Someone asked me how to coordinate the rhythm, speed and emotion of writing in calligraphy learning and calligraphy works creation.
As for the relationship between rhythm, speed and emotion, I think rhythm and speed belong to technical problems in calligraphy, while emotion belongs to personal talent.
How to understand this statement? We must first decipher the meanings of these words one by one, then understand their meanings in calligraphy, and then explore what kind of relationship exists between them, in order to make this question clear.
Second, the rhythm.
The word rhythm is generally associated with China people, that is, what is a fast rhythm and what is a slow rhythm. Actually, the word rhythm is a musical term. The so-called rhythm, that is, there are fast and slow, fast and slow intertwined, difficult to separate, can be called rhythm.
Therefore, in calligraphy, the rhythm is to write as fast as possible and as slow as write slowly.
But what needs to be written quickly and what needs to be written slowly is not something we can discuss. This is a technical problem. What you need is your judgment and imagination.
For example, a stroke with a white part means that the ink used in the stroke is dry and the stroke is fast. We even have to infer the writing state of strokes by analyzing their shapes, and then we can experiment with this writing state when writing. If we can write it, it proves that our grasp of strokes is correct, otherwise it is wrong.
Therefore, grasping the rhythm of calligraphy writing is basically a technical problem.
But will emotional factors affect our grasp of rhythm? Of course it will. For example, if we compare Yan Zhenqing's manuscript of offering sacrifices to nephews with other running script works of Yan Zhenqing, such as General Pei's post, we can clearly see that the rhythm of Yan Zhenqing's manuscript of offering sacrifices to nephews has obviously accelerated as a whole. Even if some places should slow down, it has become a very fast-paced writing.
Third, speed.
As for speed, I think it is the element of rhythm. The so-called rhythm is the combination of writing postures with different speeds. This place writes fast and that place writes slowly, which constitutes a delay in speed.
Different speed requirements are not only influenced by emotional factors and restricted by the author's writing habits, but also require different writing speed in many fonts.
As far as calligraphy is concerned, the writing speed of seal script and official script is relatively the slowest and unexpectedly fast. Regular script is basically slow, cursive script is the fastest, especially in cursive script, which is still relatively fast. The so-called martial arts in the world, only fast and unbreakable.
Even if you write slowly on purpose, it will be faster than regular script and seal script.
Next, let's talk about the element of emotion.
Fourth, emotion.
I think that the process of calligraphy creation with emotional elements is a process in which a calligrapher expresses his feelings, knowledge, cultivation and emotions through calligraphy works in his creative activities.
In literature, we often see that all landscape words are sentimental words;
Then in calligraphy, the words in the book are sentimental words;
Calligraphy language expresses people's emotional sustenance, calligraphy is used to express people's feelings, calligraphy is not used to show off skills and techniques, and expression is the most fundamental part of this art.
Unfortunately, in the modern book world, especially in the eyes of some people who pay attention to techniques, they are dismissive. Calligraphy language is actually to express emotions. The composition of calligraphy language is what we call the element of skill level.
Verb (short for verb) interaction
Whether it is rhythm or writing speed, we can see the influence and function of emotional factors on them everywhere. For example, we talked about Yan Zhenqing's running script, General Pei's post, and the manuscript of offering sacrifices to his nephew. These two calligraphy works have different rhythm effects because the calligraphers face different moods and emotions in the writing process. One is heartbroken because of the pain of losing his nephew, and his writing speed is extremely fast; One is to praise and cherish the memory of the general, so it is more serious and correct.
Therefore, through the above argument, we can draw the conclusion that the rhythm and speed of calligraphy on the technical level are an important part of the emotional expression of calligraphy works, and emotional factors determine the differences in technical expression.
Sixth, how to coordinate?
Therefore, it is almost certain that if we want to coordinate these aspects, we must master all kinds of skills skillfully, even by heart, so that as an auxiliary skill to express emotions, we can really become an aid in the writing process, not an obstacle.
If we are still struggling to write a technique, what is the coordination of our thoughts, feelings and words? When you can't master the skills well, you won't convey any deep feelings.
I think it's true.