Between Restraint and Flow is a practice-based project that explores the relationship between body, movement, calligraphy, and knotting through wearable structures and performance. This work is both personal and critical. On one hand, it represents my own identity and life journey. On the other, it responds to broader issues such as cultural appropriation and the fast fashion system, which often reduces culture to surface aesthetics and contributes to environmental harm. Through this project, I aim to present Chinese cultural practices in a more respectful, embodied, and process-based way. The project consists of a series of wearable devices that I call “body brushes.” Each piece is designed for a specific part of the body, including the head, shoulder, hand, legs, waist, and a full-body structure. These devices extend the body into space and transform movement into mark-making, allowing calligraphy to shift from a hand-based practice into a full-body experience. Conceptually, the project is also influenced by ideas from Laozi’s Dao De Jing, particularly the notions of emptiness, flow, balance, and natural movement.