This is a fantasy hidden in Shi Jianguo's heart. He has never told anyone for decades. Until the age of 27, he was absorbed as a special painter by the Municipal Painting and Calligraphy Institute. At the moment when he got the letter of appointment, he lamented thousands of times and told the fantasy of his life.
199 1 year, Shi Jianguo was born in Puyang, Henan. Due to his ordinary family background, he embarked on the road of self-reliance after graduating from junior high school in 2007.
Since 2008, Shi Jianguo has had to pack up and work all over the country. From south to north, from east to west, he can't remember how many cities he has wandered. He only remembers that he worked as a loader, assembler, mechanic and welder, and each job didn't seem to last long. In order to get a job, he had to travel from city to city.
Until 20 13, after several years of training, Shi Jianguo has accumulated certain skills. After coming to Ruian, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, he joined a Plaster workers team and became a "plasterer". Because of the excellent technology, I finally arranged it here for several years.
Unlike other plastering industries, which mostly spend their spare time playing mobile phones, brushing videos, chatting and bragging, Shi Jianguo spends all his spare time practicing calligraphy.
Speaking, Shi Jianguo came into contact with calligraphy earlier. When he was in junior high school, the school issued an extracurricular textbook called Calligraphy Art to encourage students to study after class. Most of the contents in the book are pictures of the works of ancient and modern painters, mostly calligraphy works.
When Shi Jianguo got the book, it was like finding a treasure. He often leafs through it affectionately, while leafing through it, gesturing the structure of the font with his hand. He felt dissatisfied, so he began to paste white lines on the font. Later, he scrimped and saved, simply bought a writing brush and wool paper, and practiced writing according to books in his spare time. It was this experience that gave him a "calligraphy dream".
After graduating from junior high school, forced by life, he can only hide his "calligraphy dream" and choose to go out to work.
After working as a Plaster workers in Wenzhou, with the increase of income, Shi Jianguo's life gradually stabilized, and the "calligraphy dream" buried in his heart was extinguished again.
So, according to local conditions, Shi Jianguo built a humble "study" for himself on a dusty construction site and bought pens, ink, paper and inkstones. A rectangular board was placed on an abandoned shelf, forming his desk and drawing plan. He used the broken kettle as a pen wash, the broken teacup as an ink box, and the pieces of wood and iron picked up from the dregs as paperweights.
After finishing 10 hours of plastering every day, he plunged into this humble "study" and practiced calligraphy for decades.
At first, the workers didn't know much about his practice, and even said coldly, what's the use of migrant workers practicing calligraphy? Can they eat as food? With this spirit, it is better to rest early and do more work tomorrow.
Shi Jianguo never defends himself in the face of ridicule from others. He finally touched a group of workers with his childlike innocence of calligraphy. Later, the workers took the initiative to invent convenient conditions for him. When he is practicing calligraphy, the workers will try to keep their voices down, and even walk, eat and take things lightly, for fear of affecting him.
Because the "study" is too simple and there are certain risks in the construction site, Shi Jianguo has to wear a safety helmet and work clothes every time he practices calligraphy. Sometimes because of the dust, he even has to cover his nose and mouth with clothes, so that he can practice calligraphy with peace of mind.
Shi Jianguo practiced calligraphy to the point of madness. Their working hours are from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. 18, and they have a rest time of 1-2 hours at noon. When other workers were lying in bed after lunch, Shi Jianguo would grab a stick and write and draw on the ground, even at noon, so that the workers said that Shi Jianguo was "possessed" while practicing calligraphy.
Without the teacher's guidance, Shi Jianguo began to write entirely by feeling. After practicing for several years, I found that I had no future at all. He used his mobile phone to get online for help, and netizens suggested that he follow the copybook. So, he bought a famous copybook to draw a cat and a tiger, and the words written were obviously more tasteful than before, and they were no longer the rivers and lakes. After being praised by his workmates, his confidence in the art of calligraphy and painting has greatly increased. Later, he began to learn painting again, ready to let calligraphy and painting go hand in hand.
"Calligraphy brings me a kind of inner peace, which can meditate and cultivate feelings. My writing is not good enough, and I will practice hard in the future. I also hope to get the guidance of some professional teachers to make progress in calligraphy. "
This was revealed by Shi Jianguo later. It is undoubtedly his most relaxed and happy lifestyle to finish the heavy plastering work and splash ink every day.
With the spread of Shi Jianguo's deeds, he became more and more famous in the local area. Later, with the encouragement of his workmates, he registered an account with the name of "Wenzhou Plaster Brother Xiaoshi" and posted his video of practicing calligraphy and his usual life on the Internet. He is cunning, he loves life, he loves calligraphy and he is inspirational. He quickly got a lot of people's attention and made him quickly popular on the Internet.
He became popular from the Internet. In the summer of 20 18, Shi Jianguo got the attention of Puyang Painting and Calligraphy Institute. After discussion and resolution, the Painting and Calligraphy Institute appointed Shi Jianguo as the special painter of the City Painting and Calligraphy Institute, and awarded the letter of appointment.
The moment he got the letter of appointment, Shi Jianguo burst into tears of joy. He finally said the long-buried sentence "My greatest wish is to become a professional painter".
The greatest happiness in life is to complete one's fantasy. Ordinary Shi Jianguo is undoubtedly a happy person, who, under the leadership of a professional calligrapher, is moving towards a higher goal.
However, looking back, Shi Jianguo's calligraphy has not yet formed a personal style, and it is still in the simulation stage. His handwriting still has some Jianghu flavor, and he still has a long way to go to make achievements in calligraphy art.