I envy other people's good handwriting, and I had the idea of learning calligraphy very early. At that time, my grandfather was my idol Every time I see him writing, I always look at him curiously. Every stroke is square and I envy it, but strangely, every time I try to write, my grandfather always says that you are too young, and I will teach you when you are older. In fact, my grandfather wanted me to write for a long time, but he didn't let me learn because he was worried about my impulsiveness. As the saying goes, if you don't forget it, there will be repercussions. Although I was not asked to write, I have already started to act. I secretly took one of grandpa's brushes and went home. I used a pen to imitate my grandfather's handwriting on the doors and windows. At first, I used a dry brush to describe it, but later I felt it was not enough. Then dip in water and describe it directly in ink, making the doors and windows at home messy. Fortunately, my parents didn't criticize me, which was very acceptable. I was very excited and excited when I heard the news. With the guidance of a good teacher, you can take many detours less. If self-study is ineffective, time and energy are wasted, and bad habits are not easy to correct. Therefore, it is very important to have a good instructor.
Parents are the best teachers.
The reason why I study calligraphy is that I like it. Some people say that interest is the driving force of behavior. As long as a person is interested in this matter, even if there are more difficulties and obstacles ahead, he will move forward willingly. My motivation first comes from my parents' approval. If I had been scolded or crushed by Wuzhishan when I was a child, I might never touch the writing brush again, let alone consider how to improve my writing level. Parents now know the benefits of learning calligraphy, but if they don't take reasonable measures to make their children fall in love with calligraphy, they will definitely miss it. Therefore, when children encounter difficulties in learning calligraphy, what they want more is encouragement and recognition, and parents' recognition is their greatest motivation. Learning calligraphy means: experiencing the fun of writing in play, touching the charm of calligraphy under the encouragement of interest, exercising children's will on the road of learning books, and learning to think about life in a quiet environment. If you plant the seeds of hope, you will reap hope.
Calligraphy can cultivate self-cultivation
I majored in art design in college, but after work, I fell in love with calligraphy and kept going along this road, because I gradually found that learning calligraphy can cultivate a person's cultivation, and there are many ways to cultivate it, and calligraphy is just one of them. Zeng Guofan, the first perfect man in the ages, has twelve methods of self-cultivation, namely: respecting, sitting quietly, getting up early, studying hard, reading history, thinking carefully, nourishing qi, strengthening the body, knowing that the sun must be done, dying on the moon, writing poems and staying at home at night; Writing is practicing calligraphy, which is one of the important means of his self-cultivation. I am also inspired by this, and I want to achieve the goal of self-cultivation by learning calligraphy.
"I go to three provinces every day: Are you unfaithful to others? Don't believe in making friends? Can't you learn? " Self-reflection is a good way to improve yourself. Only by self-reflection can we know our own shortcomings, correct them when we know them, and make progress when we correct them. My personality is sometimes impetuous, and I often do things without considering the consequences. I just do things according to my own preferences, sometimes ignoring the feelings of others, so I am also trying to correct myself and form a correct three views and a sound personality. This is also the purpose and significance of my study of calligraphy.
Why can learning calligraphy cultivate one's morality? I think the reason lies in "singleness" and "introspection". When practicing calligraphy, you should concentrate on one stroke at a time, be upright and upright, have no distractions, and write wholeheartedly in order to write well. The same is true of doing things and being a man. If you do things wholeheartedly, you can't do good things with one hammer in the east and one stick in the west, just like digging a well. If you find the right place to dig down, you can always dig out water. Dig here for a while, dig there for a while, and finally make it bumpy. Calligraphy cannot be practiced overnight. Persistence and patience are also important. Only by practicing today, tomorrow and every day can you succeed. This single-mindedness can also be extended to being a person. Being a man is his appearance, knowing and doing are one. What you think in your heart, what you do in your hands and what you say in your mouth should be consistent. If you have an idea, you should put it into practice and seek truth and knowledge in practice. Of course, we should not be too rigid and dogmatic. After all, many things are complicated and not black and white. We are flexible, but we must stick to our principles. As for introspection, writing needs to read posts, copy, ponder, think and practice repeatedly to achieve the ideal effect. Compare the difference between your own words and copybooks, reflect on what you wrote wrong, and then correct it. Extending to being a man, it can be summed up in one sentence: "See Si Qi, don't be introspective." See the advantages of others, learn from them, see their shortcomings, and reflect on whether you have the same shortcomings. Excellent people are like copybooks. If you want to be an equally excellent person, you must reflect more and learn more. Self-cultivation is ultimately embodied by doing things and being a person, and it can also be embodied by doing things and being a person, not sticking to calligraphy.
Learning calligraphy is learning to be a man.
I was deeply impressed to hear such a sentence:
Can't say, can't do
If you don't understand, you can't do it well.
Calligraphy is the quintessence of China, and it is an art that can be learned without regrets. It may change your attitude and trajectory in life; Let you have a brand-new discovery about yourself and life.
Now calligraphy is very mysterious and daunting by some theorists. In fact, it is not difficult to learn calligraphy. Anyone can learn it. Learn from childhood and enjoy it for life. . .
The technique of calligraphy is not complicated. It is not difficult to master a few strokes. Kung Fu was not written for a long time, nor was it written on paper. The key is to do it right. If you can't do it, you just practice your mistakes skillfully, in vain.
To put it simply, it is not difficult to write beautiful handwriting, but it is difficult to be accurate and endless. Because the culture supporting calligraphy is vast and boundless, later writing is writing culture. In the final analysis, the purpose of learning calligraphy is to broaden knowledge and increase knowledge. Learning calligraphy is learning to be a man. Calligraphy and learning must complement each other.
If you can't tell these benefits of learning calligraphy, what should you do? I don't know what benefits it will bring, how to do it well?
Learning calligraphy is learning to be a man. The silent teaching of picking flowers and smiling at Lingshan meeting has not ended until now. The Buddha is still picking flowers for us, smiling at us, winking at us and preaching the wordless method to us. This Buddhism has to go all the way to extinction. This Buddhism can only be heard by a true Buddha with great bodhicitta.