The school Sosekido (素石堂) was formed by my sensei, Unkotsu Komine (小峰雲骨) many years ago. I was 13 years old when I first met him, and it was the beginning of my long-time calligraphy path.
During the exhibition, Moment with open eyes, I did a workshop. I´d chosen three characters, which were 月 (Tsuki/ moon), 花 (Hana/ flower), 風 (Kaze/ wind). And our aim was not only practicing how to write those characters but also express their own images over those objects. You may picture crescent as a moon but other person may like a full moon, for example.
First, everyone was a little shy and tried to follow my example but then they slowly experimented their own character.
At the beginning, they were careful not to make mistakes.