Perhaps it is caused by the psychological mechanism of human beings themselves, the 3 major controversies about calligraphy have existed since ancient times, and they are also now, whether they will be in the future or when will they be able to rest?
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The first type of calligraphy debate: is calligraphy better to write beautiful, or is it better to write ugly?
If you can write well, you have to write ugly, why bother, is it deliberately written ugly so that people can't see clearly and look at it unfavorably? If you really want to do this, then simply don't write it, save the waste of pen, ink and paper.
For beautiful writing, why can't this or that be wrong? If you write beautifully, it becomes not calligraphy, there is no art, who prescribes it? Is it the people who don't write beautifully? They didn't have the ability to write beautifully, so they came to a one hundred and eighty degree turn and deliberately made such a logical reasoning, didn't they? According to this logical reasoning, is it only ugly and scribbled calligraphy? If this is also called calligraphy, then everyone is a calligrapher, who does not scribble? Don't follow the rules, take a brush, and scribble there, is it just you? Everybody will!
In fact, these people who write ugly books are very clear in their hearts, he also knows that the words in his pen are not beautiful, they are ugly, he looks at it awkwardly, he also envies those who write beautiful books, and everyone has the heart to love beauty, but they can't learn, practice, write, because they don't have that artistic talent, they don't have that skill, they don't have that patience, they don't have that technology, the people speak, and they are clumsy. But what if you want to be famous and profitable? I had to "pretend to be confused with understanding", duplicitously said that ugly books are beautiful, ugly books are calligraphy, is art, on the contrary, those who write beautiful calligraphy are not calligraphy, at best can only be called writing, even the door of calligraphy is not entered, oh, how to say it, want to add to the sin of no words.
So, why do so many people go after ugly bookers and side with ugly books? The reason is very simple, they are the same, can not write beautiful calligraphy, do not have that talent, do not have that skill, do not have that patience, do not have that technology, clumsy hands, they find the ugly book, it is equivalent to finding a confidant, there is a common language, there is emotional resonance Oh.
Of course, in the view of ugly books, ugly books are not ugly, but the angle of appreciation is different, do not appreciate from the literal "glyph", "structure", "stroke" and other aspects, but to feel the "brush strokes", "with the pen", "ink", "lines", "chapters" and other aspects, as if it is an abstract line picture in front of you, at this time, if you use the conventional aesthetic "correct and improper", "beautiful and unsightly", "good looking" such thinking, it will definitely be ugly.
The problem is that the popular aesthetic can be placed on the beauty is not beautiful, good looking is not beautiful, beautiful is not beautiful, because this aesthetic, is popular, it is impossible to say that change can be changed, the reason why it is not good to change, is because it has become a popular aesthetic.
When will the dispute between beautiful books and ugly books end? Each has its own opinion, each has its own reasoning. Whether we should tolerate each other and stop mutually exclusive, maybe we can correctly view our respective existence.
The second type of calligraphy debate: appreciate calligraphy, is it to appreciate words, or to appreciate people?
I don't know who started, but I originally appreciated calligraphy and became an appreciator.
At first glance, it is not to look at the words, but to see who wrote it first, and then make a judgment, if it is a celebrity, or a person with status, then judge how good it is, and can say a hundred good, bad or good in one breath. If it is not a celebrity, or a person without status, or an ordinary person, then it can also say a hundred bad and bad in one breath.
Just ask, you judge like this, are you tired? Heart-wrenching or heart-wrenching? You are so irresponsible judgment, do you feel guilty?
In fact, they understand very well in their hearts, and they are also "pretending to be confused with understanding", why? The reason is also very simple, either can not write beautiful, or is to chase fame and profit, or have ulterior motives to pat the horse's ass, or, or also for the sake of fame.
Written words, good is good, bad is not good, clearly placed there, we appreciate the words, not people, if you insist on appreciating people, why look at the written words? Isn't it enough to look at people directly?
