Chapter 12: Wandering in the Art Landscape

The light blue dawn sky shimmered with sparse morning stars, the breeze blew down from the cotton-wool clouds, the fog was rising over the campus, and the dew-covered nurseries, trees, small ponds, and back hillsides were all shrouded in a charming morning light.

Mengshi slept comfortably until she woke up naturally, she stretched out in the quilt slowly, and when she saw that the phone showed that it was almost 9 o'clock, she quickly got up and crawled up, and Lan Yu went back to the dormitory to scold her if she didn't wash up. Because she and Lan Eucalyptus agreed in advance to go to an art theme park to play today, Lan Eucalyptus was afraid that Mengshi would be sleepy and delay the trip, so she went to the cafeteria to eat first, and by the way, she packed Mengshi's early back. This art theme park happened to be built by Mengshi's childhood best friend Zhenni and her husband, Mengshi met her when she was shopping on the street a while ago, and the two friends who had not seen each other for many years excitedly talked about the old days, and talked about their current situation. Monese learns that she has invested in an art park. I've heard of Mengshi before, but I haven't had a chance to go there to find out, and I didn't expect it to be opened by my old friend. Zhenni warmly invited Mengshi to bring her friends to play, so there was this trip between Lan Eucalyptus and Mengshi.

The theme park was built six months ago on the outskirts of Y City, and it takes an hour to drive from the school. Mengshi and Blue Eucalyptus wore sister outfits today, and they were two sets of Ao Dai in different styles and colors. Ao Dai's beauty is a gentle atmosphere, removing the charm of the cheongsam and adding a bit of stability. If the cheongsam is not slit, it looks rigid, and the slit is too high and too exposed. Aodai's slit retains both curves and a reserved design that is just right.

Mengshi is wearing a royal blue V-neck waist Ao Dai, embroidered and hollowed out two long sleeves are gorgeous and exquisite, the neckline is designed with ruffles and sequins, and the lined wide-leg pants are made of similar silk reflective materials, which appropriately play an embellishment role. The blue eucalyptus is a red and white matching, plain style of Ao Dai, snow-white background sleeves and skirt, the middle from the neckline down the shadow embroidered a few petals of different forms of plum blossoms, the collar is a vertical round symmetrical design, the edge with a red silk thread lock, both delicate and dignified.

The two talked and laughed in the car, and the scenery outside the window gradually transitioned from high-rise buildings to vegetable fields and flower fields, and the pedestrians on the road all had the style of Wei and Jin. The car stopped in front of a carved archway, and Lan Eucalyptus jumped out of the car in a hurry, she looked around and found that although the location was remote, there were still people who came from a long way to visit, which shows that the publicity of the park is in place and there must be content for tourists to enjoy.

Behind the arch is a courtyard of about 100 square meters, where various styles of floral works are placed. Mengshi is obsessed with these flowers and plants, and she especially likes the classical and wabi-sabi of Chinese floral art, or just a few branches with unique shapes, which are simple and stylish. Floral art does not need to deliberately pursue a certain style, the sense of line of the branches and the brightness of the flowers interspersed with it, and the feeling of Western painting.

When Jenny learned that her old friend had arrived, she greeted her from the room with a smile, and she took Mengshi to various attractions to introduce her, and she also cared about the blue eucalyptus. Lan Eucalyptus admired each pot of floral works and asked Jenny curiously: "Are you taking care of all the flowers and plants here?" Or do you want someone to do it? Jenny flashed a smile and patiently replied: "When I meet a good florist, I will find a way to poach her with a high salary." The level of the florist is very important, and if I think the work is great, I will get to know them better, become friends first, and then let them have a sense of belonging to the art world, which is much more effective than just a high-paying method. If I go into battle myself, the main reason is that I don't have that energy. ”

Mengshi nodded in agreement, she frequently expressed her heartfelt admiration for Zhenni's house full of flowers and plants, and it could be seen that the florists were all very attentive, which was inseparable from the unique vision of the operator. Eucalyptus blue saw that there is a pot of flower arrangement with a few branches of round leaves to decorate, this kind of cold color of the small round leaves are very fond of it, suddenly found that each work is equipped with a detailed description of the use of flowers, so I picked it up and looked at it carefully, only to know that this kind of branch is also called "eucalyptus blue", and I was happy all of a sudden, sure enough, people and plants can also be clustered. Mengshi stopped in front of a pot of half-opened ginger lotus, infected by its freshness and elegance, and the whole work was layered and darkly fragrant. Each floral piece in this courtyard has a new and unique interpretation, and each flower can be given a personality, and almost every person with a personality can find something similar to themselves.

