Wei Bi, a photographer rooted in his hometown.

Wei Bi is a rural photographer in Hubei. He held a photo exhibition named after his hometown Meng Xi. His works were invited to the National Library of France, but he refused. He is still in his hometown, shooting his works.

He usually takes pictures of home scenery, people, some farm tools and real scenes in life. I am used to writing with a brush. I combine my photography with calligraphy written on rice paper to form a perfect combination.

"Never You" is a book in which Castle Peak interviewed four people. Told four stories. This is the second story. The following is an excerpt from my reading notes. But because it's an interview, the subject is usually Wei Bi, the protagonist.

The rice thresher is used for threshing. In the past, rice threshing relied entirely on manpower to make it rotate and make it shout. Rice thresher is usually used by two people at the same time. After a long time, the slats on the grate are sunken. When I was a teenager, I did a lot of work. Every autumn harvest, three brothers and sisters can't escape.

What I am trying to find may be a clear and sincere self-expression.

Sometimes it is not so much a choice as a heart that drives and leads the track. People will naturally know where to go.

This is a man wrapped in close family ties. Behind what you get, there must be practical efforts and support.

Nowadays, people are more cautious about buying books and reading, and they can't buy two books a year. If you feel that time is limited, read a really meaningful book and learn something. There are few classics to read. Sometimes reading a few words is enough for a lifetime.

It is quiet here. I don't even want to go to the county now. As soon as I arrived in this city, I felt sick all over.

I don't need much communication with the outside world, and I'm tired of the so-called elegant entertainment. In the final analysis, the heart should echo nature, from which it can get everything it wants.

There should be some deciduous trees in front of and behind the house. So that we can see the four seasons. Otherwise it's boring.

Mushan asked, how did this incident (referring to the imprisonment of Webby's filming because of some force majeure factors) change your concept? Is there any way out?

Answer: It made me realize one thing. Life is short and precious, and it belongs to me alone. Don't waste on situations, people and things that have nothing to do with yourself. That's what you said, retreat, live high, immunize it and stay away from pollution as much as possible.

In recent years, I have basically understood that this is the case in the city, and I understand how everyone lives. This is the way I hate to live.

Tired of this city. Not only is life stressful, but I also feel that living is meaningless. It's like being caught in a torrent and living without yourself. This kind of sacrifice, if it can be called dedication, is actually a mutual consumption.

I can't waste my limited life on these things. Make a choice and leave. Those dozens of square meters in the city are not home, and there is no place for souls. Escape or retreat, it is someone else's statement. You know where you are most comfortable.

I'm glad I have a place to retire. It's nice to know the lifestyle you want. Although life has not yet reached the real ideal goal, at least it is moving in that direction. Going back to the countryside is not my own idea, but it may represent the tendency of a large number of people with certain consciousness in our time. It's just that some people are homeless, helpless, have no sense of belonging, and have no home.

Writing is not to be a calligrapher, nor to show others. Through it, you can repair your heart and open another door.

I am willing to write to my friends. If you write a letter with a brush, others may feel affected. In fact, everyone doesn't have to pretend to be serious, even with pens and pencils. Friendship 20 years ago, you can see it through letters, text messages and emails, but you can't touch it.

Caution in photos is very important. The popularity of digital cameras now makes people panic. It makes people look uncomfortable, all kinds of abandoned expressions and postures. That's because the person being photographed is not ready, and the person being photographed is too rude and hasty. Our true feelings about one thing were taken away.

Qingshan said that the times have eliminated many things, and people sometimes can't resist it, and there is no way to resist it.

He said that it doesn't matter what is eliminated, as long as you live in your own way.

The French National Library wanted to collect his Meng Xi, but he refused. "Intermediary work is not standardized, and many leading institutions will think that collecting works is to honor the author, so as to raise their own worth. I don't like this. Respect for labor is the minimum. "

He wrote Meng Xi 2 in lowercase letters. Calm narration, don't let words interfere with the picture, just foil the photo. The works reflect well, but most of them are insiders. He believes that this group of films has no dazzling skills, and it is not a picture that makes people feel stimulated. Waterwheel, mother's old mirror, old bed used by parents when they got married, cotton shoes made by mother …

For the expression of these things, he pursues plain and simple. Those things are shiny and need no decoration. Sometimes modification is a kind of weakening.

