A friend sent me a message yesterday. She said that she was studying calligraphy at present, and the teacher just asked her to post it. Now she is in Zhao Ti. She doesn't understand why the teacher always asks her to keep in touch. She said she couldn't do this anymore!
These days, Chu Suiliang, a calligrapher in the early Tang Dynasty, violated his "Preface to the Sermon of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda" by its beauty of agility, softness and rigidity. Like being poisoned, I'll write it in another way. No, I tried it with fine print and hard pen (below). The recent temporary study experience, coupled with this friend's question, also made me think about what we were doing in the post.
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I have been paying attention to the official account of WeChat, "Small World of Toby Lin" (highly recommended). Yesterday, I saw her new article: "I heard the footsteps of the ancients, like the sea beckoning". There is a sentence in it: My painting is not a copy of ancient paintings, not a report, but a response when I see it again.
This sentence made me a treasure, so I quickly entered it into my mobile phone and instantly became another sentence: my words were not a copy of ancient books, not a report, but my response when I saw them again, and it was a conversation between me and them.
Yes, learning Lin Tie is not to copy and become the ancients, but to communicate with them through Lin Tie and find a state of mind that is integrated with them in the impetuous society. We can't be them, we meet them to be better ourselves!
In the professional field, temporary posts are often divided into "real", "return" and "meaning".
The so-called "truth" means that what you want to write is exactly the same as the original post. At first, I was taught to learn calligraphy in this way. In fact, this sentence is problematic and misleading. How can it be written exactly like the original post? It's impossible. We are not photocopiers.
Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Lanting Pavilion has been copied by many calligraphers, as well as many calligraphy professionals and enthusiasts, but none of them are exactly the same as the author. No matter how close you are, they all have their own unique flavor.
This is not a problem of ability, but a fundamental problem of people, because everyone is different, and their cognition and stage are different. Writing is a one-off art, that is, your feelings and records at that moment, and there is no way to repeat them. It is said that Wang Xizhi wrote "Preface to the Lanting Pavilion" when he was slightly drunk, and he was very satisfied after sober up. He wanted to keep looking for the state and appearance of writing at that time, but he didn't write his feelings at that time countless times.
The author himself can't retell his past notes, let alone us after 1000 years.
I think "real existence" or "back existence" in the true sense refers more to temporary learning of writing techniques and glyphs in posts than rigid copying and pasting, which needs to be treated flexibly.
Beginners need not worry too much about the similarity of writing. Instead, they should learn how to use a pen, feel why its fonts are so arranged, where is the beauty, and whether there are similarities and differences with the beauty you appreciate? Copying consciously with problems is an effective copying.
In addition, all our copywriting, to a certain extent, belongs to the face meaning. The so-called face meaning does not specifically seek to be similar to the original post, but to be integrated with our own interests and the style of the original post. It's important that you first find your interest and skillfully use the pen method. How to find interest, you need to read a lot of excellent calligraphy works, broaden and enhance your aesthetic taste, and then integrate; Using brushwork requires more words and experience, and it is by no means a day's work!
Therefore, the post is not a copy of the ancients, but the ancients' knowledge and understanding of themselves.
When learning calligraphy, you must have your own thinking, and at the same time you can't compare with others. Everyone has different stages, different learning experiences and no comparability. What we have to do is to respect our own rhythm and focus on our own growth. The purpose of learning bibliography is to improve oneself, not to compete with others. The important thing is to find yourself first!
This week's study content:
Chu Suiliang's hard copy of Preface to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda;