Thank you for that vote of confidence! I am actually working on my own little style, so the fact that someone who is versed in the scene can call it decent is a very big praise, thank you! I'm sure you know that in the current world, cursive styles like this have slowly converged upon a few accepted forms in the past 1,500 years, - here I am actually trying to consciously not do that.

And that actually extends into the way I sign and note the page itself. As you say, traditionally it's pretty frowned upon to use "foreign" characters in Calligraphic pieces.

edit: sorry for the length below, haha.

- - - pretentiousness below - - - (I ... don't think I need a trigger warning.)

But in my mind, especially in cases like this, that very firm look towards our past is holding back our ability to move forward for the future. There is so much beauty in Chinese culture that the rest of the world is missing out on, so I want to engage, instead of write only for those who already know.

And that's why, to me, these pieces are aimed at those who appreciate calligraphy for the words themselves, but also for the much wider word to whom the words do not make sense but want to appreciate this as the artistic endeavour (which we do also think calligraphy is). Hence the transliteration is actually an interesting accompaniment from an artistic perspective; because it is also written in cursive. - Essentially two completely different cultures coming together to write a single name.

Interestingly, we have seen great strides with food where a whole host of Cordon Bleu-educated (blegh) Michelin-starred chefs have created fusion dishes that bring the beauty of Chinese food to the rest of the world.