If I reflect on my thoughts and my life (contemplating, thinking, reasoning, inferring, etc., the rational actions occurring in the mind) and organize what others have not seen or thought of for others and future generations, I will be reborn, and I will also produce a guiding book that guides others to a bright world and to embrace the hope of the future.
Now, instead of honing others' writings or Chinese poems in my own handwriting and building a reputation as a calligrapher, it would also be a truly meaningful endeavor to organize the messages that emerge from my thoughts and reflections on life and publish them in a book for myself and others.
Once you have mastered the basics of calligraphy, a person who transfers these thoughts into writing and also calligraphy is a person with a free soul who is not confined to the skill of calligraphy. They are truly a calligrapher and at the same time someone who walks the path of Seodo (書道, calligraphy), and a person truly advocating for art.
June 27, 2025, Chamgil
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As I grow older and wiser, I think, ‘If someone is a true calligrapher, shouldn't they break their brush, and if they are a choir conductor, they should break their baton, and if they are a preacher at the altar, it is better to remain silent unless they directly convey the Lord's words through the Holy Spirit?’
A person is justified by faith in the heart, and salvation is achieved by confession with the mouth (Romans 10:10).
The words of Romans have a great significance for us. Nature reveals this providence well, and it can also be well observed in daily life. Soybeans are soaked in salt water for a long time, and they provide the fermented foods of doenjang and gochujang, which are important to Koreans.
In our lives, we become mature and reborn through hardships similar to the salty and bitter hardships of salt. The hardships that have permeated my life can come out of my body and become confessions, and this experience can become lessons, courage, and hope for the future for others.
Romans chapter 5
1. Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
3. Not only that, but we also boast in our troubles. We know that suffering produces perseverance,
4. and perseverance, character; and character, hope.
When this deep experience of suffering is expressed in writing, poetry, calligraphy, and music, it will be born as living literature and art.
As my mother's life can have a great and good influence on her children, if we live this honest life, anyone can live the life of a writer and artist who can have a good influence on themselves and others.
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