太 极 笔 墨

(原创演绎)

天地悠悠,穷苍冥冥,
入虚幽空,虑静意成。

洋洋大墨,细细幽丝,
处处归圆,意气团团。

笔毫疾走,带墨涩行,
轻重缓急,起伏节致。

重处雷电压顶,
轻处瓶花落地。

墨香纸白,汇线成形,
干湿浓淡,幻化无端。

似形非形,是书非书,
阴阳并制,笔笔依存。

动中含静,静中生动,
瞬间即就,如历千秋。

浑然真一,圆我太极。

何家强

TaiChi Brushwork

Heaven and Earth,
without limit, without end,
Realm of time,
eternally nether, eternally deep;
Upon entering a state of deep contemplation,
an inspiration arises.
The brush sweeps rapidly,
in strokes of inverse motion, creating tension;
Lightly, heavily, slowly, swiftly,
each stroke, rising and falling, rhythmically well-modulated.
In executing heavy strokes,
the pressure applied resembles thunder and lightning;
In delivering light strokes,
the weight applied is like the dropping of flowers.
Within motion,
there is stillness,
And in stillness,
there is motion;
Though it appears to have taken eons,
but all comes into being in an instance.
Fragrant ink and white Xuan paper,
Lined and shaped;
The strokes – dry and moist, rich and pale in colour tone,
rendering boundless impact.
The strokes are bold and distinctive,
slender and refined;
Following the flow of vital energy,
they return to circular motions.
It is neither form nor formless,
neither script nor script-less;
But a combination
of strength and weakness, rigidity and flexibility, thickness and slimness,
Yin and Yang, complementary and balanced.
And eventually,
all becomes a unifying whole,
and completes my realm of Tai Chi.

HENRY HO

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