Zhenni led them inside, but she didn't expect the arch to look small, but the space inside was unique. The first thing that catches your eye is a café with light pink walls and cold greenery, such as fern leaves, palm leaves, plantain leaves, and monstera, which also match the pink color. The cactus is also charming with pink, and its cool temperament neutralizes the gaudy color of pink. Although this decoration style is simple but not conventional, it is difficult for a girl's heart to refuse pink, and plants are also naturally pleasing, when they are combined, how can people hold it? The decoration style here has completely captured the hearts of two forest girls, Eucalyptus blue and Mengshi. The most primitive color combination in nature is safflower with green leaves, but most people think of big flower jackets when they talk about red and green, and they think it's a bit cheesy. These two highly saturated contrasting colors collide together, and the visual conflict is strong, and it is inevitable to look discordant. The effect of the combination of pink and green is very good, distinguish the primary and secondary, one color as the main color, and the other as embellishment.

Jenny ordered the waiter to serve them two cups of coffee, and Lan Eucalyptus and Mengshi were surprised to find that the latte art of the coffee was actually a painting! The coffee foam of the blue eucalyptus depicts Monet's "Water Lilies", which is extremely blurry and misty, showing a melancholy and elegant blue-purple color, which makes people hallucinate as endless as sleep. In front of Mengshi is Van Gogh's "Iris", which is extremely beautiful in the stacking of lines and color blocks, mixed with twists and struggles, and is a symbol of freedom and light. It was the first time they saw the world's famous paintings applied to latte art, and they praised Jenny's imagination.

After drinking coffee, Jenny led them on to the tour. In the corridor of the café are painted replicas of world famous paintings, mostly impressionist. Van Gogh's sunflowers shimmer like flowing gold, burning like a fire. Another famous painting "Apricot Blossom Branches" is from Van Gogh's treatment for epilepsy in a mental hospital, the spring in Provence inspired him to create a great enthusiasm, he saw a large number of fruit trees blooming, and he painted the beauty of the countryside outside the high walls. Mengshi liked the print called "Pink Rose", and when Van Gogh painted the rose series, he used unprecedented tenderness in color, changing his manic temperament from the past, as soft as falling in love.

Blue eucalyptus loved the warm and hazy silence of Monet's paintings. Monet liked to express feelings more than lines in his paintings, especially in his later works, and he tried to use color blocks to make the grass, mountains, sunlight, air, people, etc. become a whole. The reason why Monet's paintings have become famous paintings is probably because of the use of strong chiaroscuro, comfortable contrast between warm and cold colors, psychedelic light and shadow changes, soft picture excesses and dense artistic moods. These characteristics are even more evident in the Water Lily series. If composition and lines are the skeleton of the painting, then color and light and shadow are the soul of the painting.

Suddenly, Mengshi casually asked Zhen Ni: "Among so many paintings, I don't know which master's work you like the most?" Jenny lowered her head and pondered, "Since these prints are placed here, they are naturally my favorites, but among these masters, I admire Renoir the most." Meng Shi smiled after hearing this: "Is it the 'Master of Happiness'?" I also like him, Renoir said that 'pain will pass, beauty will remain', his works focus on the sun, air, nature, women, flowers and children, such as people and things, Renoir believes that 'light is the master of painting'. Jenny was a little surprised, she didn't expect this old friend to know so much about Impressionism, and secretly thought: "This is a confidant!" ”

Mengshi and his entourage walked through the long corridor to the back door of the café, Lan Yu didn't expect that the space here was still very large, and it looked like a display area for light luxury art. There are some delicate and transparent jewels on the counter, almost all of which are inspired by the currents of water, leaves, clouds, and flowers, as well as the color, light and shadow. When art is refined to a certain extent, the more natural elements there are, the more it returns to its original nature, the more moving it becomes. The rows of counters are surrounded by green walls, and the green color on the walls is very special, all of which belong to the green with high gray scale and low saturation, which makes people feel very comfortable. A pink sofa is placed next to the wall for people to rest, and Lan Eucalyptus thinks that even the decoration here is full of artistic atmosphere.

