Philatelic document - Metiers Art - Calligraphy

Calligraphy, from the Greek calli "beautiful" and graphen "well drawn". Since the dawn of time, human beings have felt the need for "the art of beautiful drawing", intimately linked to his divinities. The imprint, the testimony, innate even before writing, has accompanied mankind for some 6,000 years. From Lascaux to the present day, the evolution is considerable. No coincidence. Writing and calligraphy are inseparable, yet one needs meaning, through alphabetic while calligraphy is not only utilitarian, but also formal and artistic. Dexterity is essential. Silence, slowness, solitude and asceticism are the calligrapher's companions. His mastery is a meditation that caresses Alchemy, the Sacred, through Thought, the Word. What is the PHI sign on each stamp? "Divine proportion, Golden Number", symbol of Beauty, Perfection, Aestheticism, Unity. It also refers to Phidias, the Greek sculptor, goldsmith and painter of the 5th century BC, who established harmony between the real and the abstract. A founding element for subsequent centuries. So what is the relationship between PHI and calligraphy? There's no such thing as random calligraphic forms. Every proportion of a letter is exact, precise, as unique as its vibration. This is where we find the golden ratio. Today, the total freedom of gesture and trace is offered to us like a musical improvisation, where any tool is permitted, from the legible to the illegible. The calligrapher's dexterity reveals his virtuosity. Body and Breath serve as metronomes for the calligrapher's creative inspiration. Then this "divine trace" of "the single stroke" is laid down, discreetly revealing making the invisible visible, like a dance. "Calligraphy is a geometry of the soul that manifests itself physically" Plato

Timbre-poste (taille-douce), document philatélique et timbre à date : Création Paule Persil et mise en page Bruno Ghiringhelli. Texte : Paule Persil.