After reading it, I think primary school students often write. At that time, it was just because I was bored. I felt bored and had to deal with it.
Today, I was lucky enough to read Lin Qingxuan's collection of essays "The Makeup of Life". I feel so deeply that my pen is full of blood. Isn't this who I am now?
Lin Qingxuan, a native of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Province, is a master of prose and is known as "one of the eight masters of contemporary prose".
In this article, there is a respected old makeup artist, who is also a friend of Teacher Lin. He had a pleasant chat and made a profound interpretation of makeup.
The highest level of makeup can be described in two words, that is' nature'. The most subtle makeup technique is to make people look like they don't have makeup. The makeup matches the identity of the owner and naturally shows the personality and temperament of that person. The second makeup is to highlight people, make her conspicuous and attract people's attention. Bad makeup is when people come out and find that she wears a lot of makeup, and this makeup is to cover up her shortcomings or age. The worst kind of makeup is that it distorts one's personality and loses the coordination of five senses after makeup. For example, people with small eyes have heavy eyebrows, people with big faces have white faces, and people with big mouths have red lips. ...
The seemingly simple epidermis repair of makeup, through the interpretation of the old makeup artist, distinguishes the levels and gives life to makeup, which makes me understand the true meaning and value of makeup in a deeper level.
Good makeup is to cultivate the mind, to be temperate, to persist, to be true, good and beautiful. Will make people look beautiful, endogenous temperament, feel the breath of nature, fresh and elegant, generous and charming.
Isn't this just like writing an article? Bad articles are often piled up with words, distorting the author's personality. A better article is radiant and eye-catching, but others know that you are writing an article. The best article is the natural expression of the author. He doesn't pile it up. When reading, he doesn't feel that he is reading an article, but a life. "
As the makeup artist said, third-rate articles are the makeup of words, second-rate articles are the makeup of spirit, and first-rate articles are the makeup of life.
This passage unveiled my fig leaf naked. Looking back at your own handwriting, isn't it just a bunch of words? No matter how gorgeous and unnatural the words are, they will be boring to read, just like lifeless leeks, which are hard to swallow.
Just like an article written a few days ago, Sun Li talked about writing: articles are afraid of putting on airs and should come from nature. I never choose flowery words when writing articles. If I just choose flowery words, it will be too late. Complete fire is smoke removal, only fire. This should be experienced and written naturally.
From the language used at the beginning of the novel, we can see that your original intention is innovation, but it hurts nature and makes you read everywhere. The writing is still smooth and natural.
Articles hurt nature, no matter how neat the confrontation is, no matter how clever the allusions are, there is always a reward.
Beautiful words can bring us pleasure, flow naturally in the long river of life, calm manic emotions, add interest to plain life and make the noisy society more peaceful.
From this beauty, we should savor life, repair and change it from the inside out, express life with experience, feel sincerity with heart, express and tell it with the most natural words, without doping or affectation.
Make-up and writing are just like being a human being, and only rebuilding the appearance often makes people feel disgusted. The rouge on the beach is difficult to wash. Instead of working so hard, it is better to treat others with heart, sublimate temperament and enhance intrinsic value.
If we sum up our reading of The Makeup of Life in one sentence, it is nothing more than Mr. Lin Qingxuan's profound understanding:
All appearances in this world are not independent and self-existent, and they must have profound internal significance. Then, the best way to change the appearance is not to work hard on the appearance, but to reform from the inside.