Lying flat is a state of mind that refers to losing the passion of effort and choosing to collapse to the ground. The ancients also occasionally had a lying-down mentality, including Tang Bohu, a talented man of the Ming Dynasty. There is no evidence for the oral arguments, there is evidence here. This "Listening to the Tao" is the work of Tang Bohu, which contains a seven-word poem and the last two sentences: "The mountain servant reports that the tea is first ripe, and the west window is hanging up to catch the sky." Meaning, the servant who was serving next to him said that the tea was boiled. Tang Bohu said, don't be busy first looking at the huge waves outside the window.
At first glance, it's not lying flat, it's just waiting. After tasting it carefully, you will find that Tang Bohu showed a negative attitude. The average person sees the ups and downs of the wind and waves, and is either ambitious or nostalgic. Only Tang Bohu said, don't worry, I'll talk about it later. If this is not negative, then what is negative!
Tang Bohu Listen to Tao Tu
Tang Bohu's negativity is a fact, Wen Zhengming once advised him to cheer up, and the disagreement between the two led to the rupture of the friendship. Everyone has a personality, but Tang Bohu has the name of a talented man, and people are hoping for his perfection and do not want to see him indulge and depressed. Therefore, he did not want to believe that Tang Bohu actually had a lying state of mind.
One thing I can't understand, he is lying flat, why he painted this "Listening to the Tao" with the use of brush techniques. People are lying flat, why don't you give up creating? There can only be one explanation for this, Tang Bohu's lying mentality is his "protective color", and he has not given up the pursuit of beautiful things in his heart. No matter how indulgent his behavior, he hoped that there was still a glimmer of hope in his life. Watch the wind and clouds change and let him have a buffer time. When he has figured it out thoroughly, he will make the final choice.
Watch the works of the giant waves and listen to the sound of the waves, which were created by many painters in the Ming Dynasty. Compared with other painters, Tang Bohu painted inner contradictions and entanglements. The unbalanced composition would have been a big drawback. The instability of the picture just expresses the ups and downs of the heart. If you want to understand the combination of form and content, it is completely acceptable to paint in this way.
Tang Bohu Listen to Tao Tu Partially
A word corresponding to Lying Flat is called "Buddhism", Tang Bohu uses delicate brushwork and corner composition to express, he just does not want to understand how to face the suffering of life, he will never accept the Mentality of Buddhism. If you understand the work, you can understand Tang Bohu's lying mentality.
"Tingtao Tu" has no annual model, and it is speculated from the style that it has strong characteristics of the Southern Song Dynasty, which should be the mid-term work of Tang Bohu. Tang Bohu spared no effort to show his talents, tell his entanglements, and hope to survive the bad luck and usher in a better future.
He painted so hard that he felt that there was still hope in life. His paintings are full of fun, and he feels that life still needs to be fought. Tang Bohu has a high degree of literary accomplishment, and he pays more attention to self-expression in aesthetic aspects. So he chose the technique of craftsmanship, and chose the corner composition that focused on expressing his inner feelings. Showing the inner feelings of the painter and setting off the mood with the environment has become a feature of Tang Bohu's works.
In essence, "Listening to TaoTu" does not depart from the living space of Jiangnan literati. In terms of artistic conception, it explains Tang Bohu's hesitation and wandering in the face of ups and downs and pains. Familiar environments, real feelings, through solid skills, perfectly presented.
It is an objective fact that Tang Bohu has a lying flat mentality, and he also has the mentality of despising fame and fortune. When he crosses the stage of lying flat, all that remains in the work is a mockery of the shackles of etiquette. At that time, Tang Bohu revealed all kinds of worries and loneliness in his paintings. Perhaps the ancient sages are lonely, the world of genius, constructed by himself, narrated by himself. "Listening to the Tao" is the story he tells with a paintbrush, and he waits for someone to listen.