“The River Wide” & “A Happy Hermit” Li Script and Ceramic Seal Carving by Liu Yan Dragon Soars Over the Nine Continents Sharjah Calligraphy Museum, UAE | August 2024 Han Binsheng and the ascent to its

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also known as “Old Steed”Zhejiang Xinchang

Pointing to red dots among the clouds

silence sings

I lament the parting of a kindred soul

“The River Wide” & “A Happy Hermit” Li Script and Ceramic Seal Carving by Liu Yan Dragon Soars Over the Nine Continents Sharjah Calligraphy Museum, UAE | August 2024 Han Binsheng and the ascent to itsDescription: This unique work integrates traditional Li Script (Clerical Script) calligraphy with poetic translation and ceramic seal carving. Liu Yan excerpts lines from the Book of Poetry (Shijing, Spring and Autumn Period) alongside her own modern English poem, A Happy Hermit, creating a cross cultural dialogue between past and present, East and West. The seals, carved and impressed onto ceramic, include: A seal based on The River Wide A reed could