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Maki Kimura I Japanese Calligrapher I 感靜 Kan-sei Calligrapher × Pianist
SURFACE Emerging Artist of New Mexico 2026
From one solitary soul to another.
📍 Albuquerque, New Mexico
🎹 Pianist →

Photo: Kugatsu (九月) — SeptemberSeptember, when summer begins to give way to autumn. I wonder what I can do in the next t...
01/09/2026

Photo: Kugatsu (九月) — September

September, when summer begins to give way to autumn. I wonder what I can do in the next three months.

31/08/2026

Far Out Far East exhibit opens this Friday! Come on down to see the amazing artwork, enjoy live music and great food, and see products from local vendors!

When I post something every day like this, I occasionally get DMs. I generally don’t open them. Whether people praise me...
31/08/2026

When I post something every day like this, I occasionally get DMs. I generally don’t open them. Whether people praise me or criticize me, I try not to get too happy or too upset and just keep practicing calligraphy at the same pace.

I practice every day how to separate my ever-shifting emotions from the work, while still expressing something honestly.

Photo: The Thousand Character Classic #40

I love the feel of the late-summer air.Photo: Late Summer 晩夏
30/08/2026

I love the feel of the late-summer air.

Photo: Late Summer 晩夏

I’m grateful and honored to be part of this East Asian-themed exhibition “Far Out, Far East” at The Groove Artspace in A...
29/08/2026

I’m grateful and honored to be part of this East Asian-themed exhibition “Far Out, Far East” at The Groove Artspace in Albuquerque, on view September 4–26.

Six of my small works will be on display. The calligraphy piece featured on this flyer is one of them, and I would love for you to come see the artwork in person and experience its actual colors.

The opening reception is September 4 from 5:00 to 9:00 PM, and I plan to be there until around 7:00PM. I look forward to seeing you there!

September 4–26
The Groove Artspace

Whenever someone said, “We’re a family,” in the workplace, part of me felt I should simply be happy to hear it, but my b...
29/08/2026

Whenever someone said, “We’re a family,” in the workplace, part of me felt I should simply be happy to hear it, but my body would instinctively tense up. In my experience, people who are quick to use word like “family” at work have often been the ones who gave me a hard time.

Because of the environment I was in, I have a fundamentally different outlook from people who place great importance on blood ties and family. I think there are quite a few people who don’t share the assumption that family is something inherently good, a place where people can feel safe.

Photo: The Thousand Character Classic #39

When the time comes for hardship, let hardship come.When the time comes for death, let death come.— Traditionally attrib...
28/08/2026

When the time comes for hardship, let hardship come.
When the time comes for death, let death come.
— Traditionally attributed to Ryōkan (1758–1831)

災難に逢う時節には災難に逢うがよく候
死ぬる時節には死ぬがよく候
— 良寛（1758–1831）

Photo：Calamity （災）

I don’t like the idea that we should turn bad experiences into something positive and use them to grow. There are many t...
27/08/2026

I don’t like the idea that we should turn bad experiences into something positive and use them to grow. There are many things I wish I had never experienced, and many things I would have been better off never knowing. I don’t need to learn lessons from everything or become stronger through experience. I would rather have an ordinary, uneventful life.

Photo: The Thousand Character Classic #38

Like breathing or brushing my teeth, I work on calligraphy as part of my everyday life. In the end, all I have is the ac...
26/08/2026

Like breathing or brushing my teeth, I work on calligraphy as part of my everyday life. In the end, all I have is the accumulation of what I’ve done.

Photo: Life (命)

Many traditional Japanese arts and martial arts are described as a dō (道)—a path or way of lifelong practice.At the same...
25/08/2026

Many traditional Japanese arts and martial arts are described as a dō (道)—a path or way of lifelong practice.
At the same time, many of these traditions are highly structured. Staying true to your own path without being absorbed by the system isn’t always easy.

Progress is often measured through ranks, titles, or belt colors. When that happens, advancement itself can become the goal, and the path can easily be forgotten. Sometimes, as in my own case, hierarchy and forced conformity eventually outweigh the joy of practicing, and people choose to leave the system altogether.

I think leaving the Japanese system and returning to calligraphy as an independent practitioner worked out well for me.

Photo: The Thousand Character Classic #37

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