Almighty painter

Chapter 903 Love Story (Part )

"When I read this story for the first time, I was very moved and also very sad. It was a quiet and gentle sadness, just like watching Monet's Impression, Sunrise. Apart from the name, a red sun hangs above the tide in the harbor. The hazy fog is full of alienation, as if the light is dissolved in the air——"

"When I first saw this painting, I had no idea where it came from. I didn't know if it was sunrise or sunset, and I didn't know when this ever-changing color would end."

Gu Weijing stood beside the campfire.

"Then the teacher told me that the name of this painting was Impression, Sunrise, and my emotions calmed down in an instant."

Liu Ziming listened to Gu Weijing's story.

He is the one with the widest range of interests among his fellow brothers and sisters.

Teacher Cao Xuan lived in a Zen temple in Jiangnan for a long time when he was a child. Liu Ziming recalled a famous Buddhist story he had read.

During the Tang Dynasty, there was a high monk from Silla who made up his mind to go to the East to study Buddhism.

The monk was traveling in the middle of the night and felt thirsty. He found a pool of water in the wilderness and took a rest and drank. He found the water sweet and quenched his thirst. When the sun rose in the morning, the monk was shocked to see a dead and rotten skeleton in the water.

He suddenly felt his whole body tremble, remembering the water he drank yesterday.

The monk vomited continuously.

Liu Ziming vaguely felt that this oriental story had some similarities with the story that Gu Weijing was telling.

Impressionism pursues a certain subjective emotional expression.

The painter solidified his emotions at that moment on the canvas. The people who view the painting have different inner moods. The moment they see the painting, the two moods collide with each other, creating a completely different visual experience.

If Claude Monet had called his masterpiece that founded Impressionism "Impression, Sunset."

It's just one word difference.

The ever-changing light and shadow frozen on the screen may reveal a completely different meaning.

"When I paint, you feel that you are immersed in the canvas in front of you with your whole body and soul. Every moment, every second, you are born for it, you exist for it, and if necessary, you can die for it..."

Gu Weijing crossed his hands.

"I believe that the male protagonist of Love Story would have felt the same way when he told the poignant love story to the camera."

"That was his perfect love, that was his perfect life."

“It’s both giving and taking.”

"He was a rich kid from an upper-class family. He drove an Alfa Romeo sports car hand-built by Italian engineers to and from school. His last name meant huge wealth. A bunch of buildings at Harvard University were named after his family. The dean came to talk to him, tried to please him, and flattered him, hoping that he could convince his father to donate a new library to Harvard Law School."

"When he found the right person, his Mr. Right, he gave up all these things. He broke off contact with his father and moved out of his family's estate. He and his wife moved to a small apartment, but they couldn't even afford Harvard's tuition. His wife gave up her dream for him. She rejected the opportunity to become a disciple of a top artist and went to work as a music teacher in a private school, working hard to support her husband's education."

"The Gift of the Magi."

The reporter in the audience said calmly:

"The husband sold his pocket watch to buy a comb for his wife. The wife sold her hair to buy a gold watch chain for her husband. It's a classic, but this story has been told too many times. The entire plot of the movie is clichéd and there is almost nothing new. Gu, don't you think so?"

Gu Weijing was silent for a few seconds.

“I think it’s exquisite.”

He replied.

"How do you mean?" the reporter asked.

Gu Weijing didn't know how to answer.

"It's not life, it's a carefully designed stage play." Miss Elena said for Gu Weijing in her heart.

A judge of the Lawrence Awards once told Anna that all Western actors should practice performing Shakespeare.

Because every successful American Hollywood movie hides a Shakespearean story.

Learned to perform Shakespeare's plays.

You have mastered the entire Hollywood way of performing.

This statement is of course somewhat arbitrary. It has something to do with the fact that the judge himself is British and thinks that they are playing a more advanced game than their American cousins. The Hollywood-style film industry certainly has its merits, but it is not good enough when it comes to artistic standards. It is also related to the fact that Sir Oliver Lawrence is the most successful actor in the history of Hamlet in Britain, and the Lawrence Award's preference for Shakespeare actors is obvious to all.

Perhaps there is some truth in this statement.

After carefully reading the script of "The Godfather", director Coppola removed many plots and only sorted out a story line of prince's revenge for Michael Corleone.

And "Love Story"?
Its main plot is undoubtedly "Romeo and Juliet".

In the first scene of the story, when Romeo and Juliet meet at the ball, they fall in love without any obstacles or barriers, believing that each other is their true love.

Always smile sweetly together.

Always stand together and fight against the resistance from the family.

And the last scene of the story.

Before the bloody curtain of the stage closed from both sides, they would all die, and everything seemed to be carefully designed.

perhaps--

This is the sense of refinement that Gu Weijing mentioned.

They love each other like a crystal that is clear and without any impurities.

“I believe that when the protagonist tells his love story to the camera, it is like describing a clear glass bead.”

Gu Weijing said.

"I believe that even though he knew this was the outcome and that his wife was going to die, he had no regrets about his feelings. When his wife was dying, she said to him, 'Hey, Oliver——'

"Oliver Barrett IV."

"To hell with Paris. What's Paris?"

"What is Paris?"

Miss Elena repeated this sentence in her mind.

Some people think that Paris is the capital of art, the city of wealth and dreams, and the heart of the European continent. Of course, Miss Irene has reservations about this. Out of the traditional sense of honor upheld by the Irene family, she insists that Vienna is the real capital of art and the heart of the European continent.

Some people think that "Paris is worth a mass" (note).

