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Photo# 0003493 @ Sahara Desert, Morocco


Mok Loch Digital is a stock photo website.

Photos were from my trips. I love travel and photography.

Why Loch?
IAW online, "Loch is the Scottish Gaelic word for a body of water, either completely or almost completely surrounded by land". Meaning that I love water & land; I love nature.

About Seal Script

Seal Scrip was first used during the Western Zhou Dynasty (about 1046 BC - 771 BC) during the Spring and Autumn Period. In 221 BC, Seal Script became the font used by First Emperor Qin to unify the writing systems of the Six Kingdoms. Later, the Seal Scrip was gradually replaced by the Clerical Script (Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters). Today, most Chinese cannot read the seal script, so it is considered an ‘ancient’ script, generally not used outside the fields of calligraphy and carved seals.

IAW Wikipedia, “Seal script, also sigillary script (Chinese: 篆書; pinyin: zhuànshū), is an ancient style of writing Chinese characters that was common throughout the latter half of the 1st millennium BC. It evolved organically out of the Zhou dynasty bronze script. The Qin variant of seal script eventually became the standard, and was adopted as the formal script for all of China during the Qin dynasty. It was still widely used for decorative engraving and seals (name chops, or signets) in the Han dynasty.”

"The script of the Qin system (the writing as exemplified in bronze inscriptions in the state of Qin before unification) had evolved organically from the Zhou script starting in the Spring and Autumn periods. Beginning around the Warring States period, it became vertically elongated with a regular appearance. This was the period of maturation of the small seal script. It was systematized by Prime Minister Li Si during the reign of the First Emperor of China Qin Shi Huang through the elimination of most variant structures and was imposed as the nationwide standard. Through Chinese commentaries, it is known that Li Si compiled the Cangjiepian, a partially extant wordbook listing some 3,300 Chinese characters in the small seal script. Their form is characterized by being less rectangular and more squarish."

About the Autodidact

My name is Brenda. I am an autodidact. Don't ask me how I know how to paint. I don't know either.

How long have you been calligraphy or painting? I picked up the brushes and started to practice calligraphy in my spare time in early 2022 and I started painting in early 2023. I have never taken any art classes. One or two High school art classes don't count.

Is possible that I had learned how to paint during my life cycles? Possible, but I do not know in which lifetime. I must had learned how to paint in the past, or else it won't be too easy when I pick up the brushes again in this life. It's like someone who is particularly good at studying, or making money, or building houses, or conducting businesses, or cultivating. . . Learning, learning subject, or learning mentality, direction, and goal are the keys. They will affect an individual's future directly. Therefore, observing inside you frequently, pull your interest, don't compare, and don't stop to continue to approach your goal.

Why is ink, and no color? The ink is black; the paper is white. Black and white are the most fundamental colors, as well as the key colors in everything. Other colors sometimes interrupt the mind. When the mind is simple, life is simple and pure. From the beginning, I just wanted to build up my calligraphy skills. I then felt calligraphy alone was too plain, so I added some ink painting to it to make the whole piece of art a little catch.

I am delighted that I still have an interest in calligraphy and ink painting this life, and am good at it. I will continue to paint and share my art. If you would like to collect a piece of my art, you are welcome to drop me an email at brendamok8@gmail.com.

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