(a)

I looked through the illustrations and beautiful digital photos that Mr. Yichen had drawn during the vacation.

I said, "It's a waste to use these as illustrations for Taiping." Why don't you publish a separate album? ”

Mr. Yichen shook his head and said, "Why bother. ”

I said with regret: "It would be a shame that the paintings are so meaningful and the photos are so beautiful, and they are not collected separately." ”

Mr. Yichen looked at me and sighed.

I said, "Why are you sighing?" ”

He said, "Sigh you still have this." ”

"Is this still there?" I looked at him puzzled.

Mr. Yichen said: "These paintings, these photos, are nothing at all. Tomorrow I'll take you to see one of the greatest local painters and photographers, and when you meet him, you'll know why these things don't deserve a separate collection. ”

The greatest local painter and photographer? This is the place in the town of Winter Lake? I was even more confused. Have you ever heard of any great painters and photographers in this small place? Is it much higher than Mr. Yichen's level? If so, I can't possibly not know?

In the evening, I connected to the Internet and searched for various keywords for a while, but I couldn't find any information about the great local painters and photographers.

With doubts in my heart, I waited for the next day to come.

(b)

Early the next morning, Mr. Yichen set off with me.

I followed him in the direction of the mouth of the Nell River where it joins the Winter Lake, and he led me to a hill in a river bend.

We climbed to the top of the hill and saw the steppe in front of us, where the Nell River made a great bend and joined the Winter Lake, and then flowed out of the exit of the Winter Lake in the distance, meandering downstream.

Mr. Yichen said, "We have arrived. ”

When I looked around, I was surrounded by vast natural landscapes, and there was no sign of human habitation.

I said, "The great painter? Where is he? ”

Mr. Yichen pointed to the Niere River in front of him and said, "This river, it is the greatest painter." ”

"It has been splashing ink on the earth for hundreds of millions of years, but not many people can appreciate the beauty of its masterpieces. ”

On that day, Mr. Yichen took me to enjoy the magnificent landscape depicted by the Nell River on the earth, the snow-white reeds swaying on the riverbank, the countless wild ducks flying and falling, the beautiful outline of the river bank formed by the alluvial sediment, and the waves of the river crashing on the bank. During this season, countless species of wild flowers bloom on both sides of the river, decorating the land on both sides of the river. Patches of fields are interspersed with a sea of flowers, and the crops planted are infinitely green and vibrant.

Mr. Yichen said: "Look at the beautiful scenery of the four seasons below. Which painter in the world can paint such a magnificent picture? ”

I looked at the magnificent mountains and rivers in front of me, and I had to agree with Mr. Yichen's words in my heart.

Compared with the works of nature, any art of mankind seems so pale and insignificant.

Mr. Yichen said: "Like the often fickle temperament of an artist, this river is also moody. You never know when it's going to be in the mood to splash ink, how long it's going to last, and what kind of masterpiece it's going to make. ”

"As a painter, I love being like this, being on a high hill and watching how the rivers on this planet paint on the earth, and that's one of the most shining moments of my life," he said. ”

He said: "Emperors and generals, those who can conquer the world, may not have this blessing, like us, sitting among the clouds and watching how the rivers carve the surface of this planet. ”

He said: "When you look at the picture of nature in front of you, you will be deeply taught and understand that the whole art of human beings is nothing but a projection of nature in the structure of our minds." Compared with the perfection of nature, there is nothing to be attached to and proud of in any of our personal achievements. It's all light as a feather, as small as a cloud. ”

Mr. Yichen said: "There are such magnificent pictures in the world that can be appreciated, so why should we bother so much to do a personal album and be complacent about it." ”

Mr. Yichen said: "What people who engage in art are most afraid of is arrogance, blinding themselves and not seeing the forest. ”

"Winning a gold medal in an international photography competition is certainly an exciting thing, and many of my fellow photographers will be overjoyed and excited," he said. But that's not where the highest value lies. For me, seeing an open expanse of green tundra like this through the towering mountains, unfolding in the sun in an empty and serene way, is the highest value of life. ”

I was deeply moved by Mr. Yichen's words.

How much of an inflated self does one have to feel that he is above such a great natural thing?

Mr. Yichen said to me: "Xinxin, although we are here for a vacation, you must stay awake: nature is not a place for us to vacation. Nature has been our home since our birth. ”

(c)

That day, Mr. Yichen said to me, "Yesterday, I sighed to you and said that you still have this. Do you know what this refers to? ”

My face flushed, and I was ashamed to say, "I mean, I still have vanity, I want to get the praise of the public, I want to prove that I am different, I want to prove that I have artistic achievements." ”

Mr. Yichen nodded.

"For the average collaborator, I wouldn't say these things to him," he said. However, you have always been very spiritual and perceptive, and your intentions for fame and fortune have always been very weak, and you have no ambition to win. So, I'll say these things to you. ”

I said, "I understand. Thank you for the reminders. In fact, my inner desire for fame and fortune has not been eradicated, but my habits may be a little weaker. Deep down, I may not be able to withstand the temptations of the outside world. ”

"As a contracted writer, we will have a lot of pressure to climb that chart. The people around me will constantly suggest that you should go to publish your own album and not waste the results of your artistic creation. But we need to withstand this temptation. ”

Mr. Yichen said, "Have you noticed how people here deal with flying flies? ”

I said, "I see it." They like to use sticky fly boards. On the glued cardboard, stick the things that the flies like to eat, smear them with honey or sugar water, and soon flies from all directions will smell the food and fly over, land on the cardboard, and the glue sticks to the feet or wings, can no longer leave, and finally dies on the cardboard. ”

I remembered the cardboard I had seen in the camp kitchen, with hundreds of flies stuck to it, usually black. Every time I pick up that thing and throw it in the trash, I feel a little hairy in my heart, and I think this way is too cruel.

Although flies are very annoying, they are only forced to forage for food, they do not know that they carry a lot of germs that are harmful to human health, and they do not deliberately harm the hearts of human beings, but human beings use such decisive means to slaughter them.

Mr. Yichen said: "Rankings, book signings, titles of famous writers, various literary awards, photography awards, art awards, personal anthologies, photo albums, etc., are all aimed at our sticky fly boards. ”

Mr. Yichen said: "As long as we are still tempted, we will pursue those things, we will be attracted by the acquisition of those things, and we will be complacent, we will be stuck to these things like those flies, and we will never be able to spread our wings and fly again, and we will not be able to go farther." ”

"We're going to become as pathetic and helpless as flies on a sticky fly board," he said. ”

I nodded deeply. I said, "That's true." I don't know enough about the evils of vanity. ”

Mr. Yichen said: "These glittering things that everyone is striving for are not good things. We need to be more vigilant, push them away from our hearts at all times, like a poisonous snake falling into our arms, and immediately and decisively shake it off. ”

He looked at me and said, "Otherwise, we will definitely be bitten by this poisonous snake." ”

"We can receive trophy certificates from various committees and publish our own works, but it's just a last resort for the sake of enlightenment," he said. The idea of fame and fortune must not be allowed to sink into the heart and bones, nor can I think that those works are mine. ”

Mr. Yichen pointed to the country in front of him and said to me, "Don't forget to learn the way of life from nature at any time. Nature has produced such beautiful works, but has it ever been arrogant, and has it ever thought that this is its masterpiece? ”

I said, "Nature's masterpieces are all unintentional." ”

I said, "Only without a heart can it be so magnificent, so perfect." ”

Yi Chen said, "Yes." Do not do. ”