Mengshi noticed a beautifully framed picture frame hanging on the wall, on which was printed in handwriting a passage: "Creating a work of art, writing an article, or even engaging in some kind of handicraft brings us pleasure." Of course, the more noble our work, the greater the joy we feel. Those who are endowed with great gifts, and who are also aware of their ability to produce rich, harmonious, and coherent masterpieces, are truly the happiest in this respect. For throughout the life of such people they have a high-level interest that adds to their lives a flavor that is lacking in the lives of others. —Schopenhauer"

Lan Eucalyptus also leaned over to read this text, and she remembered a famous quote from Nietzsche: Art is above all else. Feng Zikai has the saying of "three realms of life": material realm, spiritual realm, and religious realm, but in fact, the four realms will be richer: material life, spiritual life, artistic life, and religious life. The artist is second only to God. Art is not a world of fireworks, but a unique taste and way of life.

Zhen Ni stood behind them at some point and said something that seemed to be understood, "The ultimate PK of the future world not only belongs to the Internet +, but also to the art +." Mengshi snorted, "How do you say this?" Zhen Ni's thin lips opened lightly and said: "Internet+ is a worldwide way of connectivity, and it is also a means for the public to receive or promote information. Art+ has always stood at the tip of the pyramid, because the world has gained material abundance through the industrial age and experienced the reorganization of resources in the Internet age, even if people are thinking ahead of time, they cannot stop the gradual saturation of the world market. In the future, the trend of niche and the disparity between the rich and the poor will be more obvious, and the market will inevitably become a world of niche art or fashion and luxury, especially those that are down-to-earth and good. And art becomes a plus in the hands of a few, and this lead cannot be replicated. The words made Lan Eucalyptus and Mengshi look at each other.

After being stunned for a long time, Mengshi couldn't help but ask: "I feel that artists are not mortals, I really don't know how they are made?" Jenny pondered for a moment, "Have you all seen Nietzsche's Thus Said Zarathustra?" The promotion of art requires a temporary separation from the world, and then a return can beautify the world. If you don't want to let go of the world's warmth, you can only stay at the spiritual level, and be stained by the trivialities of the world. A true artist needs to keep evolving. Mengshi nodded as if she didn't understand after hearing this, Lan Yu silently shook hands with Zhen Ni in her heart, and a friend's friend is indeed a friend. Lan Eucalyptus remembered that Feng Zikai once wrote: "Human beings are originally artistic, and they are originally full of sympathy. It's just that when I grew up, I was oppressed by the wisdom of the world, and this bit of soul was hindered or worn out. Only a wise person can be indomitable, and even if he is oppressed on the outside, he still retains this precious heart on the inside. "The essence of art is to learn from things. A movie, a painting, or a text are all sensory reflections of the inner world.

"Let's take a look around the back garden of the art world!" Jenny stretched out her hand to open the back of the café, and the light penetrated in a flash, only to see that the garden was very similar to the furnishings of Monet's garden, like a paradise. Blue Eucalyptus and Mengshi were dumbfounded by the experience of the scenery in this garden, and only cared about the careful visit. They didn't expect that even the reproduction of Monet's garden could be so beautiful, no wonder Monet once said a very famous sentence: "I will become a painter, mostly thanks to flowers". Monet's love for nature and gardens seems to be innate, and the critic Braunel commented: "Monet's art has become nature itself." In his later years, Monet bought a piece of land in Giverny, built a pond and planted water lilies, and many other plants. He drifted away from his fellow Impressionists, and devoted himself to painting in his "flowery" world. A textured life is indeed inseparable from the love of flowers and plants, and art is actually not so profound, it is nothing more than some unique people focusing on unique things.

After wandering around the art world, Lan Eucalyptus and Mengshi returned to the large white arch, and they will not forget the grass and trees in this private art museum. Zhenni stood at the door and watched them get into the car, Mengshi looked at Zhenni's girl-like eyes, and couldn't help but sigh: People who play art are adolescents all their lives.