You must have seen such a group of calligraphers: fluent old cadres who write with one hand, fold pages flying around, exquisite albums distributed everywhere, self-proclaimed "famous calligraphers" and "since childhood diligently learned Ou Yan Liu Zhao, integrated all the families, learned and achieved success, and became one of themselves..." There are also many businessmen, cultural celebrities, and painters who also participate in the calligraphy circle and enjoy it.
In fact, these people have not even been able to step into the threshold of calligraphy.
As for the calligraphers in the contemporary calligraphy circle, most of them are already self-congratulatory and complacent, writing for a year and a half, and they all want to hold exhibitions, publish newspapers, and sell words. In fact, this is the most dangerous thing in the calligraphy circle.
Why are there so many people who are low in level but so self-righteous? The root cause is a lack of self-awareness. Some people may think that they know that their level is poor, but if they want to sell words to survive, they still have to insist on advocating. Such calligraphers are indeed not in the minority, but in the final analysis, they still lack the performance of self-knowledge, or underestimate the ability of others to distinguish the level of appreciation, which is actually a sublimation of lack of self-knowledge in the bones.
The lack of calligraphy self-criticism is a serious criticism of the calligraphy community, but those who have practiced a few strokes, so they fiddle with it, do not know the horizontal geometry, just talk about it, lest no one support the scene. In their hearts, many people know that their level is not high, but it is too lonely to be posted, and the right path is too difficult, so they use the name of strange pictures. In fact, it lacks self-knowledge, because the calligraphy of the strange has no vitality.
Why are calligraphers so reluctant to self-reflect and be sincerely self-critical? Or do many calligraphers pretend to be humble, pretending to be "please point out" and "still want to criticize", but they are still stubborn in their hearts and stick to themselves? At the end of the day, there is a lack of self-knowledge. That is, the ability to realize itself. You can't really face your flaws.
In the face of today's general environment in the calligraphy world, the key to carrying out calligraphy criticism is the self-realization of the calligrapher. If the calligrapher realizes that his calligraphy career needs criticism, then calligraphy criticism is a natural thing; if the calligrapher does not realize the need for calligraphy criticism, then you are looking for criticism, and you can only be bored. Last year, the city's calligraphy research office tried to carry out calligraphy criticism activities in the city's calligraphy circles, and as a result, after a year of persistence, there were fewer and fewer participants.
After the integration of calligraphy and the market, many people like others to flatter their calligraphy, afraid that the real calligraphy criticism will affect their own image and market price, and affect the "sales channel". When friends in the calligraphy community understand that calligraphy criticism is the same as reading books as a cure for calligraphy impetuosity, they will naturally realize the necessity of calligraphy criticism. Therefore, the key to carrying out calligraphy criticism lies in the calligrapher's self-realization and self-need.
The lack of self-consciousness of calligraphers in criticism is the key to the fact that calligraphy critics dare not tell the truth, and has little to do with the quality of calligraphy critics. If the calligraphy circle can follow the criticism of calligraphy like the Yan'an Literary and Art Symposium: "Those who speak are innocent, and those who hear are fully disciplined; if there is something, they will change it, and if there is none, they will be encouraged." "You won't be too demanding of the quality of your calligraphy critics. Of course, calligraphy critics must first speak measuredly, be objective and fair, respect the personality of the criticized, and constantly improve their own quality in the practice of calligraphy criticism.
▲ Jack Ma
It is necessary to fully understand the importance of calligraphy criticism, especially the extreme importance of personal calligraphy progress, and constantly enhance the awareness of calligraphy self-criticism, strengthen self-consciousness, and cultivate self-knowledge. There will not be so many self-righteous people in the calligraphy world.
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