Peaceful Morning (feat. OiCHAN & akidasu)

Souun is a Japanese calligrapher, born in 1975 in Kumamoto prefecture.
He was first exposed to calligraphy at the age of three by his mother, Souyou Takeda, a professional calligrapher in her own right.
After graduating from Tokyo University of Science, he worked for NTT. Three years after leaving this job, he became an independent calligrapher.
Souun has collaborated with different artists across a variety of fields, and his work has appeared in numerous exhibitions around the world. His technical skill, his ability to give physical life to invisible meaning, and his high energy and unique vision, have made him a highly sought after artist. He regularly receives commissions from companies as diverse as Nissan, Toshiba, Sony, Vogue Magazine, The World Cultural Heritage Organization, and The Japan Expo. His calligraphy can be found all over Japan, including on Airport gates, on the wall of the Tokyo Metropolitan Station, TV shows, magazines, theaters, book covers, and even Kei, the supercomputer that became the worlds fastest in 2011.
He was hired by the Japanese government as a cultural envoy to promote Japanese culture, and has been invited to perform and give lectures throughout the world, including in Moscow, Russia and Geneva, Switzerland.
In addition to his art he has authored more than 50 books.
Takeda Souun has a lifelong goal,
To sow seeds of joyful living and to create thankful cycle for whole human family.

He always tries to create artwork, which inspires people to enjoy active lives and fills people with appreciation and happiness. He believes that if a person is filled with a sense of well-being and gratitude, she/he can return these feeling for others. The wave of well-being and gratitude will spread exponentially through society, and eventually build a peaceful and better world.
He creates his works and always seeks the best way to achieve this goal. While he respects traditional calligraphic ways, he does not hesitate to take new approaches creating calligraphic work.
Takeda Souun believes that calligraphy is one of the powerful, spiritual art form and is a combination of skill and creators energy and spirits and is also defined one of the simplest art form.Calligrapher attempt to bring words to life and she/he work reflects her/his vision, mind, thoughts, energy and spirits. That is one of the reasons why he begins from meditation in the creative process to purify the mind and soul so that he can endure words power with character. He educes the words original power and freeze peoples thoughts, mind, image, and spirits into a black and white simple art form. He also transmits a glimpse of the universe in his heart, his energy through his brush and breathes new life into every single work. This is why people say his calligraphy art work has affirmative power, positive energy, and awareness within. The work talks to your heart and can enhance your emotional and spiritual health.