What kind of talents does the future book world need? To answer this question, we must first make a basic prediction of the future development trend of the book world. What characteristics will the future book world present? The author believes that the diversification of aesthetic standards, the novelty of creative techniques, the exhibition hall of presentation forms, the networking of communication channels and the popularization of participants will all be the development trends of the book industry.
Calligraphy art does not develop in isolation. With the mutual influence and integration of various art categories, the aesthetic standards of calligraphy will subtly absorb the aesthetic strengths of other arts, thus presenting a diversified and open aesthetic standard, which is "the diversification of aesthetic standards"; In terms of creative techniques, by constantly absorbing the methods and experiences of other art categories, innovations and breakthroughs are constantly appearing in the style, materials and techniques of calligraphy creation, which is "the novelty of creative techniques"; As an art, calligraphy has been presented to the world in the form of being promoted to the exhibition hall of art venues in the past, and will continue to be presented as a cultural form of exhibition hall, which is the "exhibition hall of presentation form"; But for the majority of booksellers, entering the exhibition hall is a threshold after all, and with the rapid development of the network, this threshold will be completely broken. More booksellers can use the Internet to publish their own works, and even easily hold exhibitions of personal works, thus greatly promoting the exchange and dissemination of works of art, which is "the networking of communication channels"; At present, all kinds of calligraphy competitions are in the ascendant, and the popularity of officialdom calligraphy and the popularity of old people's calligraphy is booming, which shows that calligraphy art is rapidly spreading and showing a gratifying trend of further popularization, which is "the popularity of participants".
In view of this "five-oriented" development trend, it is not difficult for us to understand why the future book world needs more compound talents than a single professional. Because a single calligraphy professional, if he lacks other skills and knows nothing about other kinds of knowledge, even if he is skilled in writing skills and has profound calligraphy cultivation, it is difficult to adapt to the development requirements of the future calligraphy world. And compound talents are people who have certain abilities in all aspects and are outstanding in a particular aspect. Such talents are needed by the future society, and the book world is no exception.
Then, what kind of calligraphy talents are the compound talents who meet the needs of the future book world?
First of all, it is necessary to show compound expertise in professional skills. Ordinary calligraphy talents can only specialize in a certain style, while compound calligraphy talents can only afford everything on the basis of being particularly good at a certain style; Calligraphy talents can only focus on writing, while compound calligraphy talents should not only be good at writing, but also be good at choosing paper, using pens, grinding ink, mounting and so on. Only by mastering rich calligraphy style and material selection skills can we create colorful calligraphy works and adapt to new ways of presenting works such as exhibition halls and networks.
Secondly, we should integrate humanities and social sciences. The future calligraphy art will definitely break through the visual arts such as lines, structure, composition and layout, and evolve into a comprehensive art from vision to connotation. Calligraphy works should not only have form to see, but also have content to read, which will become the common pursuit of calligraphers. For example, Chen Zhenlian's "Looking at Xiling-Calligraphy Exhibition of Social History of Xiling Press" is a model. In this exhibition, you can enjoy not only various calligraphy styles such as seal script, official script and cursive script, but also various forms of calligraphy works such as nave, banners, buckets, rulers and fans. You can learn about Xiling by appreciating these calligraphy works. This kind of calligraphy creation with strong readability and research is a major trend of calligraphy creation in the future, which requires our calligraphy talents to master literature, history, archaeology and other humanities at the same time and use them comprehensively.
Finally, we must have the ability to integrate theory with practice. Calligraphy theory, who originated from practice, is not only a generalization and summary of the practical experience of calligraphy, but also a critical reflection, normative correction and ideal guidance on the practical activities, experiences and achievements of calligraphy. Therefore, with the guidance of scientific theory, our calligraphy practice will take fewer detours and get twice the result with half the effort. As a compound calligraphy talent, one should not only be good at guiding practice with theory, but also have the ability to discover universal laws from calligraphy practice and refine the experience accumulated by oneself and others in calligraphy practice to the theoretical level. Only in this way, the future book world will continue to innovate and remain dynamic forever.