Some small new perception about Calligraphy

I feel there is no perfection in art. The sky is high, there is space that is beyond it...

I got this feeling from my calligraphy class this Wednesday night. After years' basic drilling, and sometimes moving upward to other higher forms, I got criticized from my teacher when going back to basics. At first I feel he may be too picky. But the more I look at my words comparing with what he wrote in my face, I did see there is still some difference, even though the total appearance looks quite the same. The difference is in very small detail that novices won't notice well. Yet, it is in detail that shows the real expertise. Now I am getting more interested in some basics, happy to "downgrade" my level for a more solid foundation.

I don't know if I fully understand what my master said. But my perception may be good enough. He said in writing a good word in calligraphy, you have to have a good rhythm. I tried to follow it by pointting the next starting point after finising one stroke. In such exercise, I found myself totally melted in the chemistry among brushpen's tip point, ink and the paper. Maybe this is why some expert consider calligraphy work is like meditation. However, I feel there is difference between them. In meditation, you try to put yourself into nothing, and in calligraphy, you put yourself calmly busy with these quiet factors.

I hope my perception is not wild enough to draw me into evil, so called 走火入魔. Ha ha.