a moment of silence. calligraphy for peace.

Yaronimus-Maximus2 January 2009 · 21:59

hey people.
i made a small movie clip,
calling for a moment of silence,
dedicated to the dual casualties of the
current war between israel and palestine.

i created the calligraphy based on the "wilhelm klingspor gotisch" font,
with my own hebrewed version to it, adding slight hebrew serifs called "Okatsim".
i used a red calligraphy ink ("Winsor & Newton") on a smooth surface paper (although the movie has low quality, so the nuances are lost).

i would be glad to show better resolution scans of the calligraphy if you want to.

link: link to the movieclip.

James Arboghast3 January 2009 · 08:58

Thank you Yaronimus, for giving us something beautiful at a moment of horror. Your tribute is very moving.

j a m e s

William Berkson3 January 2009 · 14:55

Very touching, and well done.

I don't know how Israel could tolerate being bombed, but I am very fearful that nothing good will come out of this war. I hope I'm wrong.

Yaronimus-Maximus4 January 2009 · 10:12

thank you both for the kind words.

Russell McGorman6 January 2009 · 20:44

thank you.

Nice work.

-=®=-

Hrant H Papazian10 January 2009 · 21:59

Yaron, you are a true citizen of the world.
And that last page is very memorable.

hhp

Yaronimus-Maximus13 January 2009 · 06:30

thank you all.
let's hope that the two sides will stop this catastrophe and sit around the negotiation table.

timd13 January 2009 · 09:47

>let’s hope that the two sides will stop this catastrophe and sit around the negotiation table.

Hear hear.

Tim

Nick Shinn13 January 2009 · 10:20

Fabulous calligraphy (I particularly like "sorroW")
And brave of you to speak out for non-violence.

I don't like blackletter. If there is one adjective to describe it, I would say "oppressive".
But for your purpose, it is certainly engaging.

Tiffany Wardle13 January 2009 · 10:54

A very strong way to make a statement. Very nice. Thank you for sharing this.

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