Living in my hometown is like living in my mother's womb. He feels comfortable and knows that he is a part of this land. I hope this expression of hometown will never stop. But we still have to look at ourselves. With the promotion of the realm, we can see different things and levels, and we can see the vastness from a more microscopic perspective.

Times have changed so fast that there are no cows in the whole village now. All cows are kept for people to eat. Comprehensive mechanization is the only way out for rural development, which is generally publicized in this way. In the future, children in rural areas don't even know what a plow is, nor do they know the relationship between a plow and a cow. I don't know why there is a cow under the plow. Our generation has sent away the era of farming civilization and handicraft industry, and may be doing something unique.

He said that farming civilization is good, that is, sustainable and absolutely low-carbon.

How does family life affect an artist?

Women are people who drag men into the world. Man's animality has two sides, one is divinity and the other is animality. He will re-examine his career. Career is sacred, not just a mixed bowl of food, so I am willing to sacrifice all my things for it. But if you choose a family, you must bear it as a man.

The most extravagant thing to live here is to eat your own vegetables. Seasonal dishes are eaten every day, which is really called rough tea and light rice.

If I have a little leisure, I will think about what to do and feel that life is a bit too dull, or too dull. But sometimes I think it's good. In the city, everyone feels important and has a strong sense of existence.

Qingshan asked Nana, the wife of Wei Bi, if there would be any change after living here for two years.

A: It changed in less than two years. Nature and the sky are particularly easy to influence people. Nature is quiet, but it gives people a lot of inspiration. Many things will be considered from a natural point of view. The feeling in the city is really limited, not so much.

Wife nana talked about Wei wall:

He is in poor health. When you are sick, you are pessimistic and think about the negative side. Once I am well, I will pretend that nothing happened. I tried to help him control it. There is little hope, but good health is the most important thing.

After marriage, I feel that the relationship between two people needs to be managed. It is easy to tolerate each other at first, but after living for a long time, we must provide energy for each other.

I used to be self-centered, uncompromising and stubborn. He changed me a lot. I am willing to change.

He's real. At first, he just thought he could believe everything he said. Before the love, my heart seems to have not sunk to the end. With him, you don't need to think about anything else.

This is a kind of trust.

The old secretary gave me two complete ones when he dug lotus roots on his lips. In fact, one is enough, buried in the mud, when the lotus pond was full, it was amazing. Squatting there, you will smell the fragrance when you see the lotus leaf much taller than yourself.

I said, you can cook lotus leaf porridge for your child, and it will be cold in summer. There is also a usage in Six Chapters of a Floating Life, in which lotus petals open and close at dusk. Put the tea in at dusk, wrap it with petals at night and take it out the next morning. Tea is saturated with the rich fragrance of lotus. This is a beautiful detail.

He said that children in rural areas are divided into two categories. One is that if you go out, you must go back to your hometown, otherwise you will not go home for several years. One is to completely get rid of the identity of farmers and become urban residents. Few people are as eager to come back as he is.

"My brother doesn't like it here because his childhood is almost a painful memory. He is now a successful person in a small place and has always been very pessimistic about my behavior. I think I'm too shabby. I can't go on like this all my life. I am anxious for me. "

"So is my mother. I hope I can at least live in the county, buy a big house, drive a slightly better car and let my children go to the best school. They represent the universal values of this era. I don't know that I live in the countryside, but I am miserable in the city, although that kind of life can also make me numb. I'm not like them. My rural memories are not bitter, they are all beautiful. Therefore, I strongly want to return to the land related to myself. "

Sometimes he feels that some souls are still floating after he comes back. Not fully integrated. Kind of like going home.

He said that when he first went to Shenzhen, he just came out of the countryside and earned two or three hundred dollars before he was twenty. Cool, like a rich man. When printing, the income is more objective, and you can squander thousands of dollars a day. I don't know what money is. At that time, in Lixian County, 10,000 yuan could probably buy a house.

"I completely forgot my shape. I just drink and play all day, but I can't find the north. Waste your youth. Now I think this extravagance and waste is not necessarily a bad thing, because I have seen everything I should see and my desire has been released. Huangshan returns without looking at Yue. "

After you have fully experienced and released your desires, won't those things be done again?

