Art comes from life and is higher than life. This is a well-known saying. What is life? Life refers to all human activities in nature. Such as: farming, eating, traveling, resting, etc. What is art? Art refers to people's experience, perception, refinement, and processing of natural phenomena in all activities in nature, and to express it in the form of art. For example: use music to express mountains and flowing water, use paintings to express plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, and use calligraphy to express the yin and shine. In short, art is used to interpret the laws of nature and life. Its purpose is: from a macro perspective, to enable people to understand nature, understand nature, integrate into nature, and enable better coordinated development between man and nature. From a micro perspective, it achieves the purpose of purifying the soul and cultivating sentiments.
Life is full of art
In life, art is everywhere. Visually, we see the vastness of the blue ocean, the delicate water of the river, the beauty of the flowers in bloom, and the warmth of the spring breeze caressing the willows; from the auditory sense, we hear the crashing waves, the flowing water of the mountains, and the chirping of birds; From the sense of smell, we smell the fragrance of flowers; from the sense of taste, we taste the sweet and sour; from the sense of body, we feel the hot and cold, rough and smooth; from these, we feel the beauty in life and realize that art is everywhere . But life is limited, and life is in nature. Not everyone has climbed the Himalayas, and not everyone has climbed into space. The world is too big, and there are too many places we have not been to, but this is not the case. It means that we don’t understand the Himalayas or space. Because books and TV have been there, what we can’t feel in nature can be found in books and TV, and we will definitely find it. In this way, the resources of art will be richer. If you understand it, you can lay the foundation for creating better art.
Life is not all art
Real life is not all art. How to say it? The formation of art requires choices and trade-offs, rather than purely copying nature. For example, there is gold in the sand, but not all of the sand is gold. To obtain gold, you must refine it, rather than collecting all the sand. If gold is compared to art, then sand is nature. If we want to obtain gold, we must have the tools to obtain gold, as well as a complete set of technologies for screening, separation, smelting, and purification. If we want to master art, we must have the tools and techniques to acquire art, be technically proficient and exquisite, and know how to choose and make trade-offs, so as to create better art.
Art comes from life
Life and nature are reflected everywhere in art. Art comes from life, and life comes from nature. Life is in various shapes and forms, and nature is endlessly changing. Therefore, art is also rich and colorful. In calligraphy, Wang Xizhi's tranquility is like the warmth of spring, flowers are blooming, the wind is beautiful and the sun is beautiful; Mi Fu's elegance is like the spring breeze blowing willows, graceful and graceful; Yan Zhenqing's ruggedness is like a sturdy man, powerful and enlightened; Zhao Songxue's soft eyebrows, Such as a graceful lady, graceful and upright; Hongyi's ethereal, such as sitting in a Zen room, fresh and quiet, etc. These all use nature and life to describe the artist's soul.
Art is higher than life
Art comes from life, but is higher than life. Art is the refining, processing and re-creation of life. Artists extract valuable and meaningful content from life and apply it to art, which in turn enriches people's lives and brings them new enjoyment. As a method of artistic expression, it is not to copy life mechanically or repeat life, but to extract the essence of life selectively. In this extraction process, because everyone lives in different times, has different content, different environments, different feelings, etc., the works produced are also different. It is these differences that can meet the needs of different people. People look at and appreciate the works from different angles, and enjoy the beauty from them.
Art comes from life and is higher than life. They are interdependent and promote each other. Nature and life provide fertile soil for art, and art fully expresses nature and life, making life more colorful. We experience the blooming of flowers, the singing of birds, the rushing of rivers, and the towering of mountains in nature and life. Through cognition, we have insights, for whom are the flowers blooming? For whom do the birds sing? For whom do the rivers run? For whom do the mountains stand? Express our emotions towards nature and life; convert these emotions into other art forms, such as calligraphy, painting, sculpture, music, dance, etc., so that we can better integrate into nature.