The "spirit of craftsmanship" in the years of perseverance

? I especially admire those ancient craftsmen, for a perfect object can be countless times to fight at night, excellence, polishing, until the object has its own soul to stop, the object is these craftsmen with the most heart forged out of the child.

? One year, I worked in the media, once went out to interview a folk craftsmen paper cutter, that was the first time I really mean to carefully observe the craftsmen. In the paper cutter's studio is densely packed with large and small samples, each piece of work placed in a row, like the paper cutter's friendly face, so that people feel as close.

? Paper cutting in Shaanxi Yulin this place is very popular, when I was a child, my grandmother, including the village neighbors will cut window, a winter can see the red window decals on the glass, very nice. However, until our generation after the 90's few people pick up the scissors to cut paper, with more time to integrate into the modern life, the art of paper-cutting also slowly began to decline.

? In many people's concepts, paper cutters are born handy, relying on talent to eat. However, during the visit, I found that the paper cutter insisted on many years, twenty years as one day, as a lifelong effort, repeated daily exercise, the craft is becoming more and more exquisite. As an old artist, her craft can indeed be transformed into countless commodities, and an exquisite paper-cut can be sold for thousands of dollars, which can only be expected for ordinary people. But before becoming a master, paper cutter as much as went through the stage of ordinary people, day after day of exercise, more and more simple skills, and eventually out of the gods.

? The year I met the old paper cutter was the Year of the Horse, and what I remember most is that she cut out the biangbiang noodles (a specialty noodle dish of Shaanxi) containing a horse character in the biang, with complex strokes. However, after cutting out the vivid image, very local characteristics, I as a person who only slightly understand the art of the old word, but also had to marvel, this is the charm of art, good things can always touch the heart.

? I often think of our generation, along with the Internet *** with the growth of the outside world, a lot of things like a treasure, experience things colorful, knowledge has long surpassed the ancient people. However, can we really quiet down to focus on what exactly? Everyone answers differently.

? Famous photographer Bai Ying spent four years visiting craftsmen, itself a kind of persistence. In his "Chinese craftsmen" **** recorded 30 craftsmen, they because of a love, a sentiment, a dream, an expectation to stick to the craft, although the process is difficult, the future is not known, but never give up, in this hustle and bustle of the world is exceptionally precious. Jack Welch said: Once you have a simple and firm idea, as long as you keep repeating it, you will make it a reality. Refinement, persistence, repetition, this is your winning formula; persistence, will eventually reach critical mass.

? In a person's life, is it the genius that makes the career or the refinement that makes the genius? It is both. For most people are ordinary people, we have almost similar IQ, physical fitness, work and other characteristics, the only rewrite of different destinies is actually the most seemingly insignificant persistent repetition of refining, in a field constantly digging deeper and deeper. Many of the gods seem effortless, and before they became gods they overcame countless inertia, and insisted on struggling a little bit every day for their own goals.