Also out of the traditional sense of honor that the Elena family needs to uphold, Miss Anna did not make any sharp comments on this.

(Note: A historical joke. King Henry IV of France was once regarded as one of the Protestant leaders. Later, he found that he had the opportunity to obtain the whole of Paris. When he became the King of France, he thought about it and said this classic quote in European history. Then, for the sake of Paris, he turned to Catholicism.)
undeniable.

The debate over which of Paris and Vienna is more important to the history of European art may last for a hundred years.

But Paris is indeed the fashion capital of Europe throughout the ages, and a place that Western artists dream of.

Even someone as mean as Miss Elena would not deny this.

There is the Louvre, Impressionism, Picasso, and half of the history of European painting.

Even her Miss Carla spent her girlhood, spring after spring, in Paris.

She understood the meaning of this sentence very well.

Paris is so good and beautiful. I have fought for so long to get the opportunity to go to Paris.

But please don't be sad.

You haven't done anything sorry to me.

The dying girl said to her husband, "Please, Paris go to hell." Compared to you.

What is Paris?

Even though Anna Elena appreciated such a story from the perspective of a carefully designed stage play.

She was still vaguely touched by these words.

Paris may be the heart of art, may it be worthy of one, two, or a hundred masses, but compared with you, Paris is nothing.

I have no regrets.

You know that such a plot is old-fashioned and vulgar, and has been written a thousand times by different people.

When reading.

I still feel like a sword pierced my heart.

"I will not regret it." Gu Weijing said, "I believe that at that moment, the male protagonist of the movie, Mr. Oliver Barrett IV, was saying this to himself. When recalling this story, he would say it to himself over and over again, and also to his wife in his memory-"

"To hell with Mr. Barrett. Barrett III, Barrett II, or Barrett I. To hell with all of them."

"He would feel that for his wife, for their love. Barrett is nothing. Those Harvard buildings are nothing. Their big bank is nothing."

"If at that moment, he could have exchanged his life for his wife's, I believe he would have done it without hesitation."

Gu Weijing said.

"If he jumps into the flames of love, he can prove to the world the purity of his love, and I believe he will do it without hesitation."

"Can you say that this kind of love is not true love?"

"But when I read the story for the second time on the plane to Singapore, I suddenly wanted to laugh."

A cheerful smile appeared on the young man's face.

But my heart felt like I had swallowed a grain of bitter salt.

"They were always so sweet, they were always so in sync, they always worked together, and okay, maybe they had a quarrel or two, but they always made up within a day."

"They fell in love with each other the moment they met, for no reason."

"I keep thinking about that sentence over and over again. Oliver's summary of his wife's life - she loves the Beatles, she loves Bach, she loves Mozart."

"Love me too."

Gu Weijing glanced at the people around the campfire.

"I believe Oliver loves his wife, too."

"but……"

"What about Mozart, Bach, and the Beatles?"
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"How can you prove that love really exists? After the passion is over, how should we spend the rest of our long lives?"

——Gu Weijing——
The scene was a little cold.

If this was a talk show performance, the effect would have been quite disastrous, with the punchline being thrown to the ground without making any "sound".

"What about Bach, Mozart, and the Beatles?"

Gu Weijing is not good at expressing himself.

and so.

This sentence sounded a bit nonsensical, and people didn't quite understand what he was trying to say at first.

Miss Elena knew.

The conversation in the opera house that day still had an impact on Gu Weijing.

People cannot live in the sunshine of their imagination.

she says.

Then.

Can people live in the "love" they imagine?
Gu Weijing asked.

Why did a playboy like Oliver fall in love with that girl the first time they met? Was it just because she had a pair of beautiful eyes?

Why did the girl fall in love with Oliver in the library?
Just because Oliver ordered her a cup of chocolate flavored ice cream?
In Shakespeare's stage plays, actors and actresses don't need any reason to fall in love. All they need to do is use a chanting tone and say, "Her eyes were like sparks," and Romeo will fall in love with Juliet.

Life and death.

Embrace each other until death.

At the moment of their death, they all firmly believed that they died for love.

They are willing to die for love.

But what about life itself?
Memories are always beautiful, like a crystal without impurities, or as Gu Weijing himself said, a clear glass bead.

Keep it in mind.

Hidden in memories.

It will be polished by memory to become more crystal clear and always bright and new.

But what about real life? Wouldn't it be covered with dust by the trivialities of life?

In this perfect "love story", the selfish rich second generation falls in love with the hardworking Cinderella, and everything becomes sad and beautiful, and life has a new interpretation.

but.

The only thing that has not been truly explained is the word "love" itself.

"Love is the reason for everything, and the source of all courage is love. Only love itself, love does not need any reason." Miss Elena said to herself. "It just exists, it just happens."

"So, is this kind of love real love?"

This is a question that Gu Weijing asked to all the guests present.

is love.

Or is it just another Oedipus Rex?
The love that burned in their hearts, the love for which they were willing to die, was simply a combination of two ancient Greek tragedy plots: patricide and Oedipus complex.

It seems to be the most joyful and crazy emotion.

It itself stems from a deeper and more classic tragedy.

"So what about Bach, Mozart and the Beatles?"

Anna heard a deeper echo from Gu Weijing's unsuccessful joke:

"What if Oliver's wife hadn't died at 25?"

"What if the Titanic didn't actually sink?"

Can they still grow old together?

This was the most mean-spirited joke Miss Elena had ever heard in the past twenty years.

then.

Anna Elena just laughed out loud.

(End of this chapter)