“Slow down†she said. Then she took my pen out of my hand to show me. She couldn’t put into words the movement she was describing.
On this Saturday morning in my intensive one-day calligraphy workshop, we were starting by relearning to draw a Roman Capital letter O. The instructor had sauntered around the rest of the class cooing encouragements at the other students work. “Oh, you’ve got quite an eye for this!â€Â, and “oh, good, wow, I can see you’ve done this before†and “okay, you’ve got it, keep going.â€Â
When she got to me, she stopped, cocked her head and stated quizzically, “it’s the letter O, they’re supposed to be round.†I stopped and lowered my head in a combination of embarrassment and frustration. “And you have way too many on your page already.†“Hereâ€Â, she said while taking my pen, “let me show you.†“Slow down†she said, while she, in my opinion, painstakingly slowly drew a perfect capital letter O on my paper, adding grace and fluidly to my page of awkward and side sloped ovals. “Yes, yes, you’ll get it, just……..slower.â€Â
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