<p>I’d get into the history of caligraphy, how it evolved, how the shaping of the words express something in their own right along with the sheer etymology of the words. I’d also delve into the painstaking craftsmanship of the process as opposed to what we do today with our desktop publishing, avery labels, adobe, etc. I’d write about the brilliant writers of the past who set down their precious words in long hand, slowly and with no easy recourse to delete and cut & paste. </p>
<p>Mostly, though, your daughter needs to figure out why she is drawn to caligraphy. My sense is that she has a yearning to pause a bit, reflect, consider her words carefully before consigning them to print. Perhaps she is a bit text weary with all that comes at us through blogs and discussion boards and email and im’s and text messages.</p>
<p>Oh, this could be a yummy essay, indeed. I predict a winner with this one.</p>