by John Stevens and wood box by Martin O’Brien

Unravel the scroll:

grasp eloquent MAJUSCULES

minuscules unfurled!