CalligraVie is not just a word game, uniting the words calligraphy and life. It is above all a concept, an idea that was born from the practice and teaching of an art, that of calligraphy. Rich in its tradition, calligraphy is an art that combines rigor and freedom: rigor, because its practice results from a long and rigorous learning of a style and its rules, freedom, because it is the expression of the sensitive in a quest for aesthetics where poetry and spirituality come together.

In essence, calligraphy is the art of writing well, but does not depart from its meaning: each line, each line thickness, each letter stretch, each dot contributes to the balance of the work, poetizes and magnifies the message they convey. Like a musical score, harmony is also at stake: scrolls and rounded shapes balance each other, while respecting a rhythm. This rhythm is the one instilled by the calligrapher. The latter uses his energy by adopting a posture. He fixes his concentration through his breathing, where his inspirations and expirations mark the tempo. Equipped with his pen, rare quality paper and ink, he works. Like a musician doing his scales, he rehearses while aspiring to reach the perfection of the layout of letters, words… He becomes a composer,

Having in memory and as a model the master who initiated him, he is the bearer of a tradition, that of an ancestral art, the practice of which is anchored in the respect of fundamental principles.
Calligraphy relies on slowness to allow the calligrapher to develop his concentration and patience skills. Thus, carrier of serenity and tranquility, it promotes stability and inner balance. And, as it requires regularity, it is in fact structuring. All these virtues contribute to the elevation of the individual. This is how it fits into our contemporary life, because the qualities that its practice promotes are essential and necessary in everyone’s daily life. Moreover, it encourages sharing and openness to others. She also finds her way in the new dimensions that contemporary art allows. The horizon of his means of expression has widened, as illustrated by the visual arts and the interaction between calligraphy and music.

Calligraphy is therefore a way of life where art, spirituality and philosophy are inseparable and interact in the same temporality. And as calligraphy is a living art which finds its place in our current world and which it influences, even shapes the personality of those who practice it, CalligraVie has imposed itself as the title for this exhibition.