This collection of essays contains Zhang Wei's observation and reflection on life, things and writing when he lived by the sea in recent years. He likes "small places" and is not used to noise. I usually feel very happy when I have the opportunity to write about my feelings. If you write well, you will have a sense of self-appreciation. He said: "If a writer fabricates something, it is better to record something real. Writers should be encouraged to record more real things for inspiration and reference. Making things up is particularly annoying, and the more life experience you have, the more you can't stand it. The record is true. Generally speaking, as long as you are honest, tell the truth and the words are vivid and smooth, you can cut them. " This tenacity and persistence is a kind of spiritual watcher, and also reflects the lofty literary feelings.
In the title of The Rabbit Thinking by the Sea, Zhang Wei describes a rabbit who loves writing, and that rabbit is the epitome of himself. The article interprets writing through rabbits, and also reveals the creative essence in the writer's mind, that is, "all good writers are thinking rabbits: diligent, curious, simple and kind." Zhang Wei attaches importance to children's literature and regards it as the entrance, foundation and even core of the whole literature. Because in his view, a writer can only get a fresher, deeper, more amazing and simpler understanding and feeling by touching all the complexities with a childlike innocence and a potential child perspective.
Zhang Wei's soul enjoys loneliness, because he enjoys loneliness, and loneliness won't hurt anyone. He is a little "divorced" from the modern material society, and he is worried about life and the world. He is never lonely in a lonely land, because he is in a natural place, pursuing the moonlight in the countryside, the white clouds by the sea, and feeling the simple and quiet heart of the countryside in the reading of birds, ploughing and rain. This is awe and love for nature and labor itself, a feeling of boundless noise in silence, and a meditation on silent but ubiquitous history and culture. The excitement and pleasure of returning to the seaside, such as the sound in the depths of the forest, the river of words, the old country and the unforgettable lion cliff, is like a rope, pulling people into a simple and natural world.
Through the thinking of Rabbit by the Sea, we can know something about rabbit writers. After reading the "new work" 42 years ago, you can better understand Lion Cliff. Articles such as The Writer's Quality, The Writer's Source, A Writing Without Metaphor and Transcendental Reading not only describe Zhang Wei's creative process, but also reflect and understand the people in his hometown Jiaodong Peninsula, the seaside and the daily phenomena in modern society, and comment and analyze many literary creative activities and processes. For friends who want to know about Zhang Wei's novels or are interested in becoming writers, these scattered contents are rarely gathered together, which undoubtedly has great reference value.
Zhang Wei believes that writing is "the heart sound of the lonely" and self-referring prose is "the heart book connected by silk thread". Writing with heart is the reason why he is recognized by readers. The book contains his exploration of life, his passion for writing, and his thoughts on history and culture. He said: "At the moment when all kinds of desires are aroused, some people may not need to participate together, because this time is not' your participation', but personal persistence." He expounded philosophy from some common examples and paid attention to some ideological noumenon and the significance of life existence. He is a scholar by nature, but sometimes he looks like a soldier. He has such determination. When he was quiet, he stayed in the mountains for several years, euphemistically called a virgin, but once he found his goal, he leaped like an eagle, "grass withered and eagle eye disease." This gesture is unique to Zhang Wei.
Although the sources of the articles included in the book are diverse, after careful reading, we will find that the theme that the writer pays attention to and talks about has never left children's literature, creative exploration and peninsula culture research. As a writer born in Longkou, Shandong Province, Zhang Wei has been devoted to writing stories about the history of seaside and peninsula, for children, and for maintaining childlike innocence and poetic heart. What he did in The Rabbit by the Sea is not to teach the so-called creative techniques, but to tell us that we should proceed from real life and always do "professional" creation with the spirit of "amateur".
A good writer has two particularly precious hearts: a childlike innocence and a poesy. Zhang Wei said: "These two hearts should never leave, otherwise you can't write an innocent story or a complicated intrigue. Embracing the world with a pure poetic heart can make different corners of the world look particularly real and profound. " At this time, I feel that all good writers are thinking rabbits: diligent, curious, simple and kind. Reading this book is like a breeze blowing into the heart, freeing the numb and tired body and mind of modern people from the call of nature.