Be a craftsman of his own life

"The gentleman does not have a device" in the Analects of Confucius, Confucius has always been very cold on the gentleman, it is estimated that he can not reach, so it is necessary to keep learning and preaching.

If you don't have a device, you can't be a tool when you are low. If you go high, you are trying to be "useless." As for the pattern that does not stick to oneself, we must be brave enough to try to break through, and behind it is nothing more than learning and vision. Chinese people, for things like this, have been entangled, love and hate.

In the past, we were somewhat disdainful, because the only thing that the masters need to get rid of is the ingenuity. But for things to use, it is always through the hands of the craftsmen. Everyone has no masters, and life is always supported by all kinds of craftsmen, and whether you like craftsmen or not.

Nowadays, the craftsmanship spirit has become popular, and it is a bit of a pair with the ancestors. Fortunately, there is still a sense of accommodation in the gentleman, and we also need to be more tolerant and understanding of the craftsman spirit. Popular in China is a master, a giant, and it needs to be huge or worthy of a big thumb. Craftsman's spirit, really to the modern society, the more the desires, the virtual network, this most real spirit is pop-up. I don't know if we really need it or because it is missing.

There is a friend who is doing purple sand, all handmade, usually about half a year, I will take a pot from him, a lot of forests. Occasionally, I found that most of them are optical devices, which are practical and traditional, with no flowers or embellishments. It is not possible to use every pot. Occasionally changing the pot is also a mood and season. The rest of the time is responsible for the furnishings. It is not simple and beautiful. So, ask him why, a little blame.

The friend is quiet, saying that the easiest and most difficult. The pot is used for this thing, so its beauty lies in the convenience and comfort of the use, and the lost function is actually dead. The less you feel when you use it, the more you don't feel awkward and uncomfortable. Any pot is full of curves and closed things. It takes into account how the tea inside rolls and stretches, and how the water flows, and then the pot. The shape of the pot is to let you know what he can tolerate, not what his shape looks like.

The flaw of the light goods is the most conspicuous, because it is light goods, the light and shadow brought by the curve of his surface must be certain, full of beauty and transition. Any flaws in lines and shapes are a glance at things. They are stupid, too spiritual and frivolous, and they are sleek and restrained. There is nothing to hide and transfer. They are clearly there.

Moreover, the pot should be burned, the mud material should be selected, and the mud material of the light goods is obvious. It is not enough pure enough to be old enough. The larger the area, the more exposed it can be revealed. All handmade, in addition to skill and skill, and mind and environment, the craftsmen are stupid, must be stupid, the pot is the pot. It's good to follow the process, but on the one hand, I have to imagine what the whole pot is like, but what I do every moment is only related to one point of this link. It is a good thing to string together, and there is a point of defeat. And it is defeated as a whole.

Pots are not the same as other things. Art may require passion, and pots require quiet power. When making a pot, no matter what the mood is before, what else should be done after the completion of the pot, the pot must be quiet when it is made, and the pot made quiet and not quiet can be seen at a glance. You don't often meditate? The feeling is the same as making a pot.

This kind of preaching is similar to selling goods. To say that something is valuable is nothing more than a story or a painstaking effort. The highest state naturally means that this thing is alive. But fortunately, it is not easy to know the craftsmanship. The easiest and most difficult thing is this. This is Craftsman's spirit? Does life need craftsmanship?

In fact, this world is a pragmatic world, and exquisite self-interest has become popular. Even selling and selling art, in fact, is no different from selling things. Craftsmanship, how do you like it or contempt, always in the moment when you are in your life.

The story of life always has only beginning and success, and the process and failure in the middle are always covered by oneself consciously, unless those failures are worth showing off. Life is a traveler with a dream, but who is immersed in the road. The inevitable look back is a hesitant choice when moving forward. You always think that skills and skills can be the foundation of your life, but you never know what you are doing to prove your worth.

The feast of life is not that you are invited to participate, well-dressed, but you are preparing ingredients and cooking. The materials you prepared may have fooled you, and may not fool the world. You may have been practicing secretly for a long time, but you are uneasy when you really face life. The banquet of your dreams, separated from the best ingredients, is the power of silence. That is, like a pot and mud, it seems to be a skill forever. In fact, it is quiet to do, step by step like a ritual, quiet and focused like a baby.

Maybe you choose a more splendid and more beautiful life, but the premise is that you are not trying to cover up your bad materials, the middle is not quiet enough, and the skills of life are not enough. When you decorate yourself to cover yourself, and to put on a useful look for uselessness, such as those fancy teapots, the harvest may be appreciated, but it is actually a hard wound in life.

The world has always been honest. You have deceived yourself, but you can't lie to the world. The world is also very boring. You think that you have worked hard, but you are being talked about by the world's buyers. The reality of life, always harassed by dreams, has no thoughts. When dreams and reality oppose each other, even a quiet life becomes a luxury.

No matter how others evaluate your life, you are destined to be a craftsman of your life. Forging your own materials, learning the skills you need, and turning your skills into abilities. A lot of failures are because the dream is too big, or because the dream ignores the present. A lot of failures are nothing more than too lazy to forge materials, too lazy to follow the ritual. More failures are trying to hide my dream of not treating me quietly. I just fear that my life will be pierced by my own efforts. The harder I work to show off my life, the more my life is useless and full of life.

I still have a friend who made jade carvings. He attributed the beauty of jade to the awe of jade, and attributed the work to finding the best balance between essence and annihilation. It seems to have nothing to do with making a pot. In fact, like a pot, it is always related to life.

The easiest and most difficult thing is to hold awe of life and be a craftsman of your own life.