Most ugly books look uneven, crooked and smeared casually, which looks like the works of three-year-old children. Someone once said, "Ugly book is an abstract art, but it can also belong to art and can be appreciated from an artistic point of view, but it is really flattering from the perspective of calligraphy."
Ugly books are talked about by people, and it is only in recent years. In the past 30 years, under the new background, a large number of innovative works have emerged in Rapids. Of course, these works have broken our traditional aesthetic angle in many aspects, so they are called ugly books.
Of course, people who put forward the theory of book ugliness are not only outside the calligraphy circle, but also in the circle. Ordinary people may not be able to distinguish the beauty and ugliness of calligraphy, even if they can distinguish one or two, it is only a superficial evaluation. However, many people in the circle also scoff at ugly books and think they are not so good, so most people can't appreciate them.
The characteristic of ugly books is that there is basically no shadow of traditional calligraphy, or no practice of calligraphy. Some people even think that it is difficult to surpass ancient calligraphy, so it is better to have innovative calligraphy style. It is really such a psychology that promotes the appearance of ugly books.
People who write ugly books may look grandiose on the surface and use calligraphy innovation as an excuse. In fact, I may have my own economic abacus in my heart. The proliferation of ugly books has a great influence on calligraphy, and many people even give up tradition and take the road of innovation, which is irrational. We should learn to polish our eyes, treat ugly books correctly and choose the right way.