Everyone has different IQ and different opportunities. There may be some smart people who don't need this stage and can see it clearly long ago.

Is it possible to bypass it without going through it?

I think someone must have this ability. You may not be able to bypass it. He took a road, which was really high, so he went down correctly.

Can a person in his twenties choose the bright road?

Yes I have been looking for wisdom from books since I was a child, without distractions, and I am moving towards the light of wisdom. Of course, this does not mean that they can't experience pain.

Even so, can you know what is the best without personal experiments?

There must be, but there are fewer such people.

"Calligraphy needs to be balanced, and the strength should be put away. Once it is put away, it is yin and yang. There are many ways, such as not letting go, not picking up a pen alone and so on. Avenue to Jane, the truth of being a man is also unified. Calligraphy will make the heart quieter. If you are quiet about everything, you don't have to worry about not doing good art skills. "

He believes that China's traditional culture has a long history, which is a powerful point of view. People who practice calligraphy want to learn Chinese medicine, and they must learn better than those who don't. They come down in one continuous line and say the same thing. After learning Chinese medicine, you don't have to worry about not knowing calligraphy. If you know Beijing opera, you don't have to worry about not knowing martial arts. This is the beauty of China culture, which often tells the truth. Any channel leads to the avenue, and daily life can also be the avenue.

"Feeling is more important than saying it. What modern people lack is to calm down and look at their hearts and sit with the ancients. "

He said that he likes writing, and he would feel guilty if he didn't write. Or in the morning, or at night, sometimes I remember something. I usually write whatever comes to mind. One's fingers itch, I want to write and draw everything I see, on different materials.

I made a new pole some time ago. There is a film inside the bamboo, and the brush has an excellent touch. What he wrote on the pole is: I finally have a pole of my own, and I can help my mother pick up shit.

"Finished, after I die, maybe later generations will accidentally see when cleaning the house. The meaning of writing a pole is completely different, and there may be some positive effects. Some details have an impact on children that you can't imagine. "

When I get up in the morning, the plants under the fog are hung with dew, and the birds are chirping overhead to welcome the new day. In the distance, it is picturesque. I stopped to wonder if I was living in reality. So, is it too happy? Not far from the south, there was a slow sadness and joy. I know another old man has passed away, and his life is over.

"In the past, food was basically not packaged. Now look, two biscuits are packed in a plastic bag. Sin. "

In winter in Hunan, the fog always looks like day after day. Fog has erased the concreteness of the world and presented poetry. A good photo is thinking with God. At that moment, you left.

"For me, if I have a peaceful mind, I can live with a few trees for a lifetime. When they become permanent. These mountains are so beautiful that you won't get tired of watching them all day. This kind of pleasure is far better than earning10 million to drive a Mercedes or BMW. Money, technology and materials can't solve people's emptiness. This is not the spirit of Ah Q, and 90% happiness has nothing to do with it. These ideas may be a little wisdom from God, plus my childhood experience and later consciousness. "

Many people will be unhappy from the inside out, or it can be said that God did not give him this blessing. They enjoy a heated swimming pool, expensive Porsche and live in the eyes of others.

I said that material consumption is excessive in this era, but people can't get real comfort in their desires. For example, mobile phones, constantly improving technology, upgrading, resulting in many people's mobile phones are not worn out at all, but are willing to follow suit. Having something newer, more advanced, more luxurious and more interesting seems to bring pleasure and success, even if it is fleeting.

As you said, everyone's life can be nourished by natural interaction, but many people lack this ability, so they can only try to satisfy themselves through other channels and the realization of various desires. People's minds are sometimes so restless that they can't live without external scenes and objects, and they need all kinds of news, entertainment, information and debauchery, and are controlled by them.

He said that people's hearts are empty and have no ability to interact with nature. But material desires can never satisfy the soul. Buddhists have a saying that if you want more, you will suffer. Endless eating and drinking, luxury cars and colorful goods are all temporary anesthesia.

