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Chapter 1 The Conversation with…

Chapter 2 Q&A Every detail about the process of drawing

1.What do you experience since you starts drawing?

  Drawing is a partner of mine since I can remember. I was three or four, as the single child in my family,  drawing created rich happiness and release a lot  lonelyness. Most of the inspirations came from Japanese Cartoon, and paintings and drawings I appreciated. I got in touch with traditional art at the age around 9, at that moment, Chinese painting or calligrahy has fundamental and original attraction to me. The gestures of holding the brush, the smell of paint and ink, the roughness of paper, even the baldness and  the immersion I went through during the process of doing. However the way of using ink, the rule for chosing color are never my interest. I quited after two years of learning calligraphy, and even shorter for Chinese painting. One reason was my parents wanted me to concentrate more on upgrading. During the next six year in middle and high school, I kept drawing cartoons and got attentions by that in the peer. On the other hand, this endless copying others’ works makes me get mired into the circulation of physically training without enough subjective thinking. I began feeling frustration of making a work. I can remember or feel until now ( since this sequela still exists while I am drawing), the contrast or conflict between the physical need to draw and the spiritual rejection from mind.

2. What is the possible solution to improve this situation?

 Meditation. 
 Thai, Chinese and Japanese “Zen” has different way to train mind -- meditation has different ways to touch. But, probably, the experince of feeling harmony and peace is the same.  As my understanding of these three different genres of “Zen”( in China it should be “Chan”) , there are different characteristics of different types of Zen. Most obvious differences is their attitude to commandment, thus the final target is similar. Such as in Japan, learning Zen became a pratical way to train how to control mind, a master can shoot the target in darkness; for monks in Thailand, a master is someone can alway keep himself in purely harmony.

I realised the “harmony” or the “concentration” flicking in my process of drawing a few weeks ago, after two months keep drawing single lines using brushes and ink. Every morning, I draw two or three sheets of paper with horizontal lines, try to achieve the target -- a fully straight and evenly balanced line. Using the concept of “Zhongfeng” in Chinese calligraphy, keep the longest fur of the brush always stays in the middle of the line, keeps the edge of the line of each side shows the same darkness of color, and to draw the line smooth and satiation. When I repeat this process again and again, I started knowing the different condition of my mind of doing the same gesture. And it is true, the unbalanced or balanced condition of mind will reflect on the drawing completely. When I was in a calm and peaceful situation, sometimes I even didn’t realise what I was doing. But the disattraction was so easy to break in, when I realise I was “ drawing”, the calm and peace was gone before the “realization”. On day, at night, I wanted to do a drawing. I placed the paper on the floor, using an uncomfortable way to place myself. I had no idea about what should I draw, so I started doing the lines as I did usually. At the beginning I cannot concentrate at all, the floor was too cold and hard, my back was hurt because of the bad position. But after a few miniutes, the pain seems released, I started attracting by the movement of brush and the paper watered by the ink. The ink, moves very slowly and softly on the paper, and didn’t really go to where I want it to be. I felt my movement slowed down, the breath became a natual thing -- usually I had issue to breath smoothly. Then one idea came out, I replaced the paper with a new one and started.

