{"id":48,"date":"2009-02-02T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-02T01:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/210.48.67.31\/envisage-design.co.nz\/simonowen\/?p=48"},"modified":"2020-06-27T23:36:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T10:36:04","slug":"back-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/envisage.nz\/simonowen\/back-to-school","title":{"rendered":"Back to school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_h2gNeYyrR4s\/SZTLNRshPrI\/AAAAAAAAA-E\/iExeVFaul6E\/s1600-h\/yuyu3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_h2gNeYyrR4s\/SZTLNRshPrI\/AAAAAAAAA-E\/iExeVFaul6E\/s400\/yuyu3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302086090270785202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>Yes, I went back to school today. Japanese Calligraphy School!\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Nelson City is very fortunate to have the only <a href=\"http:\/\/yuyu.co.nz\/\">traditional Japanese calligraphy school<\/a> and art gallery in New Zealand. My sincere thanks to Master Calligrapher Akiko Crowther for an amazing lesson.<\/p>\n<div><\/p>\n<div>I love so much about Japan, especially the people, cuisine and culture. After training for many years when I was a teenager, I achieved Black Belt in a Japanese style martial art. My wife and I had a fabulous time travelling discovering Japan proper with friends in 2006.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Much of my work is designing information graphics. What better place to see how it&#8217;s done properly, than in the crazy malls and subways of Kyoto and Tokyo!<\/p>\n<div><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_h2gNeYyrR4s\/SZTKvweQC6I\/AAAAAAAAA98\/UCxcyjH7w-A\/s1600-h\/yuyu1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_h2gNeYyrR4s\/SZTKvweQC6I\/AAAAAAAAA98\/UCxcyjH7w-A\/s1600-h\/yuyu1.jpg\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_h2gNeYyrR4s\/SZTKvweQC6I\/AAAAAAAAA98\/UCxcyjH7w-A\/s400\/yuyu1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302085583136361378\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Pictured with Akiko and my favourite word &#8220;Joy&#8221; as rendered in Japanese.<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I went back to school today. 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