Xu Xie suffered a "ten-year cultural catastrophe" when he was a teenager. At that time, all the students had to do was copy posters. Facts have proved that the disaster has made some people beyond redemption, but also made some smart people see the light. The "light" that Xu Xie saw in that dark age was calligraphy-he is now "at the age of knowing his destiny, but he is still infatuated and can still make him talk about juvenile madness".
Xu Xie told reporters that when he was young, he fell in love with writing under the influence of his grandfathers Xie Shandao and Xie Shanyun and his elder brother Xie then. "Later, I asked Dou Xiaxiu, a teacher in Guocun Town, Suiyang District, for advice, and I got a further understanding. I only know that writing is just writing, and it is called calligraphy when it rises to the height of art. "
clear cognition is both direction and motivation. Since then, Xu Xie has been suffering from Yan Zhenqing's "Many Pagodas", and then he dabbled in Wang Xizhi's "Seventeen Sticks" and other inscriptions by Wang Duo, Mi Fei, Huang Tingjian, Zhao Mengfu, etc., and he has been studying hard every day. Around the 198s, calligraphy became a craze, and calligraphy activities were frequently staged in various places. At this time, Xu Xie was not only enthusiastic about calligraphy creation, but also often attended calligraphy activities, watched exhibitions and visited teachers and friends. He visited famous artists in Kaifeng, Zhengzhou and Beijing many times. I have consulted Zhang Hai, Wang Cheng, Song Huaping, Zhou Junjie, Niu Guangfu, Shi Qianli and other famous calligraphers, and I have received great advice.
"I still clearly remember what two teachers, Zhang Hai and Wang Cheng, once said to me: I want to visit ancient posts, famous posts and my favorite posts." Xu Xie's words reveal infinite gratitude. He said that it was the teacher's inculcation that kept him writing in Mo Chi.
Poems and books are all written freely
People who are not bound by natural feelings or fetters of the secular world are most afraid of dreams, breaking through the fetters with dreams and igniting their lives with passion. At that time, the two "big dreams" of poetry and calligraphy were exactly the two "walking sticks" of Xie Xuxing's ups and downs.
Xie Xu is now employed as a full-time calligrapher in Henan Work Center of CCTV Digital Painting and Calligraphy Channel. The scene at that time, Xu Xie said that he still remembers it deeply. One day in the second half of 27, he went to see a painting and calligraphy exhibition in Dongcheng District, Beijing, just in time for people to recruit professional calligraphers. Introduced by a friend, he was lucky enough to participate in it. He was one of more than 5 applicants who wrote poems and wrote them on the spot, and then they were judged by the judging panel on the spot. Finally, three people were selected.
Xu Xie often travels in Beijing and some big cities, still attending some painting and calligraphy activities, reading exhibitions, visiting teachers and friends, and often visiting Shangqiu.
According to others, fame and fortune have been gained, but Xu Xie is still not satisfied, and his pursuit still dare not stop. Today, I still visit ancient and famous posts and my favorite posts every day, and strive to express my feelings on the basis of tradition. "Post not only to face, more importantly, read the post, but also ponder and realize. It is very important to learn from the ancients. " Xu Xie said, "Learning from the ancients is not a repetition of history, but a re-creation of calligraphy art."
Xu Xie said that he felt more and more the influence of traditional culture on calligraphy and literature, and he would continue to learn from others. Strive to bring the art he understands and pursues closer to the people and life. "Art is fair. The real art and the real calligrapher, the more they hit, the more they shine. Calligraphers should be people's calligraphers, be people's favorite calligraphers, and let calligraphy go among the people and be tested by society. " He believes that the art of calligraphy cannot be based on people. Calligraphy is an art, which can make friends, cultivate sentiment, purify the soul, beautify life and enrich life, but it cannot be used as a means of making a living.