Calligraphy & Tea with Dr. Peiting C. Li
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$25 | 1st & 3rd Sundays (occasionally changed) | 10:30am–12pm
You are invited to the cultivation of the self and community through practice of "calligraphy and tea" at Teance. This recurring group will be a shared space for calligraphy practitioners and the new, calligraphy curious alike. Joined by an openness to the unfolding of things, Chinese calligraphy helps create attention and presence through the ritual of embodied practice.
The group will be led by Dr. Peiting C. Li, PhD, an instructor of Chinese Calligraphy at the UC Berkeley Art Studio. (See bio below.) Students are welcome to bring food and eat lunch in courtyard after class together with teacher!
Register here for July 19 class: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1228xlcu_QV4sqpunkiDuadqSD2xNF1m6c6S3BjxW8oU/edit
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3 Class Fee Options:
- The instructor will be teaching during summer as a trade for tea, to be purchased by students at Teance after class.
- $25 if you bring your own paper, ink, and brush.
- $30 if you use the instructor's materials ($25 class fee + $5 materials fee).
Class Info:
- Intimate class size - limited to 10 people.
- Low-caffeine and herbal teas will be provided upon request.
- Class handouts/reference materials will be shared with registered participants.
July Class Content:
Mid-summer 仲夏 zhong xia: speak not of ice
Come summer we enjoy light going long in the day, and a fecundity of fruits. Yet summer also reminds us that ultimately we are captives of the season. To avoid heat stroke, we duck under parasol umbrellas (or into air-conditioned rooms), nibble on cool melons, and clothe ourselves lightly, in linen or less.
The philosopher Zhuangzi (c 369-298 BC) uses the summer inspect as a metaphor for the limits of time and place, writing:
夏蟲不可以語於冰者，篤於時也
xia chong bu yi yu yu bing zhe，du yu shi ye
A summer insect [you] cannot speak with it about ice, it is bound by its season
This is part of a larger argument about the limits of language in capturing first-hand experience. Never trust a summer insect who speaks of ice 夏蟲語冰 xia chong yu bing.
In July we will cover the words for the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter 春夏秋冬 chun xia qiu dong
And some related poetic terms and phrases.
Consider:
spring sow, summer grow, autumn harvest, winter store: 春生夏長秋收冬藏 chun sheng xia zhang qiu shou dong cang
cold (season) comes warm (season) goes; autumn harvest, winter store 寒來暑往 秋收冬藏 han lai shu wang quiz shou dong can’t
summer poplin winter fur 夏葛冬裘 xia be dong qiu (right things at the right time; take appropriate action according to the circumstances)
Register here for July 19 class: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1228xlcu_QV4sqpunkiDuadqSD2xNF1m6c6S3BjxW8oU/edit
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Instructor Bio:
Peiting C. Li is a practitioner of Chinese calligraphy whose journey has spanned nearly two decades, including studying with teachers in Shanghai, Taipei, and the Bay Area. She currently teaches calligraphy at the UC Berkeley Art Studio. She received a PhD in history of modern China, and is working on a book about healing and art from a cross-cultural perspective. Recently, her essay on calligraphy practice, “Speak, Ink” was published in the Seattle design magazine, Arcade.
You are invited to the cultivation of the self and community through practice of "calligraphy and tea" at Teance. This recurring group will be a shared space for calligraphy practitioners and the new, calligraphy curious alike. Joined by an openness to the unfolding of things, Chinese calligraphy helps create attention and presence through the ritual of embodied practice.
The group will be led by Dr. Peiting C. Li, PhD, an instructor of Chinese Calligraphy at the UC Berkeley Art Studio. (See bio below.) Students are welcome to bring food and eat lunch in courtyard after class together with teacher!
Register here for July 19 class: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1228xlcu_QV4sqpunkiDuadqSD2xNF1m6c6S3BjxW8oU/edit
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3 Class Fee Options:
- The instructor will be teaching during summer as a trade for tea, to be purchased by students at Teance after class.
- $25 if you bring your own paper, ink, and brush.
- $30 if you use the instructor's materials ($25 class fee + $5 materials fee).
Class Info:
- Intimate class size - limited to 10 people.
- Low-caffeine and herbal teas will be provided upon request.
- Class handouts/reference materials will be shared with registered participants.
July Class Content:
Mid-summer 仲夏 zhong xia: speak not of ice
Come summer we enjoy light going long in the day, and a fecundity of fruits. Yet summer also reminds us that ultimately we are captives of the season. To avoid heat stroke, we duck under parasol umbrellas (or into air-conditioned rooms), nibble on cool melons, and clothe ourselves lightly, in linen or less.
The philosopher Zhuangzi (c 369-298 BC) uses the summer inspect as a metaphor for the limits of time and place, writing:
夏蟲不可以語於冰者，篤於時也
xia chong bu yi yu yu bing zhe，du yu shi ye
A summer insect [you] cannot speak with it about ice, it is bound by its season
This is part of a larger argument about the limits of language in capturing first-hand experience. Never trust a summer insect who speaks of ice 夏蟲語冰 xia chong yu bing.
In July we will cover the words for the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter 春夏秋冬 chun xia qiu dong
And some related poetic terms and phrases.
Consider:
spring sow, summer grow, autumn harvest, winter store: 春生夏長秋收冬藏 chun sheng xia zhang qiu shou dong cang
cold (season) comes warm (season) goes; autumn harvest, winter store 寒來暑往 秋收冬藏 han lai shu wang quiz shou dong can’t
summer poplin winter fur 夏葛冬裘 xia be dong qiu (right things at the right time; take appropriate action according to the circumstances)
Register here for July 19 class: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1228xlcu_QV4sqpunkiDuadqSD2xNF1m6c6S3BjxW8oU/edit
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Instructor Bio:
Peiting C. Li is a practitioner of Chinese calligraphy whose journey has spanned nearly two decades, including studying with teachers in Shanghai, Taipei, and the Bay Area. She currently teaches calligraphy at the UC Berkeley Art Studio. She received a PhD in history of modern China, and is working on a book about healing and art from a cross-cultural perspective. Recently, her essay on calligraphy practice, “Speak, Ink” was published in the Seattle design magazine, Arcade.
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