An Interpretation of Zhang Yi's "Old Jade in the Mirror"
An Interpretation of Zhang Yi's "Old Jade in the Mirror"
Original author | Ke Xiaoren
Once a bonsai work is completed, it becomes an independent "purely intentional" object. Only through the viewer's appreciation can its existence truly be realized, displaying its cultural value and imaginative character.
"Old Jade in the Mirror" is the face of time, a distant place of longing. "As distant as the red beans weeping blood in ancient airs, as distant as the ends of the earth where crashing waves strike the shore." The old jade glimmers, the "mirror" glimmers, and they live in harmony within their own world.
The "literary glory" and "honor" of our ancestors illuminate the mortal world. Here, you can read the revelation and attraction of life; here, you can read the contentment and greed of the gaze. That lush "mountain peak" of the soul of spring - one kind of life nurturing the inevitability of another. Therefore, countless enduring thoughts are entwined here, and at the same time, countless ancient and profound spiritual sorrows lie hidden here as well...
"Old Jade in the Mirror" - a realm that communes with the divine and enters the immortal. Such a realm not only broadens the visual field and the space of imagination, but also leads aesthetic activity toward a more expansive space where "scenery reaches its utmost."
"Old Jade in the Mirror" is the charm of a communion between the soul and the universe, and it entrusts the author's inner vastness and boundlessness. Placed within such a picture, how could our souls fail to be elevated?
Zhang Yi's bonsai often has a core image, and "old jade in the mirror" is one such core image. The other images that revolve around this core image and relate to it (the mirror - regional space; the jade - mountain stones, sand and mud, etc.) together form the "image group" of the picture. This work expands the suggestiveness and symbolism of bonsai language among these continuously emerging images, forming a kind of aesthetic tension.
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