Chapter 46 Listen to the three-dimensional nostalgia

French Confucian Roland Barthes talked about the writing environment and study stationery. He said that he didn’t like to make fuss in the hotel room. He’s a structuralist, believe it or not!” He used to work at his desk in the bedroom from 9:30 to 1:00 in the morning; there was also a piano in the bedroom for him to play at 2:30 noon every day.Then there is a pile of painting tools, and I always draw a few strokes on Sundays when I have nothing to do.The desk should be made of wood; there should be another table next to the desk to store the sundries in the study; the typewriter and the index shelf have their own places.Barthes is obsessed with pens and likes to buy all kinds of pens. When writing an article, he always likes to exchange new pens and old ones for writing.He even used a quill pen, but he never used a ballpoint pen, saying that this kind of pen is only suitable for sporadic and miscellaneous impressions, and cannot outline a comfortable and flying writing.He always loves to use delicate fountain pens. He feels that the pen is in his hand, with a sharp edge, no regrets, and the pen is perfect!

Writing was originally a cottage industry, not to mention the past and present Chinese and foreign workshop environments revealing the writer's life interest, most of the writers are quite sophisticated about production tools such as paper and pen.In the Ming Dynasty, Tu Long, the head of the worship department, was framed by a villain. Although his family was poor after he retired, he never forgot to manage the atmosphere of the study. In addition to planting orchids and raising scales, the side of the inkstone pool was more fertile, attracting green moss; After picking up scallops, I often sprinkle some fishy water. After a long time, vines grow, and the moonlight is as muddy as a water house, which is very interesting.As for the couches, piano and sword, calligraphy and painting, and tripod research in the studio, they are all well-made and well-decorated, which makes people's eyes and minds refreshed.These "clear rules" are exactly what Roland Barthes called the writing "etiquette" of writers, as sacred as the scripture copyists in medieval churches and monasteries had to sit silently for a whole day before they could write; Barthes even yearned for the ancient Chinese to attach importance to calligraphy, Linchi's concentration is like the perseverance of a monk to get rid of distracting thoughts.Such a style, now that the hardware development of mechanical civilization is so exciting, it is natural to need to re-understand and make another settlement.

"I'm constantly reinventing myself to adapt to the trends of the times," says Roland Barthes.He bought an electric typewriter and spent half an hour every day practicing typing.Hope to "type" a more "typewriter-flavored manuscript".He said that his writing process is usually divided into two stages: handwriting and typing: first, put the "emotion" pen in the book, and seek the harmony of his heart and hand, and turn it into a handwritten manuscript; then transcribe the manuscript into a typewritten manuscript Ready to print for sale.Barthes was busy, and occasionally had to ask others to use a typewriter to transcribe manuscripts, but he felt that this was a phenomenon of alienation in social relations: typists were restrained by their employers and bound like slaves, while the world of writing actually focused on free expression. Emotional world!Therefore, the only way is for Barthes to practice typing by himself, hoping that he can type out articles directly with a typewriter instead of writing drafts by hand, so as to obtain the same elegant and impromptu beauty as manuscripts.However, after all, Barthes was reluctant to give up the fun of "pen" farming until he died, and would rather lament his outdatedness than lightly neglect the pens on the desk.

The emphasis on calligraphy in old-fashioned Chinese scholars is, of course, forced by the situation of selecting scholars by awarding books, but many of them are also due to closeness of sex; there must be nostalgia for the past.Hubei Yang Shoujing is famous for his books. He has a lot of ancient calligraphy and paintings in his home. Unfortunately, his family members don’t know how to treasure them, so they bought them from the Japanese at a high price. It's dead, and you can't eat it if you don't bring the hand scroll of Xiaozheng." Zhou Qizi couldn't help but sigh after reading it, "Taiping Wenyan, Yangfu's mouth is romantic, fascinated by the former sages, heartbroken by the changes in the world, not only the ashes of Miaomo's robbery, but also a sigh of relief." !The decline of Chinese calligraphy has indeed affected the interest of literati and the charm of articles; now that Chinese has typewriters, it will gradually become common in the practical application of copywriting, and Chinese writers will have a deep understanding of the "alienation of social relations" sooner or later.However, as long as the writer's "emotion" is not dead, and the writing "etiquette" is not bad, and try to pursue a touch of beauty in handwritten and typed manuscripts, then the manuscripts of Chinese literati should at least have well-behaved cursive pen characters It can be seen that although there is no return to the elegant style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the meaning of the tablet of the Six Dynasties is in the end self-contained, and the heart and hand are in harmony, and the article also reveals some ancient thoughts.

Mechanical civilization sets up a brand-new button culture with hardware components; the consumer market spreads the development network of software products with sophisticated information systems; the channels for disseminating knowledge and promoting wisdom are like vines growing closer and closer; Material materialism puts a green mattress as comfortable as moss on the modern life. However, whether the dream on this soft bed is an illusion of colorful lasers or a reflection of the green pastoral is something that modern people cannot explain themselves. confused.The taste of life and culture and art began to circle in the dead end of elegance and popularity, and they could not get rid of the pressure brought by the consumer society.American poet Frank O'Hara has long since stopped resting after being sad and the world has changed: "Too many poets are like middle-aged mothers forcing their children to eat too much cooked meat and potatoes. I don't care if they eat or not. Forcing people to eat more will make people Get thinner. Nobody needs to take experiences they don't need; let them go if they don't need poetry. I actually like watching movies." People who are not used to typewriters can still use ballpoint pens, fountain pens, and even brushes; Break the trickle of history.Pianist Horowitz can perform in person at the well-dressed Milan Opera House, but at the same time, Carnegie Hall in New York screens his performance video, using modern digital recording technology with three-dimensional effects to capture thousands of nostalgia for Chopin. Vanity Fair magazine launched the "British Fever" album, discussing the phenomenon that Americans today worship and imitate the old British style, and compare the British elegance with the American drive, the British slump and the American optimism, and the British view of the past. Nostalgia and Americans' confidence in the future.Jin Yaoji said in a letter from the ancient city of Heidelberg: "Actually, I like this kind of place where modernity and tradition are combined: if there is a passage with history, you will not float; if you have the atmosphere of the times, you will know where you are standing!"