36 | September/October 2015
BY FATIMA BUTT
Beauty
Brush Stroke
One military wife makes
all things pretty with
the traditional art of
calligraphy and more
art
AND
THE
People have been
using letters and
symbols to convey
messages since
before Gutenberg
and the printing
press. In very ancient
times, men stood in
caves to tell stories
with pictures. Those
pictures became
cryptograms became
hieroglyphics,
which eventually
became words.
Photos
by
Amanda
Amador
Artist
Rika
King
