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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
That's a great analogy, jyl. "2700" is very much a state of mind, a zen state, almost trance like. And, well, that's what I learned to dislike about it. I simply cannot imagine a real world application for the skills developed. Except, well, maybe Chinese brush calligraphy...
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I started doing the Chinese brush calligraphy because I thought I’d learn written Chinese. Copying a character a hundred times, surely that will result in memorizing it? It turns out that the model books, that you copy from, are reproduced from old tombs, ancient scrolls, famous calligraphers’ works, and so on. These sources, hundreds if not thousands of years old, don’t talk about ANYTHING that you’d want to read or write in the modern age. Those ancient scrolls weren’t about hailing taxis or renting hotel rooms. And fifteen ways to express veneration or love just . . . as you say, what is the real world application?
I went to the range, started shooting the slowfire pistol target . . . and just decided to take a break. Put up one of those full-size human silhouette targets with organs - the kinda creepy ones - and had a great time going at it with the target .22. I can’t reliably hit the 10 ring, but I can put five holes in five seconds through the right side of the “brain”, and then five in five through the left with the next magazine. So I think at least this practice has improved my shooting, even though it is terrible by Bullseye standards.