I enjoyed making the first one so much I went ahead and made another one.

This is a video tribute to David Byrne & Brian Eno's Strange Overtones, from the Everything That Happens Will Happen Today album. This is all taken with natural light, using a handheld digicam with a video function. The calligraphy, of course, is the lyrics to the song.

Here it is. I wonder which song I'll do next?

Having way too much fun...

I like it a lot. Very cool!

Thanks, James! These are so amazingly happy to do.

Excellent! Beautiful writing!
Leigh, can I try the Waterman 12 and Wahl Woodgrain when we meet???
I have a 12 but not an artist's nib.
Love your taste in music!

Wow! That just makes me... wanna burst or something! WAY COOL!

That's absolutely superb Leigh - in every respect. I wonder if David or Brian use a fountain pen?

That's so much fun to watch. It's like watching someone who really knows how to surf out in the waves. I'm going to post a link to this thread over in Penmanship -- hope you don't mind.

Doug

W O W ! Great Job! Phenomenal editing job putting it all together!

WOWIE ZOWIE !
It's not only the writing which is fantastic (necessitating good pens and inks and papers, of course) but the whole movie making is a thrill!

Mike and thanks. You are a real artist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, you really are quite an artist. I'd love to be able to write like that.

Just curious though, why exactly is your life a verb? lol

MrR

Loved the video and loved the rest of the blog (that portion that I've had time to read)

Added you do my favorites do that I don't have to hunt for you.

Lovely and inspiring! Now, I need to stop browsing FPN and write!

This is very creative Leigh. Excellent.
Wow flex on the Arco and the Koi. Are these Mottishawed?

That was such an amazing video Leigh. I knew I recognized the music, my good friend loves The Talking Heads.

Hush in the presence of creative genious! I'm also getting the music.

very nice. Thank you. I too bookmarked it and will return. I liked the comment someone made that it was kind of like watching someone surf. thanks, jc

What a lovely movie. Your handwriting is amazing, I am awestruck.

Of course, Pep! They're two of my favorite flexies.

The Omas is Mottishawed, yes. The Koi is as it was found. Isn't it delicious? It's an eyedropper. There's a little crack in the celluloid at the base, that's why I treat it as a dip pen for now.

Hugely enjoyable! Really a big treat to see and hear. Thanks for sharing.

That is fun -- how creative of you! Thanks for sharing.
Love those flexible nibs. I'll have to look into those.

-jon

Hi Leigh,
I left you a comment on Youtube and added the video to my favorites. The more FP videos on Youtube, the better! Awesome editing job and beautiful handwriting. Take care!

Leigh, that was absolutely captivating. I enjoyed it throughly from beginning to end. Did you have someone else shoot the video while you were writing?

Wow....your handwriting looks so good (and you make it look so easy)...actually for some reason i think David Byrne would like this video.

Love it! I love the "Your songs still needs a chorus" part. Anybody else notice that? Is there something to that I did not understand?

I'll bring more pens next time & lots o' flexies!

I love you for that! I was groovin to the flow of your hand and the song (fan of Byrne and Eno here).
Looking forward to the next.

Lovely work Leigh! The handwriting certainly has plenty of WOW-ness to it

I also notice a brief guest appearance by your Nakaya Shu Housoge (uncredited though )

What is the notebook/paper?

Edited: Oh.... never mind... I see you say what it is, in the link

And this is where I reveal that I don't have a tripod... I held the cam for the first part, and asked a friend to help me because I realized everything was being shot from the left, LOL. Methinks I need a headmount.

Wow. Just wow. I have to learn calligraphy soon.

Oh, if I could only write half as well as you do...

That was a very cool video! As a hearing-impaired person, I really appreciate when I can read the lyrics to songs as I'm listening to them, but I've never had the lyrics displayed in such a beautiful and attractive manner before. So thank you!

Would you mind posting a picture of your pen hold? I tried imitating it from what I could see of it from the video, but I can't see it very clearly.