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Concepts and consciousness are the basic abilities that artists need to create, which most calligraphers and painters know. But there is still a layer of need for concepts and consciousness, but the calligraphers and painters basically do not know. As a result, many excellent calligraphers and painters were buried. Although it is a pity, these calligraphers and painters do not deserve sympathy. Because this idea and consciousness has been conveyed to them countless times, but it is not accepted. Therefore, the old man said: "There must be something hateful about the poor man." There are two kinds of buried calligraphers and painters, one is that he is free with looseness, and the other is self-righteous, thinking that he is under the heavens.
Works by Wang Min
Freedom is what every artist pursues, because in the space of freedom, spiritual works can be created. However, many calligraphers and painters do not know what freedom is, and they flaunt it as freedom all day long. As a result, artistic progress stagnated, and even more so, it became a slave to socializing. Self-righteousness, in itself, is a derogatory term, but it is flaunted as a personality by some people who think they are. Looking at the calligraphy and painting market in recent decades, such calligraphers and painters abound. These calligraphers and painters never improve their own concepts and consciousness, only know how to brag about themselves, and only know how to watch the old yellow calendar and chant.
Opportunities are given to those who are prepared, and concepts and consciousness are the qualities and abilities that every calligrapher and painter must prepare. If you want to use this ability well, the first is not to treat "idleness as freedom." Don't think of self-righteousness as your own excellence. Rather, to truly read freedom, to know that freedom is built on self-discipline, and that freedom without self-discipline is loose and ignorant. Truly understand that self-righteousness is a clown, can only make jokes for others, and can not have any achievements in art, can not produce any value in the market of painting and calligraphy.
An excellent calligrapher and painter must not only have a concept of art and have his own consciousness; he must also truly understand the principle of freedom and know how to study modestly and cautiously, which has many examples in society. Unbelief can carefully analyze the phenomena in the art market over the years.