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Zen and the art of writing English kanji
At first glance, calligrapher Tomomi Kunishige produces scroll art different from traditional Chinese lettering only by their added smidgen of flamboyance. A much closer look, though, reveals that what seems to be only Chinese lettering is actually artwork spelling out English words written in a way that gets them to form the shape of the character. Kunishige calls her work Eikanji -- literally English kanji -- and she's fast make a name for herself in Japan's art world, according to Shukan Bunshun (2/1). "I got the idea for Eikanji in my student days when I was writing the English word 'truth' in Chinese calligraphy style and noticed when I'd finished that what I'd come up with looked remarkably close to the characters 'shinjitsu (Japanese for 'truth'),'" Kunishige tells Shukan Bunshun.
New Web, Op-Ed features
This weekend we're launching new features on our Opinion page and on the Web.
On the Opinion page, we're introducing two new columnists: Amy Goodman and Jonah Goldberg. We think both will provide fresh, provocative perspectives. (More about them below.)
We'll also resume writing editorials about our community, as issues arise that interest us. Next week, for example, we'll publish an editorial about the shortage of doctors in our community, highlighted in a special report yesterday by Dave Moller. As always, the editorials and columns also will appear on our Web site at www.theunion.com.
Exclusively on the Web, we're offering "Inside The Union" by multimedia reporter Jill Bauerle. Jill will provide you with behind-the-scenes interviews with our reporters and editors about our newsgathering and present them as a podcast or videocast at www.theunion.com.
YMCA encourages family resolutions
As millions of Americans tackle the annual ritual of making New Year's resolutions, the nation's YMCAs are encouraging families to put a new twist on an old custom and make resolutions for 2007 together as a family. YMCAs have worked for more than 150 years to build strong families and see every day the power of a supportive community and family in achieving goals."The need is as strong today as ever before," said Casey Klein, vice president of the Coppell Family YMCA. "Families are under increasing stress and struggle to balance work, family and health and to find supportive communities. Children struggle to develop the positive values, self-esteem and healthy habits for a healthy, productive adulthood." Studies confirm again and again the vital role that consistent interaction and connectedness play in the long-term health and well being of individual family members.
AdJab's retirement
As regular readers know, AdJab is retiring. AdJab has been a wonderful blog for us. As somebody who records TV shows on his computer partly to capture the commercials (rather than skip over them), I have really enjoyed reading AdJab's daily exploration of the industry and its products. It's important to point out that a blog retirement is not a blog failure. Here at Weblogs, Inc. we are continually honing our network to be the best content engine for readers and bloggers both. In part, that means figuring out how to divide our resources that, sadly, are not infinite. We have changed tremendously in the last three years, expanding wildly at the start into a sort of bulk publishing model, then refining and contracting somewhat into a leaner machine. We have more bloggers than ever before, and fewer blogs.
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