暢懷（彩墨）
有時候，我喜歡跟學生們開這個玩笑，講這個笑話──就說這天地間要化育形成這麼一處風景，這些個山啊、河啊，至少要花個幾億年的時間來形成。就不要說山，單講畫中這些個樹，至少也要百十年的功夫來成長吧。而我們拿起筆，沾一點墨、塗一些色，信筆揮灑，不消幾分鐘就完成一座山、一塊地、一片水……──我們也可以像上帝一樣創造化育喔。
聽了咱們這種奇特的「謬論」之後，有些學生會微笑頷首，有些則表情嚴肅，不置可否。
不置可否就是「不完全同意」，難怪人家表情嚴肅。──想想：紙上的山水再怎麼費心經營也是假的；紙上的花鳥再怎麼漂亮也不會飛，更沒有香氣──假的怎麼能跟真的做比較呢？
但是，我想說的是：紙上的山水、花鳥都是經過適當安排的，雖是虛構的，卻絕對「美」過真實的山水花鳥。您說是不是呢？
Joy/ink and color painting
I sometimes like to play this game with my students: I asked them how long, how many millions of years, would it take to create this kind of scenery—these mountains and rivers? And if we don’t even mention the mountains, what about the trees in this painting? It would take over a century for them to grow. For our part, however, we can pick up a brush, dip it in the ink or paints, and paint and entire mountain, landscape, or body of water in only a few minutes. So our power to create is nearly godlike.
After listening to me talk about this strange “fallacy,” some of the students smiled and nodded, while others wore serious expressions and remained noncommittal.
Since their lack of comment signified that they did not agree fully, no wonder the students had serious expressions. But consider this: No matter how much effort is put into rendering mountains and streams on paper, they are still false.. And while flowers and birds in a painting are beautiful, they have no scent and cannot fly. How can we compare things that are false with things that are true?
However, when I want to get across is that mountains, streams, flowers, and birds on paper are the result of appropriate mental preparation. Although they are fictitious, there are absolutely more beautiful than real mountains, streams, flowers, and birds. Do you agree with what I’m saying?＠
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