Lin Zhenglu: a native of Putian, Fujian, philosopher, artist, art educator, founder of Shuangxi Antai Public Welfare Teaching Center, and master planner of the cultural and creative industry project in pingnan county, a traditional village in Ningde City, Fujian Province.

The person in white in the middle on the right is Lin Zhenglu in the lecture.

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He holds up the painting dream of 5,111 people

Call of the inner world

Lin Zhenglu was born in rural Fujian in 1971, and is a reader. He always taught himself a whole semester's course one month before the start of the semester, and handed over the homework in the textbook to the teacher at one time. The rest of the time was spent thinking about various philosophical issues: where did human beings come from and where are they going ...

Such a "schoolmaster" who had deep thoughts on the life of the universe failed Sun Shan in the college entrance examination. At that time, the proposition composition was "On those who are near the ink are black", and he wrote "Those who are near the ink are not necessarily black", and got zero.

Being out of college, he envied college life, and began to eat, drink and skip classes with his high school classmates who were admitted to college, and went to many colleges and universities to listen to countless classes. At that time, China's painting business was booming, so he started it. He went to Shenzhen, Hongkong and Canton Fair ... His business grew bigger and bigger, and he soon became one of the China giants in this industry.

However, after the business was booming, Lin Zhenglu was greeted by fraud and went bankrupt. Then he got up, went bankrupt again, got up again and went bankrupt again ... After four bankruptcies, he began to calm down and think about his life. After drawing a lesson, he decided to stay away from the business circle.

One day in 2118, Lin Zhenglu drew his first painting. When the pattern gradually became clear on the drawing paper, his whole person was shocked. That kind of feeling, he used two idioms to describe it: an epiphany, an awakening. This joy of finding himself is something he has never experienced before.

Anyone has the ability to read pictures and identify symbols, and anyone also has the ability to reduce world images into two-dimensional images and symbols. "Anyone who accepts positive psychological guidance and uses scientific methods can draw a good painting and bring his artistic potential into play. Everyone is an artist. " Lin Zhenglu said. After the first painting, he created many works one after another, not seeking a market, but responding to the call of his inner world. No, those paintings have attracted the attention of the industry. Therefore, he began to teach painting and decided that it would be his lifelong career.

Let them see the other side of themselves

In 2119, Lin Zhenglu was hired as the artistic director by 523 Art District in Hai 'an County, Jiangsu Province. His idea that "everyone is an artist" was regarded as a joke and an idealist's utopia at that time.

The ups and downs of the business sea let Lin Zhenglu know how to put his feet on the ground. He comes from the countryside and is well aware of the lack of educational resources in culture and art for ordinary people. So he plunged into the countryside, creating a precedent for free painting teaching in rural areas.

At the threshing floor in rural Jiangsu, Lin Zhenglu spread out his painting tools, and let the children draw while chatting with the villagers. When she saw an old woman holding her embroidered handkerchief, Lin Zhenglu was shocked and urged her to draw the lotus flowers on the handkerchief.

With everyone's encouragement, grandma drew a lotus flower exactly like the one on the handkerchief on the canvas. During the painting, the whole threshing floor was silent. When a summer lotus blooms on the paper after the rain, the threshing floor is still silent and the children's eyes are wide open. Finally, a child broke the silence: "Grandma, why do you look like you just picked this lotus from the pond?" The old grandmother, who was unknown all her life, became the red man of that day. She began to teach children to draw lotus flowers. After that, many villagers heard the sound and picked up their brushes shyly ... Looking at that scene, Lin Zhenglu wanted to cry. After tossing and turning for half his life, he finally found this heavy joy. Since then, he has supported his ideals with his work, and has traveled all over the countryside in Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shandong, Fujian and other places, teaching painting for free.

In his hometown of Fujian, Lin Zhenglu saw the decline of the countryside. The century-old town and old house, decayed because of disrepair, have no glory and pride of the past. The wheel of the times is rolling forward, shouldn't these villages, which condense human artistic wisdom, be protected, publicized and remembered?

