Stick to the "artisan spirit" in the years.

? I especially admire those ancient craftsmen, who can burn the midnight oil countless times for an ultimate object, keep improving and polishing until the object has its own soul, and the object is the child forged by these craftsmen.

? One year, when I was working in the media, I once went out to interview a folk craftsman and a paper cutter. That was the first time I really observed craftsmen carefully. In the paper-cut artist's studio, there are many samples, large and small, and each work is arranged in rows, just like the friendly face of the paper-cut artist, which makes people feel very close.

? Paper-cutting is very popular in Yulin, Shaanxi. When I was a child, my grandmother, including the neighbors in the village, would cut window grilles. In winter, I can see the red tracery stuck on the glass, which is really beautiful. However, born in the 1990s, few people picked up scissors to cut paper and devoted more time to modern life, and the art of paper-cutting slowly began to decline.

? In many people's minds, the paper-cutting teacher is naturally handy and relies on talent to eat. However, during my visit, I found that paper-cutting people persisted for many years and regarded it as a lifelong effort. They practiced it repeatedly every day and their skills became more and more exquisite. As an old artist, her craft can really be transformed into countless commodities. A delicate paper-cut can sell for thousands of dollars, only comparable to ordinary people. However, before becoming a master, the paper-cutting teacher experienced the stage of ordinary people, exercised day after day, and the foundation became more and more solid, and finally became superb.

? The year when I met the old paper cutter was the year of the horse. What I remember most is that the biangbiang noodles she cut (a special noodle in Shaanxi) have a horse character in it, and the strokes are more complicated. But the cut image is vivid and has local characteristics. As a person with a little knowledge of the art of ancient Chinese characters, I have to marvel. This is the charm of art, and good things always touch people's hearts.

? I often think that our generation, growing up with the Internet, knows a lot about the outside world, has experienced all kinds of things, and has already surpassed the ancients in knowledge. However, what can really make us calm down and concentrate? Everyone has different answers.

? Bai Ying, a famous photographer, spent four years visiting craftsmen, which in itself is a kind of persistence. In his Artisans of China, * * recorded 30 artisans. Because of a love, a feeling, a dream and an expectation, they stick to their craft. Although the process is hard and the future is unknown, they never give up, which is extremely precious in this noisy world. Jack Welch said: Once you have a simple and firm idea, as long as you keep repeating it, it will eventually become a reality. Refine, persist and repeat, which is your magic weapon to win; Perseverance will eventually reach the critical value.

? In a person's life, is genius the cause or temper the genius? Both. For most people, they are ordinary people. Everyone has almost similar IQ, physique, work and other characteristics. The only thing that rewrites different fates is actually the most seemingly insignificant persistence in the repeated tempering and continuous excavation of a field. Many great gods seem effortless, but before they became great gods, they overcame countless inertia and persisted in striving for their goals little by little every day.