行到水穷处，坐看云起时Walk to Where the Waters End, Sit and Watch the Clouds Rise (calligraphy fan)

A calligraphy fan bearing a famous couplet by the Tang poet Wang Wei, from “My Villa on Mount Zhongnan”: “I walk to where the waters end, and sit to watch the clouds rise.” The ten characters, in cursive script, stand two to a column across the curve of the fan from right to left, with the last character of each line on its own, so each line falls into a two-two-one rhythm. The strokes run on without a break, turning in easy curves, and the closing characters are set down firmly.

The signature “Li Jumei” and a square seal are at lower left, with an oblong seal at the right. The poem describes a walk in the hills: when the stream runs out, the poet simply sits down and watches the clouds come up, content to go wherever the way leads.

此为书法扇面。以草书录王维《终南别业》名句“行到水穷处，坐看云起时”，每句五字，二二一分行，自右至左随扇面弧度排开，疏密有致。笔势连绵，转折圆活，长画舒展而不浮滑；“处”“时”二字各自成行，收笔沉着，稳住通篇气脉。左下署“李菊梅书”，钤方印一枚，右侧另钤长方印一枚。

诗写山行至溪水尽头，便索性坐看白云升起，随遇而安，意境闲远。书于扇上，展卷之际，如对山间清风。