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Fourth Anniversary of Art Learning... Shirley's 81st Friendly Greeting-- Sun, March 17, 2007
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Hi,Dear Friends
 How are you? Have you had a good week? I do hope you are well and have a relaxed and easy weekend.
This week, we have made sure our revenue target and social responsibilities in 2007. The whole of the work has been distributed into different departments. We have also signed the contracts with 14 department managers. The departments that can complete their duties, better than the contracts, will get reward of salary and bonus. The departments that can not complete their duties will be punished with reduce of salary and bonus. We will check the work of support departments according to their service quality and the satisfying rate of their users. We will check the work of business departments according to their revenue.
This Saturday, March 17, 2007 is the 4th anniversary that I have learned the art of painting. Also it is the time that I have learned art of vocal music for 4 years and 4 months. Instead of completing a special picture as I did in the past years, I wrote an article to summary my art learning process and to appreciate my 4 teachers on my learning road.
I can not imagine that I had changed my destiny with a hard work on my career road in the first 10 years after I came to Shenzhen, between 1992 to 2002. Then I have learned art of painting and vocal music over 4 years from 2002 to 2007 in my free time already. And I can not imagine how the art learning has changed me as a very peaceful person to treat this world and the others with so much grateful, tolerant and a wider heart.
I deeply feel that art learning has taken me into the beautiful great nature -- to feel the beauty of a mountain, a river, a flower and a fish -- To discover the kind part of human being, to feel and to express the wonderful parts with my own colors, views and feelings. Art learning is making my nature to be recovered out -- smiles are getting more and more, a grateful feeling is getting more and more, tears are getting less and less, life quality is getting better and better... Art has helped me not seek fame and wealth -- instead of spending my limited free time to sell a picture as some friend's suggestions and wishes; instead of accepting a report by TV station, newspaper and magazine, I pay more attend to improve my art culture and skills. I am sure that I will exhibit and sell my paintings some day, but, it is not now, when I am just a beginner.
An interesting thing is that I do have found that art learning and working have brought me some philosophic thoughts ? For example, when I am dealing with the middle colors or when I am singing a song I often think of the "golden meaning鈥�. I do feel that a real person should keep a balance in his or her life and work, and does not do anything ultra. Just like painting and singing, we can not only use a deepest or a lightest color only, to sing the highest or lowest tone always, we have to find the balance among in the middle colors and mediant part. From this meaning to speak, the art learning has made me to feel the art of real life and work. It is also making me to find my own weakness every day. I have not felt any picture and any song of mine can be given 100 marks yet. I will not satisfy with my art works and I would be a learner past, now and in the future...
As a creative work, art can not been learned 100% forever, art learning will accompany me forever.
Do you do anyhing fun except your career working? What is your favorite thing in your free time?
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Shirley Created Art -- Chinese Xieyi 0128: Summer
This is the first time that I learned to paint trumpet creepers. My teacher thought that I had done a good job锛宯o matter the composition of the picture or the leaves, especially the layers of the colors of the leaves, have made a bigger progress than the picture that I had painted last week. But, a brush of a branch of the tree on the right and down part had been dealt with too straight, so that it has destroyed the structure of this part. Also the flowers were too big and their structure seemed like a little bit loose. Even though I myself was not very satisfied with my birds and I did not know how to paint the claw of the big bird yet, my teacher gave me 90 marks. How do you think of this picture? Do you enjoy it?
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Shirly Sung China(Shannxi) Folk Song--052: Nanniwan -- South Muddy Valley
From 1941 to 1944, a Chinese army created a wonder and changed Nanniwan from a poor place to be a rich one as the "south area of the Yangtze River". And offered the supply of the armies in the battlefield to fight with the Japanese aggressors to be given enough in the Second World War. This Song Nanniwan -- South Muddy Valley that was created in the 40鈥檚 just reflects the history then. It is too popular in China and I could sing it when I was just 6 or 7 years old, so that just recorded my singing 3 times, my teacher said that was ok. It is fun that when I was singing at my home. I did hear some neighbors were singing with my piano out of my windows. It seems like a beautiful thing can be accepted by most of people. Right?
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Chinese Classical Poem --0078 & Shirley Created Music-0068: Wang Tianmen Shan -- Looking at the Tianmen Mountains
This little poem describes the beautiful view of Yangtze River in the ancient Chu State's domain in today's Tianmen Mountains in Anhui province. With 28 characters, it has written the great power of the water and mountains. The water had cleaved the Tianmen Mountain to be two parts, then, the two mountains have made the water to change its direction. Both of them are affecting each other with their own styles. They are not only creating a beautiful view together, but also they are welcoming some white sail to come into their world from the place far away by the sunshine rising together. I do enjoy it so that I have written a Chinese Calligraphy and I have created a piece of music to match it. I do hope that my effort will be a little bit help to your Chinese learning...
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Shirley's Chinese Calligraphy: Running Regular Script -- 004
The more look at Chinese Calligraphy, the more like it and be attracted by it deeply. So, this week, I have written my 4th Running Regular Script as my practice. I have written it for several times, but, I am not satisfied with my works yet. I will do more practice. This is a Chinese classical poem and I have written a piece of music to match it and I also gave you its main meaning and Character via the link. Wang Tianmen Shan I do hope that what I have done for you can be a little bit help to you to know more about Chinese culture.
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Vocabulary In Chinese--012: New Words About "Real Estate"
Last weekend, we have learned some new words about Securities and I guess that most of people who are caring for the stock price, they would certainly care for the real estate market. So, this weekend, I would like to introduce some new words relate to "Real Estate" and hope it is a little bit help to your Chinese learning.
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Shirley's Writting: Art Note --002: My 4th Anniversary of Art Learning
Saturday is the 4 anniversary of my art learning, instead of putting a new picture on the web site, I slowed down my steps to think and to write something even though I had designed and drafted a half of picture already. After learning vocal music for 4 months, I painted my first picture on March 17, 2003. Then, in the later 4 years, within 1460 days, I have painted over 750 pictures -- 100 Gouache Pictures, 23 Chinese Gong Bi Pictures, 128 Chinese Xieyi Pictures and over 500 sketches or Baimiao. Art learning has helped me to live in a peaceful and calm emotion, to treat the world and the others with a wide, grateful and tolerant heart. Art learning is changing my destiny and my future life.
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I am just a learner on art, music, English, French and the work on the web site in my free time. Anyway, I would really like to do a little bit things with what I have learned to make this little web site to be An Electronic Bridge Of Culture Exchange, Friendship and Language Learning. During the process to help the others and to improve myself.
I do appreciate your understanding, directions and supports. I do hope to get your great help continuously now and in the coming time...
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please write to shirleyz004@yahoo.com or shirley@ebridge.cn . You are welcomed to publish your opinions in the forum.
--Shirley
Written and Edited on Sun, March, 18, 2007
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