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So how was that, Yoko?
It's very physical.
That's the breathtaking art of Japanese calligraphy.
You're listening to the documentary in the studio with me, Rosa Johnston-Flint.
The important thing is how I can harmonise paper, ink and brush.
I want to take you to Japan to follow a calligrapher at the top of her game.
It's a craft passed down from master to apprentice,
involving precision but with a flourish,
displaying the individual calligrapher's own unique interpretation.
My name is Yoko Nishina.
I do Japanese calligraphy.
I write the poems in Japanese and in Chinese with a brush and sumi ink.
The brush has springiness and it makes you spontaneous to express richer.
So tell me about the project that you're working on at the moment.
I have the project to collaborate with the photographer Kello Izu,
and the title of the project is Mono no Aware.
And what does that mean?
What's the idea of that in English?
Mono no Aware is pathos and appreciation of the fleeting nature of beauty.