* Most people unused to this art would wonder what this is, especially since it is 100 variations on two characters. Could there really be that many ways to write one character?

100 variations of 寿 and of 福.

Because the word for fortune is one the most important goals in life in Chinese traditional thought, many people like to write this calligraphy around Chinese Spring Festival or other auspicious days.

This work was written in summer of 1985 (乙丑夏日).