ReggieEzell.com Pic of the Week-2025

PICK OF THIS WEEK - Week #13
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This work was done by Reggie Ezell.

When You Are Old

“Do something for someone you love.” This is the advice I always give when someone tells me they are stymied and don't know how to start a project with their calligraphy. You will always extend yourself beyond where you had anticipated because of the powerful desire to create something intimate and meaningful.

The W.B. Yeats poem is a text I had wanted to do for a long time for my wife Barbara. Currently teaching letterforms that are inspired by the standard Bible script in the St. John's Bible gave me the perfect opportunity to combine both. I also wanted the challenge to write on a paper that was both aesthetically expressive and physically demanding.

The cloud vellum paper interleaved between the pages of text embody a design principal that is delightful in a manuscript book format. Something is concealed. A page is turned. And something is revealed. It also represents the kind of fog of old age that we struggle to reach through to grasp words that once were so crystal clear.

Do something for someone you love while there is still time.
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