Feraj Arshin, who has been practicing calligraphy in Damascus for 41 years, emphasized the importance of handwriting despite technology, saying that computer-generated works lack soul, while works created by a calligrapher's hand evoke a sense of spirit.
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Arşin, who has been keeping the art of calligraphy alive for 41 years in a basement in Damascus, says: "Computers produce works of art, but they cannot give them soul. But when a calligrapher writes with their own hand, you feel a soul in the letters and in the entire work."
Feraj Arshin, who has been practicing calligraphy in Damascus for 41 years, emphasized the importance of handwriting despite technology, saying that computer-generated works lack soul, while works created by a calligrapher's hand evoke a sense of spirit.