I was trying to make sense of this tangle by writing lines, but at its heart, calligraphy is a sensuous practice. “You’re drawing lines; you should be constructing strokes,” my teacher nudged.

Students practice Chinese calligraphy during a ceremony paying tribute to Huangdi, a legendary ancestor of the Chinese nation, in Macao March 27, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] Calligraphy has been ...