One down

After more than 200 pieces, setting aside 45 pieces, I finally selected the piece for submission to this year's Mainichi Shodo Exhibition 毎日書道展.

 

The 45 pieces that I set aside:

 

The candidates which were not submitted:

 

Now to work on the piece(s) for Sankei International "Sho" Exhibition 産経国際書展.

 

Update 19 June 2025: The rejection letter came today... 😢

Anyway, this was the piece that was submitted.

 

Maybe I will work a bit more on this for next year... but first, let me go see the exhibition in July to see if I can get any inspiration.