A decision took root in Lin Zhenglu's heart. With all his savings, he built a 2,111-square-meter studio in Shuangxi Ancient Town, Pingnan, Fujian, and provided all the painting tools free of charge.

The villagers from Shiliba Village came first. The most active are children, who mix watercolors curiously. The villagers watched nervously, pulling their skirts tightly and their mouths tightly. Lin Zhenglu encouraged them to come through the door. An aunt put vegetables on the ground, wiped her muddy hand on her clothes, and walked into the studio with awe-inspiring "sacrifice one's life for justice" and picked up a brush. Only half an hour later, a big goose appeared in her pen, and even the water droplets in the webbed were drawn.

When the painting was finished, she looked up and patted her chest and said, "I was scared to death. I thought the goose at home ran out of the circle." Lin Zhenglu almost commented on the painting with tears in his eyes, and he felt that the fire of hope was quietly igniting in the studio.

The aunt's "sacrifice one's life for righteousness" shows the villagers that the threshold of art is not as high as they thought. One after another, the villagers came. After a hard day's work, they put down their farm tools, picked up their brushes and painted the days in their eyes and hearts. Many people, startled by their own paintings, see the other side of themselves and the other side of their tired life.

Shuangxi, a century-old town, is boiling because of this studio. Painters from all over the country come in droves. Most of them are zero-based painters, who come with curiosity and disbelief and stay or leave with a unique discovery.

Art is a full life experience

"Art is not behind closed doors, nor is it a game for a few elites. Art is a full life experience that everyone can have. Everyone can be an artist. " This is Lin Zhenglu's basic theory about art subject.

Lin Zhenglu's dream is constantly fermenting. He has set up teaching points in Kuixia Ancient Village and Longtan Village to facilitate the villagers there to learn painting. And he himself, running between three teaching points every day, comments on everyone's paintings. Four or five hours of sleep every day is already a luxury.

Poor and thin, he has become a man spinning like a top in rural Fujian, and he has always been inspired by his ideals.

Today, Lin Zhenglu has been stationed in the rural areas of Fujian for more than three years, and he is the beloved "Mr. Lin" of the villagers. Some villagers embarked on the road of professional painters because their paintings were accepted by the market.

However, Lin Zhenglu's vision is still profound. He loves the old buildings that have been in disrepair for years and the disabled children in the countryside. He knows that the degree of civilization of a society depends on its attitude towards the disadvantaged groups. Therefore, he took the initiative to undertake the heavy responsibility of repairing the ancient buildings in the ancient village. When he had no money, he went to alms. What moved him was that the villagers began to raise money for it. They said: "This is our own business, and it is all right to contribute."

The establishment of an art center for disabled children is Lin Zhenglu's greatest concern. As a "detail control", he pays attention to every corner of the studio-the height of the easel, the height of the window, the barrier-free threshold, and even the cups for drinking water are designed by the children themselves ... He often stays with the children to understand their physical inconvenience, so as to improve the studio design and adjust the teaching progress. He was pleased to see the children immersed in the creation. He knew that no matter what hardships the children experienced in the future, as long as they were influenced by art, their lives would not be too difficult.

The Shuangxi Studio at 11 o'clock at night is still brightly lit. Some people are painting, some people are talking to Lin Zhenglu in a low voice, and some people are staring blankly out of the window ... Therefore, it is called "the most beautiful night in China" by everyone.

When Lin Zhenglu turns off the last light in the studio, it is often midnight. The night in the country is so charming that he can't bear to rest. Now, he is planning the next development of the art center-he knows that he is setting a more ambitious goal, with no end, only one full life after another.

If you do this, you will not waste your life.

Note: Lin Zhenglu has more than propped up the painting dreams of 5,111 people! In fact, there are far more than 5111 people, so far, it has reached tens of thousands of people! The original author still knows the previous data.

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