Students of calligraphy have experienced that the art of calligraphy is endless and difficult to find. However, as long as the direction is right, there will be a successful day. So, what is the "right path" of calligraphy?
Reverence for ancestors: Following traditions is the right way to calligraphy
Inheriting the tradition and learning from the classics of the past is the only way to learn calligraphy.
In the thousands of years of Chinese calligraphy history, you will not find a genius calligrapher who does not learn traditions, does not have any traditional skills, and completely "creates" on his own. Traditional skills are equivalent to the foundations on the building, the deeper the digging, the more solid the ramming, the more stable the building. Laying a solid traditional skill requires hard work and the accumulation of time, which is by no means an overnight thing.
Extending future generations: Respecting ancestors before talking about innovation
Innovation is the driving force for the life and development of all art, and it is also the ultimate goal of our inheritance of tradition. A history of Chinese calligraphy is a history of inheritance and innovation.
On the one hand, the calligrapher needs to go through the accumulation process of thick accumulation and thin hair through long-term and arduous pen and ink tempering; on the other hand, through repeated thinking, in-depth research, to extract the essence, to innovate, and constantly activate the combination mechanism of calligraphy itself, so as to achieve the purpose of innovation. Whether it is reading posts or copying, we should pay attention to finding shining points in the fa-posts of the predecessors, summarizing the regularity, and finding out every stroke and every painting that suits our own mentality, in order to learn from the strengths of all and integrate them. All of this must be created on the basis of tradition. Nowadays, many people's so-called calligraphy innovations have nothing to do with tradition, in fact, these people are self-made and sentimental, and the final result is only one place: the garbage heap of history.
Eclectic: Deep cultivation can gradually improve
The older generation of calligraphers once incisively said: "Together with calligraphy, youth is more than talent, middle age is more than skill, and in old age it is all a contest of learning." "In addition to the competition of natural life span, calligraphers are the competition of cultivation.
The ancients said: "Look at things, see mountains, rivers, cliffs, rocks, birds, beasts, insects, fish, flowers and trees, the sun and moon, wind and rain, water and fire, thunder and thunder, song and dance battles, changes in heaven and earth, gratifying and shocking, all in books." What is emphasized is exactly what we often call "word work". The ancients did not have a whole day to practice calligraphy all year long but never read and become a calligrapher, now many people learn calligraphy to know that the post is important, but all day long only know the post, other hobbies are not at all, then your calligraphy level is absolutely impossible to be high. What are the "word skills"? There are too many, history, philosophy, literature, religion, music, dance, drama, painting, martial arts, Go, etc., these things do not necessarily require absolute understanding, it is impossible to do so, but at least it must be interested, more or less half-understood.
Art is a reflection of the concept of human life, and for the writer, It is Liu Xizai's "Outline of Art" that says: "Books, such as also." As it learns, as it aspires, in short, as its people. "Only with noble personality charm can we gain the respect and love of the broad masses." The charm of the calligrapher, in addition to the charm of art, is mainly the charm of personality. Liu Gongquan, a great calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, said that "the heart is correct and the pen is straight", "The personality is not noble, and the character style is kitsch." ”
Calligraphy and learning are mutually causal. A person's learning is not innate, but is long-term hard work and diligent pursuit. The connotation of pen and ink, the taste of art and the content of writing are inseparable from learning at any time, and leaving is nothing.
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