Just for Fun · Bookmarks & Spring Couplets
CalligraphyJust for funSpring couplets
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Fun · writing spring couplets
Red paper spread out, line by line
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Fun · the fu character
Close up · stroke by stroke
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Fun · at the sale booth
Writing at the booth, kids watching
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01Joke couplet · one'Lissome, fine-eyed, arched-browed — a genuine siren / broad-waisted, round-faced — a counterfeit heartthrob'
02Under wayRed paper and ink spread out on the table
03Under wayPressing down stroke after stroke
04Five virtue bookmarksA handful of five
05Clerical couplets · finished setBanner reading 'May all your wishes come true' · a set on red paper
06EaseRed, gold-flecked
07JoyYellow, gold-flecked
08FuHolding up a finished fu character to look at it
09Writing on the floorThe red paper was too long, so it had to go on the floor
10Joke couplet · twoAll of them jokes picked up online
11A finished pileLaid out on the floor to dry, one by one
12SelectionSome of what I wrote that year
13Playful couplets · Fish-head setOctopuses and fish heads, one lucky line apiece
14Clerical couplets'Purple air comes from the east' / 'A heavenly horse sails the sky, turning the universe'
15AIRSICK · airsickness-bag sketchDoodle drawn on the subway
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