𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 & 𝗧𝗲𝗮 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 — Between Ink and Tea

An afternoon in the exhibition, with the artist. Rae walks you through the works and the stories behind them — then we sit down for Taiwanese wild plants tea, and let the conversation find its own way: calligraphy, Zen, and the stillness within. Each session carries one theme: 28.8. ｜ 火 Fire — on Incense Script: incense as brush, fire as ink 11.9. ｜ 墨 Ink — on ink and water: how a work is born 18.9. ｜ 道 The Path — the closing tea: from the first stroke to First Path Fridays 14:00–16:00 ｜ MUYŌ Tea House · Uudenmaankatu 15, Helsinki Free with registration ｜ 8 seats per session About the Exhibition: First Path 初道 Rae Hsu Calligraphy Exhibition — Finland One stroke. Only this moment. Calligraphy cannot be undone, layered, copied, or corrected. The paper is thin and translucent — fragile, and yet resilient. Between black and white alone, the fineness of nature becomes visible: its delicacy, its flow. After fifteen years of practice, I began to loosen the rules of the tradition, borrowing materials and vocabulary from nature — developing Incense Script, incense in place of a brush and fire in place of ink, letting time and chance take part in the writing; and Worm-Eaten Script, letting go of the self, crawling slowly as an insect crawls. Ten years of meditation run through every piece. No work is ever repeated. There is only this moment. The word is dharma. All dharmas are empty. The texts are drawn from Buddhist and Taoist thought — the Heart Sutra, the Diamond Sutra, the Tao Te Ching. First Path is new grass breaking through soil. A first appearance, and a way of writing. An experiment, an attempt, and a return to the original mind. 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 21.8.–18.9.2026 Thu & Fri 13:00–18:00 MUYŌ Tea House Uudenmaankatu 15, Helsinki