This calligraphy circle is sometimes comparable to the entertainment circle. For example, the speed at which a calligrapher becomes famous and the speed at which he falls from the altar is no better than the speed at which a calligrapher becomes famous or becomes famous in the entertainment industry. It is slow to ban a person, and this calligrapher is not satisfied with just being famous in the calligraphy world. Many calligraphers also want to be known to all the people. There is a word called "calligraphy star" "That's probably what it means - to be a calligrapher that can be recognized by people who don't know calligraphy.
For example, Shao Yan is a calligrapher that everyone knows even if he doesn’t know calligraphy. Originally, Shao Yan was only famous in the calligraphy circle, but because he shot "calligraphy" with a needle "In a video, he was like a famous rocket, letting all the people know that there was such a master, and he became a real "calligraphy star." However, Shao Yan was a bit uncomfortable being called a "calligraphy star". After he became famous, he received a lot of scolding. The consequence of being scolded was that this "calligraphy star" was regarded as an "ugly star".
Why is Shao Yan called the "Ugly Star of Calligraphy"? Because of the way he shoots back and forth on the Bagua Step with a needle in his hand, he was called "Ugly" by people who "do not understand calligraphy". "King of Books", this is naturally a kind of criticism and resistance. However, if you want to be famous, you have to withstand these criticisms. Don't the clown stars in the entertainment industry also have to be laughed at, so Shao Yan finally became a "calligraphy star" - - Even though it was a lot of abuse, it was still "popular" at least. However, this "calligraphy ugly star" also has a positive side, for example, it can help working people "get rich."
How can a calligrapher who quickly became famous and was scolded by others help the working people "get rich"? Such nonsensical things are by no means a joke. Let’s take a look at how calligrapher Shao Yan drives working people to become rich! In Shandong, there is a fifty-year-old man named Luo Minghai. Even though he is a farmer, he has some foundation in calligraphy and art since he was a child. He usually paints slogans on the walls in the village. He is in Shaoyan. When the "shooting book" with a needle suddenly became popular, Uncle Luo also saw a video on his mobile phone of him shooting around with a needle.
After seeing this "shooting book" video, Uncle Luo didn't scold Shao Yan like others, but was deeply inspired by it - he was doing "shooting book" with a needle Calligraphy star, can we also learn and change? Uncle Luo just did what he said, but he was also very smart - he refused to copy Shao Yan and use a needle to shoot. After careful consideration, he decided to use a mineral water bottle to "squirt". Mineral water bottles are more down-to-earth than needles, and one bottle can hold There is a lot of ink, and the ink sprayed out is thick and long-lasting, and the effect is more intense and colorful than Shao Yan's needle-shot calligraphy.
Uncle Luo made improvements to the calligraphy sprayed out of the bottle. Shao Yan just shot it blindly and couldn't recognize the characters. Not only was everyone familiar with the calligraphy sprayed out by Uncle Luo, he also had more Great improvement - sprayed with "hollow characters"! In this way, he distanced himself from Shao Yan: when others used a syringe, he used a bottle. The syringe can only "shoot" the bottle but can "squirt". No one can understand "shooting the book", but the hollow words "squirt" are That’s what everyone loves! Don't think that Uncle Luo can come up with such calligraphy innovation overnight. He has already mastered the unique skill of writing "hollow characters" with a brush before, and these "hollow characters" are indeed real calligraphy. It's called "double hook"!
Another great thing about the calligraphy sprayed out of Uncle Luo's bottle is that the ink does not stop from the beginning of the "spray". A piece of calligraphy is connected from the beginning to the "end", which can be said to be It’s all done in one “squirt”! Therefore, Uncle Luo did not imitate Shao Yan and said that he was "spraying calligraphy", but took the elegant name of "flying calligraphy without pen". Soon this unique skill of "spraying" hollow characters made Uncle Luo even more famous. , a TV station invited him to perform, and a boss asked him to go to the event to "squirt" to add to the fun. In one year, he actually earned more than 100,000 yuan with this "squirt" calligraphy skill!
Earning 100,000 yuan a year is not only material but also spiritual. Uncle Luo even won an award for his unique skill of calligraphy. Now his "hollow characters" and "no pen" "Feishu" is a household name in the local area, and now this "hollow calligraphy" has been included in the county-level intangible cultural heritage.
But Uncle Luo also encountered a similar experience to Shao Yan. Although he was not "scolded" like Shao Yan, some netizens questioned, "Can your calligraphy be called calligraphy?" Why do netizens call Uncle Luo's unique skill "spraying"?
This is because some people ridiculed Uncle Luo that he was imitating the shooting book to gain attention, and even deliberately asked him for fun: Is your upgraded version of the shooting book called "spraying book"? Some people even criticize Uncle Luo as "this is not calligraphy", but Uncle Luo is too lazy to argue - after all, it is most convincing that his calligraphy can win awards and become intangible cultural heritage, so let others scold him and let us continue to "spite". calligraphy! So after you see Uncle Luo's works "sprayed" out of mineral water bottles, do you think this is calligraphy?
(Text: luguo)