Hello everyone, today we will talk about rhythm in calligraphy. When we write in our daily life, we often hear people around us say that we must have rhythm and grasp the rhythm, so what is the rhythm in calligraphy?
What is the rhythm?
In calligraphy, all three of these can be explained. Let's talk about today's content from these three perspectives.
1. Combination of musical note lengths.
The music has a high pitch and a low pitch, the treble is sonorous and powerful, and the bass is eloquent. The alto stands for statement. Then there is also this rhythmic relationship in calligraphy. For example, the beginning of the writing process is stable, and the line book is written slowly and logically here with a bit of regular script, and the writing opens up the idea, the topic opens, he flies again, the rhythm accelerates, and when he reaches a certain position, he calms down again. So he spoke slowly.
It's like a child crying and running to you, you ask him (her) what's going on, he (she) cries even more, you comfort and comfort you on the side, and gradually sobbing and telling you what happened to him (her). Then you empathize while listening, hug him or her grievances, and finally comfort him/her. Then his crying stops completely, and sometimes he will burst into laughter, at this time you have the calm to analyze the gains and losses in such a process for him, and summarize the lessons learned. At this time, he (she) will discuss with you with a serious face.
This is the rhythmic feeling that comes with emotions in calligraphy.
At this time, we don't compose poems and essays on our own, and I don't have emotions? At this time, you have to read the essay, read the poems, and find the point of empathy. For example, Li Bai's poems
"Silent Night"
The bright moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground.
Raise your head to look at the bright moon and bow your head to think of your hometown.
The first two sentences describe the feeling of the moonlight shining through the window in front of my bed, like frost. Looking up at the bright moon in the sky, I was extremely homesick when I looked down. There is also a rhythm of emotions here, and the first two sentences calm the scenes of life. What did he think of when he looked up at the bright moon? A round of bright moon sent lovesickness, maybe he and someone in his hometown drank and talked happily in the moonlight, or maybe he and his relatives in his hometown whispered in the moonlight...... When you look up, you may think of a lot, this is an expression, looking down and thinking of your hometown, and at the same time a sigh.
For example, if you want to write the preface to King Teng's Pavilion, you need to understand the story of Wang Bo, who is young and talented, meets a leader, wants to show his talent in front of the leader, and is eager to serve the country. That's the overall tone. At the beginning of the article, Yuzhang Ancient County Hongdu Xinfu slowly told that this is also a rhythm. Speaking of Luoxia and the lonely bird flying together, the autumn water is long together, and the beautiful description is a kind of clear spirit, smart, and when it comes to the three-foot life, a scholar...... Some complaints, you see that this emotion is slowly advancing. It's like music.
2. The metaphor refers to a process with a certain regularity.
This regular process is closer to what we call feeling on a daily basis. For example, I used to work in Beijing, where the overall pace was fast and in a hurry. Later, he settled in Huangshan, such a tourist city is slow-paced. That's the process. In calligraphy, rhythm corresponds to speed.
For example, the manuscript of the nephew, written to the front speed of the book stable output, these cursive writing are frequently popped up. It's a change of pace. In calligraphy, there are changes everywhere. The pace of change is also a change.
3. Etiquette system. Refers to the various rules of etiquette.
To put it simply, this is a specification rule. When it comes to calligraphy, rules are everywhere. No matter how unbridled the writing, no matter how innovative and reformed, this law is always the same. For example, cursive writing has the law of cursive writing, and it is very rigorous, and the difference may not be the same word.
Summary: How to use rhythm?
According to the first case, to understand the content of the written article, don't go up and copy the book. Put me emotionally. In this way, even if you copy a book, you can write emotions, right?
In the second case, grasp the speed of writing. Be steady when writing at the beginning, and be steady and fast when you are ready to speed up. Stability lies in the clear explanation of the strokes and the details in place. Here it is mainly used for the movement at the turn of the stroke, the beginning and the end of the stroke. It can be fast halfway, fast and sure, and if it is too fast, it will be drawn and white. In the previous article, I said that the expression of emotions in calligraphy, friends who have time can find out and take a look. It introduces the dots, lines, planes, and flying whites.
According to the third case, grasp the testimonies. Take calligraphy as the criterion. Taboo baseless scribbles.
Okay, let's share it here, the theoretical article is actually very boring, and I believe it is not easy for friends to see here. So why do we have to say this? Because it's important. My idea is to use simple and easy-to-understand words for common sense. Only when you understand the truth, can you better grasp it when you write.
Okay, that's it!
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