Three levels of appreciation
The characteristics of the "appreciative" person are: do not care about the specific appearance of the strange stone, any stone can be appreciated, a glance at the stone, the mind wanders in the direction of the heart.
The difference between "appreciators" and "pleasing to the eye" is that "pleasing to the heart" emphasizes the spirit, and "pleasing to the eye" focuses on materials, and both have their own emphases. The pursuit of spirit by the "appreciator" is a step further and higher than the pursuit of the material by the "pleasing person". However, if you only emphasize the "spirit", it seems to be clear and vulgar, but it is also easy to fall into the situation of "idealism".
The merit of "appreciation" is that it is calm and calming, introspecting, almost every different stone can come up with the same good thing, and it is easy to get spiritual satisfaction while getting spiritual enjoyment. Diluting the concern and desire for material things, no desire is rigid, no desire is elegant.
"Appreciators" have a "theory" that brings together the essence of many traditional Chinese cultures. These essences come from many fields of self-contained theories, and some are themselves a theory, but the emergence and even maturity and perfection of these theories are far earlier than playing with stones, and have little to do with stone appreciation.
This "theory" of "appreciation" actually borrows other theories to explain the phenomenon of stone appreciation, and the people who play with the stone are stunned, and the outsiders are fascinated. These traditional cultural theories were not exclusive to stone appreciation, and if you replace "stone appreciation" with "lotus viewing", you can explain it well, or even more perfectly. In fact, not only can the "stone" be replaced by "lotus", but also for many things with natural attributes, such as rivers, lakes and seas, the sun, moon and stars, etc. In fact, the "theory" of appreciation is to replace these natural objects with stones.
There is nothing wrong with explaining the phenomenon of stone appreciation, but the wrong is to think that this is the theory of stone appreciation, which is the theory of stone appreciation. The "take-ism" that quotes the scriptures does have merit, but it does not mean that you can form your own view of stone appreciation without playing with stones and specifically studying all aspects of playing with stones, and you can establish a set of stone appreciation theories that can guide the practice of stone appreciation. Again, as the saying goes, a theory divorced from concrete practice is an empty theory.
There is a famous saying: "Practice without theoretical guidance is blind practice." There is some truth in this sentence, but the "theory" is not innate, it comes from practice and is summarized from a large number of practices. Another famous quote tells the truth: "Practice makes true knowledge." The stone world is not easy, and for many years I have been crossing the river by feeling the stones. A lot of people are looking for theory, and some people don't want to have a theory.
"Appreciation" is not wrong, xu can become a genre. But it is necessary to establish a theory that is truly rooted in practice.
Level 4 Stone Viewing
The "stone viewing" mentioned in this article is different from the "stone appreciation" mentioned in the past.
In the past, the so-called "appreciation of stones" basically focused on the appreciation of the "shape, quality, skin, color, and pattern" of the strange stones, and from the perspective of artistic creation, it was only the tasting of the material materials used in the creation, and ignored the "intention" and "expression" of the creator. Therefore, the "stone viewing" in the past belongs to the category of "pleasing to the eye".
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The "stone appreciation" mentioned in this article should not only appreciate the natural conditions of the strange stone itself, but also appreciate the "angle form" selected by the stone people", "the "intention" of the shape endowment" and the "expression" of the thoughts and emotions that empower creation.
Therefore, the real "stone appreciation" is a comprehensive tasting, including "material" and "spiritual" - "natural stone" and "empowering creation". We can call it the "New Stone". "Nature" and "humanity" are equally important in the art of stone, and their importance is well reflected in the "New Stone Appreciation". Therefore, the more comprehensive "new appreciation stone" is one level higher than the "appreciation".
It can be seen that in the past, only emphasizing the importance of "natural substances" was a one-sided understanding of "playing with stones" and "appreciating stones". And this understanding does have its actual reasons and foundations. Why do some people insist on saying that it is a "natural work of art"? Because it is so good to sell to customers, people have been in awe of nature since ancient times.
Five levels of joy to play
The characteristics of "playing appreciators" are: "playing" and "rewarding" are very clear - "playing" is creation, "appreciation" is appreciation; based on a specific number of "play" and "appreciation" practices, pouring into the experience and regularity of summary, in-depth exploration of the principle of play appreciation, committed to the construction of the theoretical system of playing stone appreciation.
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There are also two kinds of stone viewing: one is sensory stone appreciation, and the other is careful viewing of stones.
"Sensory stone appreciation" includes viewing stones with eyes (seeing), hearing with ears (listening) and handing stones (touching), all of which belong to the category of "pleasing to the eye", all of which are to meet the needs of sensory pleasure. And the abnormal person uses his mouth to appreciate the stone (say), because it is too vain and real, it is difficult to be with the stone appreciator.
"Appreciating stones with heart" includes "appreciating the heart", "appreciating the stones" and "playing with rewards", all of which are from the heart to meet the needs of spiritual civilization.
I prefer the latter, but I am not alone, there are indeed a few in the Stone Realm. The spark of a spark can ignite the plains.
In terms of understanding, the "five levels" coexist in the stone world. From the perspective of the characteristics of resource-based business formats and their development laws, people will gradually see the appearance of "abnormal people", "pleasing people" will gradually shrink, and "appreciators", "stone appreciators" and "playing appreciators" will coexist for a long time and evolve into different genres. Time will tell.
If the appreciation of stones had truly become a culture, it would not have been as messed up as it is today, and I am afraid that it would have been mixed with other arts long ago.
Overall, the big sound of xisheng, the stone world still seems to be two major themes: "selling stones" and "fooling around". The stone sellers are still selling stones in a down-to-earth manner, and the nonsense is still seriously fooling around.
Still, what can we do? But we can do it without messing around with people, and we don't have to be busy on the road to find someone to mess with. What we need is more understanding, learning, practicing and thinking, and we should make a difference.