It is wonderful to be back in clean, quiet Canada! I am overwhelmed with the enormity of what I have experienced in the last seven weeks. I understand now why people travel through Asia. It can stand a westerner on her ear and turn her head around 360 degrees, if she is willing. I am dreaming like a madwoman, awakening in the night wondering what country I'm in right now. I suppose what is happening is that my beleaguered brain is beginning to sort out all the images, sounds, smells and feelings.
In Guangzhou, I purchased a set of Chinese calligraphy brushes that come to a fine point, and in Wuhan, a chop with my name in Mandarin. I don't know if I will actually use the chop, but it gives me confidence and reminds me of where I've been. I know I will use the brushes. They make the most elegant strokes, expressing grace and clarity.
I feel so strangely changed. What will my writing, drawing and sculpture look like from now on? It could never be the same as before because I am not the same.
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Dear Merrilyn,
ReplyDeleteI've never had the privilege of hearing your visit to China stories. Perhaps, one day, we can meet and help each other described how China changed us.
should read 'describe'. Good night.
ReplyDeleteLove, Susan in Campbell River