After the Literature Salon | My own thoughts

the salon

TIME：JAN.11/2019 14:00-16:30

LOCATION：the National Gallery

FIGURES：Liang Wendao/ Yan Lianke/ Zhang Dachun

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I went there myself, just to know more about their ideas to writing even to life. And  then, write about my own perception.

About Writing

The literature has obvious difference in each era. Chinese literature may develop slower compared to the World literature. Although there are a number of literature work in China, the 'real' is really hard to find and read especially the translation works. As the writer Mr.Yan said,

they wrote the 20th century's words in the 20th century, while we wrote the 18th century's words in the 20th century.

The reason for the phenomenon may relate to the situation of our social development which made us become victims, but we can need try our best to change the current condition. The pessimism around us takes up too much space from time to time, there is no time to think others, what we can change is ourselves including our creativities. In some situation, the reason we write is not for readers but for ourselves. With the rapid rhythm of the society, releasing our own emotion become more and more significant. Writing to ourselves, facing directly to our hearts and expressing what we really want, are necessities of life.

How to balance sensibility and rationality? I think it depends on what we've experienced and the forms of our works. For me, sensibility may give me more comforts whlie rationality leads me miserable. However, I am still trying my best to seize both of them. And I see this issue as the anxiety that should not has to words but certainly exists. It is difficult to think over the next step we should do. The proper method of solving the issue is that we'd better not be hopeful enough to the future, which doesn't mean the future is hopeless but does mean endeavor is enough and then, what we get is acceptable.

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About self-denial

I always think over the issue that what is the result of self-denia. Although it could not be thought clearly at once, I realize the process is worthy. The writer Mr.Zhang told me that denying is for not denying. I could understand a little, but not compelety clear. Write here, I feel I'm so tired to think over such unanswerable problems, what I need change is not thinking such "useless" problems of life but walk out to try and accept more.

with Mr.Liang Wendao