Calligraphy with Gerow

Friday. October 17 – Sunday. October 19, 2025

Calligriphy Retreat in Oakland, CA + Zoom

Please join us for three days of Calligraphy with Gerow Reece at the DeepBow Zendo in Oakland 17-19 October 2025. 

Gerow has taught calligraphy for decades and focuses our attention to put meaning into the words we create. 

Writing with this type of brush is a three-dimensional dance–unlike using a pencil or pen. When familiar with the form, the writing of an ideograph becomes a meditative dance.

The meaning of the word can deepen in non-rational ways bringing a shift of focus from outer form to inner feeling, expression beyond the word.

Details & Registration

Meals: Meals will be provided and vegetarian. 

Registration: The workshop is limited to 6. For reservations contact doug@deepbow.org. Due to very limited space, please register early.

Cost: TBA

About Gerow

Gerow Reece first sat with Yamada Reirin Roshi and the young monk, Maezumi Sensei, in the old brick Zenshuji in Los Angeles in the early 60s. He then practiced with Robert and Ann Aitken at Kokoan in their home in Honolulu. Later, while studying in Kyoto, Japan, he sat at Antaiji with Uchiyama Roshi and later with Morinaga Roshi at Daishu-in and Kobori Nanrei at Ryoko-in, never settling on a teacher — until the arrival of his son. Gerow serves ceremonial tea and occasionally teaches calligraphy.