Wait- I guess I should critically think first, then reply. The Kanji is film, and the katakana is digitial, I am guessing. I did not read the article, just looked at the pictures and quickly put the magazine back on the rack. So a hand brushed Shodo piece that says Tokyo is valued differently than a computer printed Katakana version of the same word? Yes, I still agree. While there are times to use both for different reasons I owuld value the hand brushed (analog printed) paper more..

well, have not seen the issue nor do I care to, but why let that stop me from runimating….given that kanji is the original source for the katakana (it’s mother if you will — http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Katakana_origin.png), he could be thinking about it that way. I’ve always looked at katakana as the poorest of cousin’s in the japanese syllabary family, I mean it’s downright ugly in my opinion….i’m not so curmudgeonly to say digital is ugly, but well, i think you can figure out where my aesthetic preferences lay….