
When I began to practice calligraphy by imitating the model works, I was told that I must stably hold the brush and keep the tip of the brush in the middle place when I was practicing, imprinting on the paper as if the pen point is about to penetrate through it. Only in this way can the lines be written in an eminent and textured quality. To make it feel in a good sense of quality, I worked very hard practicing writing the lines. No matter the long lines, short lines, thick lines or thin lines, they just stamp in my mind, twirling in my heart.
The inscription on the bronze ware, wavy and mottled, was telling the history with the great changes seen in the course of time. So, I tried my best to practice those works in order to get closer to them in various dynasties in pre-Qin period, Qin-Han period, Jin period, and even the following dynasties until the Qing period, yearning day and night only wish my lines are emotional.
The way of drawing the lines is the secret of the technique of expression of calligraphy. Lines have feelings to express the spirit of flesh and blood of human. Sometimes, the lines fast change with fluctuation. But no matter how changeable the lines are, the line in moms hands will be twirling over my heart for good. I will always love the strokes of lines and wish the lines I write down would have myriads of changes with my feelings.
少時,記憶最深的有媽媽的藤編針線笸筐。直徑約40厘米大的匾子里擱置著小剪子、頂針、各種布頭,還有各種色彩的線團線卷。時常在陽光下,坐在媽媽身邊,看媽媽靈巧的手指穿針引線后,蘭花指般將各色線穿梭于我們的衣物中,然后,有著舒適溫馨……
稍長,喜歡戲曲,越劇京劇,跟著錄音機學唱。旋律時而斷,時而連,猶如線。欣賞程派唱腔如蠶絲,欲斷欲連,獨特優美的唱腔,也讓我咿咿呀呀許久……
再以后,有了孩子。女兒養蠶,看一條條蠶吐著長長的絲……
于是,對線有了感覺,長線、短線、粗線、細線印在腦海中,纏繞在心間。
剛開始臨帖時,被教導著要中鋒用筆,即筆在行筆過程中穩穩地在線中心劃出深深的軌跡,力透紙背。這樣的用筆寫出來的線才勁挺,才有質感。為了讓這根線有質感,便左三圈地練,右三圈地轉。
線有質感,還不行,還要有情感。線是有感情的么?有的。不然,歷朝歷代留下的法帖為何不是千篇一律的呢?為了筆下的線有情感,朝思暮想,試圖走進先秦時期,靠近秦漢階段,親近晉唐宋元明清……
青銅器上的銘文斑斑駁駁的線,述說著滄桑的歷史;秦小篆勻凈的線,彰顯著如玉的玲透;山體上質樸的線,散發著蒼宇間賦予的山野氣;還有書法史上留下寶貴的晉韻唐法宋意的鉛字評述……
線如魔術師,旋轉著、組合著、變化著。法國雕塑家羅丹有這樣一段話:“一個規定的線通貫著大宇宙,賦予了一切陋的東西來的。”這是我在宗白華先生的《美學散步》(第167頁)中讀到的。“規定的線”含義是什么呢?我的理解是,規定是法則、程式,即法的規定性;若到了自由自在的境地當無法,便賦予那根線的美。
一位雕塑家談線,對線深有感知。素描如書法一樣亦為線構成,線的連貫、運用是否合適,在長線里最有表現;接著從整體結構把握,即空間的虛實和透視等,也是通過線反映事物的根本;再接著表現明暗關系,還是用不同的筆畫出不同的線來表現;最后處理細節,被創造物是否給人一種物質感,讓人能感覺到是皮的還是木的,等等。
線,真是表現方法的秘密。正如宗白華先生釋說:“千筆萬筆,統于一筆,正是這一筆的運化爾!”
線是有情感的,能表現骨肉筋血來!三國魏太傅鐘繇說:“筆跡者界也,流美者人也……”一畫之筆跡,流出萬象之美,即人心之美,美是從“人”流出來的。沒有人,則沒有美,沒有情感的人,筆下的線也將沒有生命力。
媽媽手中的線,讓我聯想到張芝的勢如鴻飛獸駭、云龍游天的線;王羲之的不激不厲、風規自遠的線;張旭的“伏如虎臥,起如龍跳”的線;懷素的騰挪跌宕的細挺之線……而媽媽的這根線,永遠纏繞在我心頭!鐘情于這根線,也祝我筆下劃出的線富有情感地千變萬化著……
Ms. Chai Limei graduated from the calligraphy and seal cutting major of Nanjing University of the Arts and now is a national second-class artist and visiting scholar at Chinese National Academy of Arts. She is also a member of Chinese Calligraphers Association, member of China Prose Society, member of Anhui Calligraphers Association, Vice-President of Anhui Female Calligraphers Association, Vice Chair of Bengbu Calligraphers Association and President of Bengbu Female Calligraphers and Painters Association.
Her works have been selected into and displayed at China-Japan Women Calligraphy Communication Exhibition, the third and fourth national women calligraphy and seal cutting exhibitions, the second national cursive competition the first Dunhuang National Calligraphy Contest, the first national grass writing exhibitions, etc.
柴立梅,祖籍安徽壽縣。畢業于南京藝術學院書法篆刻專業。國家二級美術師。文化部中國藝術研究院研究生院美術學訪問學者。
先后從事過宣傳、教學、編輯工作,目前為柴立梅工作室導師。中國書法家協會會員、中國散文學會會員,安徽省書協理事,安徽省女書協副主席、蚌埠市書協副主席,蚌埠市女書畫家協會會長。
作品曾入展首屆中日婦女書法交流展,全國第三四屆婦女書法篆刻展,第二屆全國行草書大展,首屆敦煌國際藝術節“敦煌杯”全國書法大賽,全國首屆草書大展等。
參與了西泠印社、《書法報》《書法導報》等舉辦的大賽交流活動。獲林散之獎·南京書法傳媒三年展佳作獎。曾被《書法》雜志評為百強榜成員,獲安徽省第二屆青年“十佳”書家稱號。2009年度獲《書法報》蘭亭諸子提名獎。
參加中國書法界2008北京奧運標志性活動、2008北京雙年展活動;2014年參加中國文聯、中國書協、中國文聯藝術基金會聯合主辦的“功德天品——全國書法名家向中國文學藝術基金會捐贈書法作品展”等活動。 2010年,分別在蚌埠、徐州等地舉辦“柴立梅書法展”。
先后出版了隨筆《梅齋清吟》《梅齋夜話》、書畫集《柴立梅的視界》。