Title script by Laura Lavender
Scripting a new life on the east coast Field to For k.
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The North Shore
BY CRYSTAL MURRAY PHOTOS BY STEVE SMITH, VISIONFIRE STUDIOS
aura Lavender dips the nib of her fountain pen into a vintage porcelain ink well sitting on her desk next to a piece of milky-smooth paper. As she presses down ever so slightly on the nib and flexing the tines, the ink fills the space at the tip, and she begins to make her first strokes of beautiful writing that defines the art of calligraphy. Calligraphy comes from the Greek words kallos meaning beauty and graphein, meaning to write. Long before the printing press, the first documents and books were written with calligraphy. Today it is considered a form of art, nearly-lost style of wondrous handwriting that has been evaporating into the ether, but is now gaining a new appreciation in a world where expediency rules the day. As Laura demonstrates her art from the study of her new home on George Street in New Glasgow, two little girls, Julia Rose
and Celeste, bounce in the anticipation of a family camping trip they will be leaving for later in the day. It’s a living oxymoron of stillness and movement. The desk jiggles a bit and Laura in a voice as gentle as her hold on her pen asks the girls to be careful while she does her lettering. Julia Rose, who is six years old with a joyful open smile accentuated by a few missing baby teeth, tells me she is going to be a famous artist someday. Celeste, four, nods her head smiling with approval, as if saying it will be so. While Laura continues her lettering, I chat with her partner Aaron and 11-yearold Oliver and learn a little more about the family’s journey to the east coast. Today’s camping trip will be the first one since they travelled across Canada from Vancouver Island to Nova Scotia, popping their tent up most nights and experiencing many of the country’s national parks along the way.
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