There is no doubt that eyes must be higher than hands.
Many times we are used to thinking that our calligraphy level is the height of our hands, but in fact it is often the height of our eyes, or something in between.
"The eye is superior and the hand is inferior" was originally a derogatory term, but it is a derogatory term for friends who practice calligraphy. Don't worry too much, but be happy. Why do you say that?
Guest Officer, Q: How high can your hands be if your eyes are not high? Will your hands be higher than your eyes?
Writing is a hand-eye process. Both vision and hand proficiency will be improved to varying degrees, but they are fast and slow. Many people will say, "I feel worse and worse." In fact, that feeling is proof of my improved eyesight. For example, hands and eyes are running, and when the eyes run faster than hands, the distance between them will get farther and farther. It is certainly wrong to blame the hand for no reason. "Poor" and "far from it" are two different things, but we are always used to confusion. Accurately speaking, the difference between eyes and hands is getting farther and farther. Explain it more clearly with kinematics theory: from the perspective of eyes, the hand is "backward", from the perspective of hands, the eye is "forward", and from the origin, both hands and eyes are progressive.
Explain with a formula: psychological error = eye height-hand height.
1, when the psychological error remains the same, we will have slight dissatisfaction and always feel that we have not made progress.
2. When the psychological error is relatively improved, we will have serious dissatisfaction and feel that our level has regressed.
3. When the psychological error is reduced, we will be complacent and have a psychology of satisfying self-confidence.
The example is more direct:
We should treat the above situation correctly:
If 1 happens, we don't have to blame ourselves too much. This is a process of quantitative accumulation. I believe that there will be a qualitative leap after a long time, that is, the emergence of situation 2;
If 2 occurs, you should congratulate yourself first. As the height of hands rises, the height of eyes rises faster. This is a continuous process of rapid increase in calligraphy level, which belongs to qualitative improvement. However, dissatisfaction is increasing. This situation is commonly known as "a big psychological gap" or "a far cry from expectations". If you want to catch up with your eyes at once, you must not let this wrong dissatisfaction affect you, and you must correct your mentality in time.
If there is a situation of 3, we should treat it correctly. First, the level of the hand is gradually approaching the level of the eyes, which is a good phenomenon. The satisfaction and self-confidence generated are conducive to the motivation to continue learning and form a good cycle; But on the other hand, we should also pay attention to the fact that the lifting speed of the eyes and hands is slowing down at this time, and gradually enters a stage of quantity accumulation, that is, 1 appears. Be careful not to slack off, let alone be content with the status quo.
Through the schematic diagram, we find that 1, 2, 3 appear in the same band, so they keep circulating and making progress. Quantitative change-qualitative change-quantitative change-qualitative change ... getting closer and closer to the goal.
Remember, as long as we keep practicing and reading posts, our level will only rise and not fall. The so-called "worse writing" is just an illusion in our practice. "Being superior to others" is only a relatively dynamic process, and in this process, subtle changes in quality exchange are constantly taking place, prompting us to keep moving forward. Look at your handwriting a year ago and ten years ago. Are you smiling through tears?