3. What are the difficulties while I want to last the condition?

 Disattraction
 The most obvious difficulty is disstractions. The disattractions, either from the physical environment or mind, is also mentioned times in almost all the books and artcles I have read about Zen. Most detailed description from “Zen of Archery”( quote). 
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+'''Chapter 1  The Conversation with…
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-The accuracy of the expression by art pieces, is oriented by our craft to use medium and our honesty to heart. And I believe the precisely interpretation of the "truth" is existed.
-I don't want to stuck in one material or element any more, since during the exploration of my project, I feel try to focusing on single topic is setting the boarder before starting. all of these try-outs are made for reaching the final stage. Then, what is the final stage? I fail to answer this question by words. I will try to describe more later, do not set the boarder, instead, write down the points which delight me during the process of making it.
-What I want to do seems not so related with process art. Process is the thing whatever would happen some time. I doesn't mean the physical process of making something is not important, physically, the making process builds up our work, the amounts of import influences the final result of our work. However, from the other aspects (more important aspect), process is not the future or the past, process is "right now". The moment we can only enjoy "right now".
-The value of an art work, at the moment of finishing, already lost the most important part. The process of doing, is the conversation between author and work. ''(concept in Drawing,quote later) Appreciating a painting is the process of scanning the painter's spiritual activity, and is rarely possible to get the fully meaning of a painting by a viewer.'' The art work cannot present who the artist is, but it can express what the artist's desire looks like. When the moment of finishing arrives, the conversation ends, only echo left on the blank canvas.
+'''Chapter 2  Q&A  Every detail about the process of drawing
+'''
-And "the echo" left on the canvas, is exactly what the poem says: In these things there lies a deep meaning; Yet when we would express it, words suddenly fail us.
+.What do you experience since you starts drawing?
-It is the meaning which we fail to convey by words.
+   Drawing is a partner of mine since I can remember. I was three or four, as the single child in my family,  drawing created rich happiness and release a lot  lonelyness. Most of the inspirations came from Japanese Cartoon, and paintings and drawings I appreciated. I got in touch with traditional art at the age around 9, at that moment, Chinese painting or calligrahy has fundamental and original attraction to me. The gestures of holding the brush, the smell of paint and ink, the roughness of paper, even the baldness and  the immersion I went through during the process of doing. However the way of using ink, the rule for chosing color are never my interest. I quited after two years of learning calligraphy, and even shorter for Chinese painting. One reason was my parents wanted me to concentrate more on upgrading. During the next six year in middle and high school, I kept drawing cartoons and got attentions by that in the peer. On the other hand, this endless copying others’ works makes me get mired into the circulation of physically training without enough subjective thinking. I began feeling frustration of making a work. I can remember or feel until now ( since this sequela still exists while I am drawing), the contrast or conflict between the physical need to draw and the spiritual rejection from mind.
-It is also why Chinese philosophy never try to use clear and strict words and sentences to describe and define the concept and thought that those philosophy wants to say. They always linger outside the door, since they know by words they can never open it.  Students learn thoughts of their teacher, not just by speeches and conversation, also by the the personality and attitude to life expressed by the teacher in daily life.
+. What is the possible solution to improve this situation?
+  Meditation.
+  Thai, Chinese and Japanese “Zen” has different way to train mind -- meditation has different ways to touch. But, probably, the experince of feeling harmony and peace is the same.  As my understanding of these three different genres of “Zen”( in China it should be “Chan”) , there are different characteristics of different types of Zen. Most obvious differences is their attitude to commandment, thus the final target is similar. Such as in Japan, learning Zen became a pratical way to train how to control mind, a master can shoot the target in darkness; for monks in Thailand, a master is someone can alway keep himself in purely harmony.
+I realised the “harmony” or the “concentration” flicking in my process of drawing a few weeks ago, after two months keep drawing single lines using brushes and ink. Every morning, I draw two or three sheets of paper with horizontal lines, try to achieve the target -- a fully straight and evenly balanced line. Using the concept of “Zhongfeng” in Chinese calligraphy, keep the longest fur of the brush always stays in the middle of the line, keeps the edge of the line of each side shows the same darkness of color, and to draw the line smooth and satiation. When I repeat this process again and again, I started knowing the different condition of my mind of doing the same gesture. And it is true, the unbalanced or balanced condition of mind will reflect on the drawing completely. When I was in a calm and peaceful situation, sometimes I even didn’t realise what I was doing. But the disattraction was so easy to break in, when I realise I was “ drawing”, the calm and peace was gone before the “realization”. On day, at night, I wanted to do a drawing. I placed the paper on the floor, using an uncomfortable way to  place myself. I had no idea about what should I draw, so I started doing the lines as I did usually. At the beginning I cannot concentrate at all, the floor was too cold and hard, my back was hurt because of the bad position. But after a few miniutes, the pain seems released, I started attracting by the movement of brush and the paper watered by the ink. The ink, moves very slowly and softly on the paper, and didn’t really go to where I want it to be. I felt my movement slowed down, the breath became a natual thing -- usually I had issue to breath smoothly. Then one idea came out, I replaced the paper with a new one and started.
+. What are the difficulties while I want to last the condition?
-==2ed==
+  Disattraction
-Medium is important.
+  The most obvious difficulty is disstractions. The disattractions, either from the physical environment or mind, is also mentioned times in almost all the books and artcles I have read about Zen. Most detailed description from “Zen of Archery”( quote).
+  Period