Lu Jianxin丨If there is something in my heart, if there is nothing in my heart

"The world is composed of two camps, one for artists and one for non-artists. Artists love peace and love labor. They can always find beauty. I am very happy, dear Lu, that you are in the same camp as me. In the same camp..."

——Russian Art People's Artist Kardashov

Teacher Lu Jianxin, who was once a film and television artist, has retired for more than ten years. Whether he lives in China or Living abroad, his passion for artistic creation remains high.

He loves nature and often uses his favorite art to interact with nature enthusiastically. Sometimes, he designs landscape photos on his mobile phone into e-greeting cards and emoticons; sometimes, he also likes to use foam to make three-dimensional soft sculptures such as "Bird's Nest" for decoration; the original forest is his best place, and he uses signatures The forest landscape described by the pen is vivid and delicate, and he is especially obsessed with the description of wonderful details. It seems that the more detailed he is, the more fascinated he becomes, even intoxicated.

In short, Teacher Lu’s love for nature is “extremely broad and subtle”, and he relishes exploring and trying out his own style.

Recently, I was attracted by Mr. Lu’s “Stone Art Micro-Sculpture Landscape”. After finding nothing on “Du Niang”, I called for advice, only to realize that the seemingly natural and interesting micro-landscape was actually just ordinary. It amazed me that it was created from small stones.

As we all know, Chinese people are very emotional about rocks. There are more and more people who love rocks, play with rocks, appreciate rocks, and hide rocks. Teacher Lu is also a lover of stone appreciation. He has made several friends who are stone collectors. Every time he lingers and looks at the treasures collected by his stone collector friends, he always feels that something is missing when he is still unsatisfied. It turned out that he wanted to find some particularly exquisite, mini stones that resembled natural mountains and rivers. While most people were intoxicated by the dazzling array of strange stones with various shapes, he was wandering around the corner of the rockery production site, "hunting for treasures" among the broken stones that had been knocked down. After that, simply drag the small trailer to the flower and bird market, buy some small stones weighed by the pound, return home, smash the stones with a hammer on a discarded cement board downstairs, and then put them in a large plastic basin. Spread out "Taobao" and use your brain to select stones according to their talents while searching.

He said that when he just retired more than ten years ago, he followed a photographer on a long journey across the mountains and ridges to collect scenery on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. He was deeply moved by the beautiful and beautiful mountains and rivers. Now, he finally has the opportunity. How exciting it is to use special craftsmanship to magically recreate the scenery and beauty that are deeply engraved in your heart in just a few inches!

In order to create a perfect natural landscape, he racked his brains to use various craft methods and materials, pasting, combining, shaping and adding necessary soil slope vegetation, etc. The coloring process cannot be ignored, and finally, under the illumination of small spotlights simulating sunlight, the handsome and awe-inspiring mountains and mountains surrounded by lush vegetation are so beautiful! I like the imagination and spatial texture it gives people. When I liked it, Teacher Lu said humbly: "My processing and carving are secondary, the main thing is these fairy-like small stones from nature. The subtle textures and shapes are their own beautiful genes that make my works perfect."

I think, whether "held in the palm of my hand", placed in the tea study room, or displayed on several cases, Dotted under the calligraphy and painting, it is subtle and far-reaching, as if "flowers are troublesome if they cannot understand words, and stones are the most lovely if they cannot understand words".

I suddenly realized that he was not satisfied with making a "rockery" in the traditional sense, but a "real mountain" that could be shrunk to the extreme! A word different, but it means using love and labor to move towards the dream in your heart!

I like the imagination and spatial texture it gives people. When I liked it, Teacher Lu said humbly: "My processing and carving are secondary, mainly these come from nature. The elf-like small stones themselves, with their subtle textures and shapes, are their own beautiful genes that make my works perfect.”

It doesn’t matter who fulfills who, what matters is that they can interact with each other on the same frequency, that is, it is beautiful. He understands its beauty, and it doesn't have to worry about not being seen or discovered. When Teacher Lu shapes the gravel into wonders through methods such as selection, splicing, placement and combination, it is impossible to achieve it without certain artistic accomplishment and craftsmanship. This breakthrough in traditional creation is not only about the height of aesthetics, but also the knowledge and breadth of the artist.

I am very grateful to Teacher Lu for sharing his creation. When the mountain scenery appeared in front of us and I wanted to describe this beautiful visual experience, Teacher Lu said very seriously: "Don't care what it looks like, we appreciate the landscape." , if you choose a reference object and only use a pictographic method to solidify your understanding of it, you will lose its naturalness and agility. It is obviously wrong to say that the Elephant Trunk Mountain in Guilin's landscape only looks like an elephant's trunk. Its unfairness is also a kind of self-limitation. ”

The beautiful mountains created by nature’s uncanny craftsmanship have an invisible, flowing, and changing beauty. Sometimes, we shorten our perspective on beautiful things. Most children's creativity is very good because they retain beautiful imagination. Adults sometimes strengthen their self-awareness through continuous acquisition and forget to activate new perceptions.

There is great beauty in the world. Only when we see the great beauty can we realize how "small" our original knowledge is. An excellent and creative artist will never only see one form, he is always looking for new inspiration.

Stone is the essence of nature, and its own nature determines that it will change according to place, time and person.

Some people say that Teacher Lu’s stone art is like scenery in the palm of your hand.

While most people use their lenses to "silhouette" the distant and tranquil beauty of a certain scene, he uses three-dimensional thinking to see the entirety of the mountains and makes them come alive in his hands. This way of viewing allows us to stop and see the texture and texture of the mountain; it gives us enough time to feel the majesty and tenacity of the mountain, and even go back in time to evoke the memory of the mountain from far to near. As for whether it is a strange stone, does it matter?

There are many types of stones in the world, and they are found in every corner of the world. It is difficult for us to find them all, but what we see is carved in our hearts and presented in front of our eyes. It is a new understanding and understanding of the beauty of nature. experience.

Some people may say that these trivial skills are not valued by stone players. But art carries not only skills, but also constant inspiration and emotions. When each piece of sculpture is constructed little by little and polished delicately in the hands; when the strength and warmth of the hands are integrated into his pursuit and love of nature and life; when the artist feels the joy of each stage during the creative process, We are never satisfied with our current knowledge.

As Teacher Lu said: I will keep looking at my homework over and over again. When I feel that it doesn’t look good and my eyes are tired, I will throw it away and start over again. I will never give it away casually. Maybe this is the motivation and fun I have to persevere! Experience new surprises in breakthroughs! ”

So, he has always enjoyed it. He gets comfort from watching the wonderful shapes; he gets a kind of real life satisfaction from creation; he finds a way to nourish his heart and soul in this complicated world. Methods of cultivating and refining the mind and ways of self-improvement.

I am sincerely impressed and happy that Teacher Lu has opened up a new world for me and found more interest and beauty in his work. , No matter what you create, there is always something different about how you look at things.

It’s just that what is in a person’s heart can only appear if there are mountains and rivers in his heart.

Even if you can't travel thousands of miles, you will always have the sustenance and expression of your heart, which will last forever in your hand...