Text/Li Chun
Book art is difficult to judge, and book art creation is even more difficult.
In today's era, often browsing the Internet, as a calligraphy enthusiast, I will see some so-called critics talking about this work from time to time, that is not good, this is a printed body, that has no aura, are they all big names or critics in the book world? Can you keep a little bit of mouth morality? People post words on the Internet, some are playing with themselves, some are recording learning experiences, some are wanting to promote themselves, some are looking for Bole, do you know the needs of others?
I have participated in more than ten hard pen calligraphy competitions with a moment of enthusiasm, won some consolation awards, the results are not ideal is normal, I have not practiced for a long time, nor am I a professional, just an ordinary enthusiast. My expectations for the level of judges are too high, I do not understand that judging and writing are actually different, in fact, the high level of writing does not mean that the level of judging is high, the level of judging is high, and it does not mean that the calligraphy is high. I found that some of the judges' own results in the competition are not bad, or even do not participate, the judges' signature handwriting is also ugly, but they can judge the quality of the work, always think that people are not eye-catching and low-handed, in fact, many are old and resting, and some judges are really calligraphy evaluation theorists, so there is no need to require them to have a high-level work. Although people with a little calligraphy cultivation may not be able to write exquisite works, they can roughly evaluate the works, but if they really want to achieve the evaluation of high-level works, they still need these professional judges. Since the learners have a certain aesthetic ability, everyone should learn more from the strengths of others, and everyone should judge more to encourage, euphemistically criticize, do not have to make red face, unless people come to the door to plead with the axe and worship you as a teacher.
Judging seems easy, but it is also difficult, and the same person is judged in various competitions very differently, and some booksellers win the highest prize in a certain competition, and in some events they can't even get in. Is it true that the quality of the two works is really very different? I thought it was possible that the judges' aesthetic preferences were influenced by the popularity of the bookmakers, that there was a certain difference in the work, that was magnified by the judges, and that there might be (hearsay) commercial hype. Therefore, everyone to participate in the competition should also have a normal heart, do not blame the judges, they also have rules and standards, they are also people, sometimes there may be some situations that you do not understand, the overall is still fair, many of the evaluation of the event is almost live broadcast, you can see, every event has a jury, whether it is the preliminary evaluation, re-evaluation or the final evaluation, not a person to decide, as long as your work is good enough, it will be discovered.
It is difficult to evaluate the art of calligraphy, it is really more difficult to create, and the book learners, especially the contestants, are not only occasionally practicing pens, they have paid more time and energy than ordinary people, and often squeeze in time to repeatedly polish and practice to write relatively good works, and their degree of hard work can be imagined. I know that the winner of the 13th China Steel Calligraphy Excellence Award, Teacher Li Zhenglun of Shanxi Province, is 82 years old and insists on creating and sending works to the WeChat group every day, which is really admirable; Xie Hua, a beautiful teacher in Luxian County, Sichuan, a disciple of the famous calligrapher Yan Ruimin, also insisted on standardized writing every day to send circles of friends to the circle of friends in order to promote standardized writing.
Because there are many criteria for judging calligraphy works, such as content, font complexity, writing instruments, penmanship, calligraphy, chapters, etc., there are many things to pay attention to, and each one is difficult to do well, even if it is a calligraphy master in the process of creation, there will inevitably be a slight negligence, once distracted, some problems are irreparable, which is the confusion that calligraphy creators often encounter. Even if it is the book Saint Wang Xizhi, his "Lanting Collection" also has the phenomenon of missing words and typos, which shows the difficulty of creation, and the judges always criticize and judge with a critical eye. Therefore, everyone must respect the creator, respect the calligraphy work, and do not hesitate to applaud and praise! Calligraphy enthusiasts often join a variety of calligraphy associations, but also into a lot of social groups, from time to time to send some works to communicate with book friends, some people want to like, some people want to judge, out of the difficulty of creation, I am more to learn, but also like to like, some people say that most of the likes are sloppy, or calligraphy literacy is low or something. Are you sure that I'm patting a horse, and that I should be trying to get benefits, otherwise I wouldn't have gone to shoot for no reason, what do you think I liked or what I wanted? Turnip greens have their own love, please do not live in the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. If you see the works are liked, there may be such a suspicion, and a good thing to like is really a show of hands. If a calligraphy social group is lifeless, without even a simple like or evaluation, and the like must be said to be for other purposes, I am afraid that the group will become a dead group, and you will lose the meaning of being a member of the group.
Although it is difficult to create, I still resent the "ugly book" that does not conform to the public's aesthetics, after all, we still want to have a beautiful visual impact when we appreciate the work. A few people who are famous are mixed into the calligraphy circle and have inscriptions everywhere, you still have to have the name of self-knowledge, do not end up laughing generously, such as a certain brother and so on. If you write ugly books and become calligraphers, and that one is a calligrapher, there will be no calligrapher.