Unconscious power

(Photo: taken from the window of my room)                                         

Do you know that we all possess great self-healing power only if we believe ourselves?

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Handwritten messages

From the experiences I had in retail and branding industry, I have witnessed and participated in different interactions between brands and customers. Of course most customers love discounts, discount offering may stimulates impulse consumption, yet it may not be the best choice to build the loyalties from the customers. In fact it really doesn't need to mark down the price in order to gain their fondness. You need to understand them and put your heart there.

I always love the surprises arranged by Dior, the brand never offers any discount no matter how loyalty you are or how much you buy. Instead, they invite customers to nice and memorable events, sending surprise gifts from time to time - chocolates, moon cakes, fashion accessories, and even new products (not samples) and special services...they knew what their customers want.

And I also like the detail or minor (yet important) area they never forget, the handwritten card enclosed with the gift enhances the whole experience. Never underestimated such a small memo or greeting, the customers value a lot on it especially they see their names being hand-written on the card (beautiful Calligraphy certainly plays an important role there).

In the end...who doesn't like a bit feeling of being pampered?

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I like calligraphy and handwritten messages, they mean much more beside the meaning of the words themselves. By conveying the message, it also speaks the emotion, feeling and the heart from the message and the writer which can never be replaced by printing or digital messages.

Do you miss the days when we received written or even hand-made greeting cards?

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Enso Art - Name in Enso

Drawing Enso is not boring at all, it is fun to play with different ideas...

As mentioned on the last post, drawing Enso everyday is a great spiritual practice and moving meditation.Drawing a circle with a single brush stroke everyday and appreciate the circle as it is. Every circle tells us what we were at the moment we drawing it. 

To add a bit fun, try drawing it with different tools, materials and colors. You may like adding calligraphy and drawing to your finished Enso too, but always draw the circle first in one stroke, add whatever inspire you from the circle, don't think too much and too long, as spontaneous is the key point and interesting part. Just enjoy the process and the outcome! :)

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Enso 円相. Let it flow - no matter it's a circle or a life!

I love Calligraphy, Chinese, Japanese and Western...

Calligraphy is not simply an art. Practicing it is actually a form of "moving meditation" (yes sitting still is not the only way to meditate) and it's an excellent one! 

Drawing Enso 円相 is the best example of brushing meditation - 円(En) means circle, while Enso 円相 is a word from Zen, means drawing a circle with one stroke.
Enso is the center of Japanese calligraphy, the circle being as a symbol of absolute enlightenment, represents oneness, wholeness, nothing, infinity, and the universe. And it is an expression of strength, elegant and aesthetic!!

(The circle looks pretty cool with its shape, stroke and the deep meaning there, some people even have Enso inked into the skin!)

Enso is a spiritual practice - drawing circle in a single brush stroke while in a state of no thinking, simply let the body and spirit create with a free mind, be present at the moment and achieving mindfulness. We can never draw two identical circles, every circle is a unique one. Once started the stroke, it cannot be changed, no regret, no comparison and no judgement as they are not necessary. Neither do we need to strive for any perfection of the stroke or shape, and never mind if the circle is closed or opened.  

The circle created reflects ourselves at that brief moment, through the process and the finished circle, we also know a lot more about ourselves. For example,  I haven't yet make an Enso that I am satisfied, sometimes I found myself difficult to clear my mind during the drawing, I can't help striving for a perfect circle with perfect stroke, as a result I think too much and even hesitate in the middle, the worst case is I do not finish the circle before starting another one.....so now I know this is a mirror of my real life....that's the exact pattern I work on everything - looking for perfect outcome and in the end create stresses on myself and even worse on others...

Now Look at the circle again,

Every circle in fact is the same - nothing inside and nothing outside. And what's inside is in fact the same as outside.

Our inner self is the same as the outer universe.

So now do we still need to struggle on the shape of the line?

Free the mind and let it flow, no matter it's a circle or a life!

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