When children hear my story, they are afraid that their hearts will be shocked. But as long as you're smart, it's not scary."
This is Mr. Feng Zikai's third book that I have read this year. He is extremely intelligent - cartoonist, essayist, art educator, ** educator and translator, known as "the artist of Chinese art" and "the originator of Chinese comics". He has written more than 100 cross-border books in his lifetime.
What is admirable is that Mr. is very approachable in writing. If he were a star, the starlight would be sprinkled in the crowd. What flows in the text is the two or three things of ordinary people, full of fireworks. Even his impressionist painting theory is also a homely feeling, which makes people feel that art is a small river in front of the door, and it is not unfathomable at all.
Winter is getting deeper, and it's so cold. Wanderers from afar, are you homesick?What is home?There are old people in the family who talk about ancient things. Neighbors, parents are short, and they always feel that they are surrounded by family affection, and they are not lonely at all, right?
Okay, that's why I picked up this book again. Even if a person makes tea around the stove, holding it is like sitting next to the elders. The world may be boring, but there are always stories to tell. Look, "Aqing", "Wine Order", "Five Fathers", "Planting Orchid and Not Planting Ai" ......Those worlds that I have not experienced are told by him, as if we are also in them, lively and warm. I loved him so much.
The book is actually divided into four parts.
The first part, "The Result of a Cat's Meow", is a manuscript saved by the villagers, and it was lost and recovered after nine years of exile when he returned to his hometown. A story triggered by a cat barking and 24 comics.
The second "Doctor Sees the Ghost" is a 12-story story that tells jokes and gossip to children. This part is in the same tone as the storytelling of my grandfather's generation, which is very engaging, and there is often a lesson in it.
The third part, "Six Thousand Dollars", is a short story published after his death**.
The fourth part, "A Temporary Escape from the World," has 19 short essays. All kinds of people, all kinds of feelings. Writing about family members is also a trivial life plot, but these daily routines make people break the defense.
There are a few sharp comments, and I appreciate the other side of Mr.'s thoughts:
2023 Turn the page There are many people in this world who look like people, but in fact they don't look like people, but like machines. This machine is filled with pain, anger, clamour, crying, and other powers, ready to be applied. That is, the so-called "ice charcoal full of arms" also. Far from being overwhelmed, they think it should be. No, that's how machines should be. The book is interspersed with many comics and manuscripts. only to find that his handwriting is as simple as the painting.
Reading close to the Spring Festival, it is very appropriate. Mr. Feng Zikai's book belongs to the type of closed eyes, and it is superfluous no matter how much it is praised. The real work of everyone has long returned to the basics, but it is always endless.