This section offers the opportunity of an informal conversation on calligraphy, handwriting, gestural and expressive marks, and more. I intend to publish, from time to time, ideas or issues that may evolve in class with my students or other thoughts that I have about calligraphy. You are welcome to post your comments which will be published after revision.

Le geste suspendu
The art of writing by hand, which we call calligraphy, is here the suspended gesture that opens a new dialogue between cultures.

Expressive calligraphic words - Insomnia
These two words were chosen as samples for a concept development around the meaning of the word insomnia and the desire to sleep.

Lettering as drawing - Shadow
To explore the visual potential of words I love reading poems. Octavio Paz says "when I am writing a poem, it is to make something, an object or organism that will be whole and living...

The letterpress Manifesto - Thoughts on a workshop
This article is not about my ideas, it is the brief story of a workshop that I organized with Amos Kennedy, a letterpress printer. The workshop turned out to be a wonderful experience.

Calligraphy vs Drawing vs Handwriting - Yu-ichi
The differences between graphic approach, calligraphic approach and that gestural free approach of handwriting.