Poetry is the voice of the Creator that resides inside human souls. Poetry is the grace of heaven and earth that finds refuge in the words. Thanks to poets, heaven and earth have become more intimate with human lives.

As someone who practices the art of calligraphy, I live from words. Whenever I find a good poem or a fresh poetic idea, I feel equally happy and joyful, as if I am allowed to take part in a banquet blessed generously by heaven and earth.
These poems about the theme "Aunts," which I have had the honor to create the calligraphy works for, have moved me deeply. Each of the poems holds such dear, affectionate, and familiar images that readers can't help but recognize their own relatives in the verses. I would not want to write an essay mentioning about a particular poem, because that would be a shortcoming. We need all the hearts of those poets involved in this project to be able to contain the images of our aunts in this special poetry jar.

Regardless of their situations and circumstances, it seems Vietnamese women can't escape their fates. It seems they must represent a difficult life, they must represent sacrifice, and they represent unconditional love. In other words, they are the ambassadors of the Creator; they come to earth to share with us the beauty that God has hidden inside the hearts of women from the beginning of time.

I can say that I am indeed lucky for being entrusted with the task of creating artwork from these verses with my brush. I am luckier, because in each poem and each poetic idea, I have recognized my own mother, aunts, sisters, as well as my wife, who exist in these poems with their endless and most beautiful love.