MARLOW BROOKS, artist, calligrapher, writer, professor, and Five Element Plant Spirit Healer. Shown in international exhibitions worldwide.
Featured artist in a CCTV documentary on Chinese Calligraphy aired throughout China, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. I am a calligrapher, painter, and Five Element acupuncturist and healer. For the past 25 years, I have taught the Psychology of the Five Elements and other classes at Naropa University. I conduct private classes in calligraphy and healing in Colorado, around the world, and via Zoom. I
03/01/2026
MOUNTAIN WATER
“Sunlight illuminates Incense Burner Peak, kindling violet smoke;
from afar, a waterfall hangs before the river.
Water flies straight down three thousand feet—
Has the silver stream of our galaxy plunged from highest heaven?”
-Li Bai
02/27/2026
HAPPY HEART
“I caught the happy virus last night
When I was out singing beneath the stars.
It is remarkably contagious -
So kiss me.”
-Hafiz
Brushwork
02/26/2026
EMPTINESS
“Understanding emptiness is not about nihilism (that nothing exists), but about freedom from ego, clinging, and fear. By realizing that the self and its suffering are not inherently fixed or solid, one can experience liberation from attachments and experience profound connection and compassion.“
-Elisabeth Rochat
02/24/2026
BLUE-GREEN BUDDHA
“Even before the sun itself
hangs, disattached, in the blue air,
I am touched everywhere
by its ocean of yellow waves.”
-Mary Oliver
02/23/2026
WIND
“For the sake of listening and wondering, be still,
you, my deep-deep life;
that you may know what the wind means for you,
even before the birches tremble.“
-Rainer Maria Rilke
FOR SALE - $275
02/20/2026
“May all that is unforgiven in you be released.
May your fears yield
Their decpest tranquillities.
May all that is unlived in you Blossom into a future
Graced with love.”
-John O’Donahue
02/15/2026
FORGOTTEN THOUGHT
Whatever it is you are struggling to remember,
it is not poised on the tip of your tongue
or even lurking in some obscure corner of your spleen.
It has floated away down a dark mythological river
whose name begins with an L as far as you can recall.”
-Billy Collins
02/12/2026
CHINESE GEOMANCY TALISMAN TO PREVENT GREAT RAINFALL AND WIND
“Cloud formations are associated with the movement of spirits, which are believed to dwell in the mist, emerging suddenly to manifest themselves before human beings. These spiritual contacts could be controlled by the magic power of calligraphy, and manifest their magic power from cloud formations. They are believed to have special powers to enable man to communicate with the spirit world.”
-Laszlo Legeza
(From a 19th-century Taoist weather-manual).
01/31/2026
From ancient times, Chinese calligraphy has been practiced as a sacred invocation — a meeting of brush, ink, and awareness. It invites us to meet life directly, with an open and fearless heart, allowing something beyond intention to emerge. As Wang Yu wrote during the Six Dynasties, “the brush stops, and something else suddenly appears.”
My artwork is now available at
marlowbrooks.com/sale
01/29/2026
“Ordinary Mind”
An unnoticed corner of the world suddenly becomes noticed, and when you notice something clearly and see it vividly, it becomes sacred.
(On Robert Frank’s photography)
- Allen Ginsberg -