“Raphlin” in Kanji

by Hiroshi Tomita @ the UniBradford’s OneWorld event, 29/3/2011

Such beautiful characters. No wonder the Japanese had to borrow them from the Chinese. The booth of the Japanese students in this event was an obvious total sellout because of this free Kanji writing for everyone. Even from afar, you can spot the ridiculously long queue. Tomi was doing it all by himself, in a relaxed pace. And so it was my turn. But as soon as Tomi saw my full first name, his perplexed face began to reveal. He admitted that the characters were a bit complicated, at least relatively, that he even had to consult one of the other Japanese students. It may just be three characters, but watching him strike each stroke was absolutely astonishing. It is art defined.