Life needs to be left blank
Blank space is a state of "defining nothingness and becoming something", which allows people to think and imagine.
Throughout the past and present, art treasures have never been stingy about leaving blank space. In "Fishing Alone on the Cold River" by Ma Yuan of the Southern Song Dynasty, there is only a small boat and a fisherman fishing by the river. There is no trace of water, but it makes people feel that the river is vast and the whole scene is full of water. As the saying goes, "There is nothing better than something here"; in the art of calligraphy, the beauty and value of dry brush cannot be underestimated. Huang Bosi of the Song Dynasty recorded in "Yu Lun of Dongguan": "It is called white when it looks like silk hair, and its power is flying." The "flying white" produced by the dry pen strengthens the rhythm and rhythm of calligraphy, making it bold and unrestrained. , the ink is dripping with color. The calligrapher's skill is also fully demonstrated in the dry pen.
Similarly, white space occupies an indispensable place in the literary world. In Xin Qiji's "Broken Array: Compose a Poem for Chen Tongfu", when the poet is about to complete his work, the last sentence of "Pity it happened in vain" suddenly changes from majestic to tragic, full of depression and the feeling that ambition is hard to achieve. Anger and helplessness. Maupassant, the "world's master of short stories", fully demonstrated the art of blank space. Just imagine, if the ending of the novel "The Necklace" turns into a head-on conflict between Mathilde and Mrs. Forrest because of losing the necklace, the theme of the novel will inevitably be limited to the human moral level of right and wrong, good and evil. However, he did not stick to the stereotypes, looked at the society in a clever way, and implicitly but profoundly exposed social problems. The wonderful blank space at the end is not only thought-provoking and adds to the tragedy of the story, but also shows the irrationality of society that is thought-provoking.
The skill of leaving blank space is still needed in literature and art, but isn’t it even more important in life? If the stomach is too full, it will become distended and painful, and if the heart is too full, it will become sluggish. Therefore, both materially and spiritually, life needs to be left blank. Fairy tale king Zheng Yuanjie feels very strongly about this. He wrote in the article "I didn't know anything when I was a child": "Experts told me that a new car should be driven at a medium speed when it is first driven, so as to ensure that it can travel at high speed when it is young and middle-aged. If the speed of the car is increased when it is a child, It can no longer run in middle age. Childhood is equivalent to the first time driving a car. "But after all, it is impossible for everyone to have Master Zheng's awareness. The reality is that there are still many people who have not realized the true meaning of blank space in life.
In fact, the blank space in life is to leave potential for oneself and give others a space; the life of blank space is a kind of wise life. Qian Xuesen, the "Father of Missiles", wrote to Premier Zhou after the successful test of medium- and short-range missiles, voluntarily requesting to resign from the position of dean to give young people a chance to grow and experience. They are also birds that are close to people: sparrows and swallows. Sparrows are not very lovable, but swallows are different. The reason is that sparrows are too close to people and their chirping is annoying; while swallows will move away in time, and when people miss them, spring will come. Look at today's romance novels, there are a lot of sequels and nonsense, they are useless, and they don't know how to leave blank space at all; but some people know how to leave blank space, give themselves a closure, and give their lives a little leisurely time.
But "blank" is not the same as "blank". Grasp the "degree" of blank space and grasp your own intelligent life.