If you want to appreciate good calligraphy, then don't care who the author is, what high and low celebrities are not celebrities, these all don't care, just look at the words written, whether there is a sense of art, whether it can be recognized by the public, if it is good, say good, if it is not good, just say it is not good, because we judge the word, good or bad, refers to the word, does not refer to the person. Just like listening to music, famous singers must sing well, those who are not famous have many singing better than singers, and now the network is developed, is it that many famous singers have gradually faded out of people's vision before, many people have stopped chasing stars, but according to their hobbies, choose music or singers that are suitable for themselves.
Calligraphy, it is also like this, many big calligraphers who wrote badly in the past, gradually there is no market, the eyes of the people are bright, he does not care whether you are a celebrity, the writing is not good, and then famous, many people do not want to see.
The third type of calligraphy controversy: "jianghu" and "cross-border" calligraphy, is it not calligraphy?
Calligraphy is originally a product of folk art, art is originally popular, who stipulates that calligraphy is only in the hands of a very small number of people in the temple? Aren't all kinds of organizations, associations, etc., also founded by man, not founded by God, just an ordinary organization, nothing is a big deal, don't think that only the people of the association write calligraphy, not the people of the association write, it is not calligraphy? If it is not written by the association, it will be identified as a jianghu, and it will not be a strange thing.
On the contrary, many associations have shallow foundations, deep utilitarianism, and eager to become famous, where there is time to practice writing, and even follow the ugly calligraphers to scribble around, which has artistry.
In the past, because of the lack of network communication, the association's regulations are what is what, in its name, belongs to the official calligraphy, and other folk, jianghu, and non-associations are all classified into the ranks of non-calligraphy, and the people can only be at the mercy of them, those who have real talent and practical learning, well-written, have been excluded, on the contrary, what national exhibition has become a paradise for ugly books, no wonder the people sigh: Chinese calligraphy is ugly everywhere, not ugly, not into the exhibition, the same way of writing, swinging over, leaning over, crooked over, crooked Wipe it over and wipe it over, anyway, it looks the same way, the same.
Nowadays, the network is developed, breaking the previous pattern, in exchange for the emergence of talents, there are real talents, well-written, through the network platform to show, the eyes of the people are bright, the so-called calligraphers in the past, many have faded out of people's sight, on the contrary, more calligraphers who write beautifully are recognized by the people and recognized by the public.
"Jianghu", "cross-border", this is not important, as long as it is well written and written artistically, why can't it be called calligraphy? It can be called calligraphy, people from all walks of life, people in all walks of life, as long as they study calligraphy, write well, write artistically, that is, calligraphy, or calligraphers.
A person can have multiple professions and multiple titles, as long as he has that ability, that skill, that talent, one or two more names or artistic positions, what is the harm?
It's normal that there are a lot of politicians, and at the same time artists, a lot of architects, and at the same time painters, a lot of presenters, and at the same time musicians. People have that skill, they are versatile.
There are many ordinary folk people, with extraordinary skills, no less than or even surpass the famous masters in the temple.
However, there are also many so-called famous artists in the halls and associations, but there is that position, and their artistic attainments are not high, and what they paint, write, and sing is not good, and even shoddy, but they are only famous, and with the celebrity effect, they respond to everything.
People's psychology, there is a herd psychological effect, people are cloudy, as if famous to be good, not famous is not good, no wonder there is a word "star chaser".
However, there are also many people who do not blindly follow, do not follow the stars, in their eyes, there are better than celebrities.
If you can't write well, then you can't call it calligraphy, even if it is good in other industries, and then it has achievements, and it is famous, because it is not well written in this category of calligraphy, then how can it be called calligraphy?
Therefore, whether it is calligraphy or not, it is still necessary to return to the essence of calligraphy, if it is well written, there is no need to say much, there is no need for grandiose propaganda, it is still calligraphy after all, on the contrary, if it is not written well, even if it is said more, and then the head is the Tao, it is not calligraphy in the end.
Or that sentence, calligraphy, refers to the calligraphy itself, the essence of calligraphy, the origin of calligraphy, not people and things outside of calligraphy, appreciate calligraphy, to put the vision and sight, put on the literal, put between the lines, put on the humanistic art of Chinese characters, only in this way, can we truly appreciate the profundity and artistic charm of Chinese characters. If that's not what you appreciate, that's a different story.
I don't know.
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