"Sometimes I wonder why thousands of years of civilization have been so completely abandoned in our generation? Why can't people control themselves now? Is it a real loss or a short-term loss? "

"I can have today, all by my parents' simple words and deeds and the nourishment of the fields. Fortunately, I didn't go the wrong way. It is good for people to be a little wild. This era may just need this primitive wildness, which will be more precious. Therefore, I especially hope that children can have more contact with the land. "

He made a summary himself. Eighty or ninety percent of his successful friends came from the countryside. Children in rural areas will have a lower starting point and may start to understand later, but it doesn't matter. They naturally have contact with their disciples and have a good impression. They can smell, see and touch nature. Enough perception, enough energy, and naturally there will be an explosion. This kind of reserve is very important, which is lacking by urban children. So he can't let his children spend their childhood and adolescence in the exhaust of the city.

Although it is undeniable that the countryside is also suffering from a structural destruction, he believes that consciously bringing children to touch and feel will still be different. Know what is good for children. Touching once is more effective than imagining a hundred times.

"Anywhere, Canada and the United States, no matter how good, don't belong to you. Only childhood things belong to you, because there has been enough communication. Childhood memories are too important to change a person's life. A painting described by Huang Yongyu left a deep impression on me. When he was a child, he sat in a waist basin, shuttled through the lotus pond and looked at the sky through the lotus leaves irradiated by the sun. How nice. "

"There are still many things to do. But children are still young and have little time, and they are always torn by trivial things in life. I am a crisis-conscious person, and sometimes I feel anxious. You should work hard because you are in the prime of life. Drink northwest wind if you don't work. Later, I felt that I must cross this hurdle and regard ordinary and trivial life as cultivation. In fact, it is a change of mentality. If you want to accept it, you will treat it lightly. "

"Only let go, opened, it is possible to see something else. Otherwise, the state is always wrong, and it will be cornered. If you are in a bad mood, it will affect your family. Don't talk about creation It's not gonna be okay. We must take a long-term view and have no choice. The only thing that can be done is to continue to work hard. "

"I don't know if I can shoot in the future, just want to shoot. There is no way to force yourself to dig, so what you dig out may be ruined. If you want to have emotional accumulation, you will find the best way to some extent. This is your own, not someone else's. "

"Husband and wife must compromise with each other, and it is best to be harmonious. Art cannot compromise. The purer it is, the more it becomes itself. Artists can't lack money. Without money, it is difficult to maintain dignity. I am still lucky, otherwise I will be involved in the torrent of the city. "

The more mature things are, the harder it is to advance. The later, the more rational, the more utilitarian and the more dangerous. These need to be taken care of.

If I think too much, God will laugh at me. I am overcoming this utilitarian heart. So I'm a little careless now, waiting for the opportunity, and heaven and earth will naturally guide me. Wait for the seeds to germinate naturally, no matter what the final result is.

All kinds of strange means that can be thought of have already been used by others, and they are far beyond imagination. So you don't have to think about what others have done, just squeeze out what you feel. Don't worry about whether the form and content will be repeated with others, as long as it is your own and sincere.

Sometimes staying in an environment for too long and being too familiar will make you feel dull. Need self-discipline, wake up something, and drag sensitivity out of numbness. Contact and perceive new things. But he doesn't think it's important to travel and communicate with peers. I think people just need to be strong inside. If your heart is big enough, you don't need to travel far.

Everything is so convenient now. Cities all look the same, and the pursuit is the same. Everyone has something unique, which is good. You can't erase the boundaries of hell, it means special.

"I'm walking on thin ice. Today's life is hard-won. I really don't want to go through another trough, even though the trough itself is a part of life. By low, I don't mean prison life. Just a victim of the times, and I have no scruples about it. I mean the state in which people have no direction. "

Ps: After reading Qingshan's article, she mentioned that she seldom uses WeChat, and only has twenty or thirty friends. Later, I also deleted 500 to 300 friends, and there are many more to choose from.

Recently, I have been in close contact with the external environment, and my body sends out a signal of exhaustion, which requires me to practice inward. Sometimes I feel that this body often reminds me not to get angry without affecting my life, reminding me to focus on inner meditation, which is a precious opportunity that ordinary people can't get. My ideal old-age life is revealed everywhere in I have never had it. I hope to get this blessing.

The first story in Wade Once Had is about the attitude of Liu Hanlin, the owner of the drunken building, to food. Poke here. ?