How to make money by using calligraphy expertise

Learning calligraphy, the author suggests, is best to regard it as a hobby, not to make a living. This is because any hobby, as long as it becomes a major, a task and a way of making a living, will offset your enthusiasm for it. It's like you like a song, but you take it as a wake-up call and you will feel bored.

In the eyes of many people, calligraphy is a kind of technology, but in the eyes of the author, calligraphy is more inclined to be the flower of human soul and an advanced expression of the spiritual level.

From ancient times to the present, art is a static thing, rather than static without art, which requires our hearts to calm down first. Master Hongyi taught his disciples to write behind closed doors and go it alone, so as to write excellent works. Mr Fu Baoshi writes and draws, and no one is allowed to stand by. Also, the ancients burned incense to relax themselves before writing, and so on. All these require a peaceful mind when writing. Real calligraphers use calligraphy as a tool for spiritual cultivation, and will not deliberately show off and please everyone's hearts. So when writing, most of them can be distracted. But if calligraphy is regarded as a tool to make a living, it is necessary to follow the baton of the market to write works. The result is that the more vulgar you write, the more you lose yourself and turn yourself into a writer, which is far from the original intention of calligraphy.

The most important thing to learn calligraphy is to be indifferent to fame and fortune. Not eager for quick success and instant benefit, not working hard; If you don't want humanity, you don't deserve it This sentence is easier said than done, especially for calligraphers who already have a certain reputation. After a certain degree of artistic achievement, many people went to Jianghu with flowers and applause, and changed their names to "masters" because there were disgusting flattery, money, fame and wealth and feasts ... What's more, in order to win a place in Jianghu, they hyped themselves in a different way, taking photos with a leader today and socializing with a powerful person tomorrow ...

The author believes that learning calligraphy is best as a life, as a way of life, not as a tool to make a living. For the progress of calligraphy, we should have the perseverance and perseverance of "sitting on the bench for ten years" There is no knowledge or career in the world, and success can be achieved without constancy. Zen master Yong didn't go downstairs for forty years, and he retired his pen to the grave, which shows his hard work; Another example is lying down and paddling the quilt, sitting down and paddling the floor. It is nothing more than that all ideas are in calligraphy all the time, so it has achieved great success.