robert wrote:willie wrote:Calligraphy is actually 2D because the paper is flat. The concept has to do with 3D moves such as S-Line.
It could appear as relatively harmless flowing movements. It also could be the extreme beginning or ending
of either Yin or Yang which expresses power in a non-linear fashion.
As Wayne pointed out we live in a 3D world. Calligraphy is 3D. Many Chinese brushes are tapered and by moving the brush closer to the paper or away from the paper you change the thickness of the line. You have to lift the brush off the paper or all the lines would be connected.
The end result is a 2D image, but the paper itself is 3D. If a person does silk reeling exercises/qigong their whole body is moving in 3 space.
Okay, I was speaking generally.
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As Who pointed out? then there is no such thing as 2D.
Paper has a Z depth of .003". even the ink has a Z. Perhaps measured in mil thickness.
What I "Not Wayne" am talking about is "Intent" coupled together with "X,Y,Z motion. "All to a substantial degree."
The intent of the artist is to produce a 2D image on the "surface" of the paper. Even if he lowers his hand to produce a fatter line, The intent
remains the same "2D". What "I" and not "Wayne" would consider to be more like 3D would be to stack 1000 pieces of paper and drop the "Z" so that the brush
travels right through that piece of paper and then continue dropping "Z" until the very last page is reached.
Now the "image" is 3D. The "outcome" is 3D because the "intent" was 3D.