曲调（彩墨）

我认为一幅画中要富含节奏感──无论下笔线条的轻重缓急，墨块色层的大小呼应，甚至是空白位置的摆置──我认为这些就是画中应该认真去追求的东西。

基本上，我认为绘画和音乐是相通的，说一个画画的人五音不全，在我看来简直是不可思议的。音乐里的音阶不就是绘画里的色阶吗？音乐里的节拍不就是绘画里的律动吗？音乐里的长短休止不更是画里的大小留空吗？甚或是一首曲子要有一个歌名，和一幅画要订一个题称，这又有什么区别呢？

平时兴来我偶尔也唱唱歌，欣赏古典音乐。听朋友唱歌时，我马上可以听音记谱，然后对照他们买来的乐谱，几乎可以说没有差异，除非他们唱错了。

总之，我认为音感和美感是一致的，相通的。

Melody/ink and color painting

I believe that a painting should be rich in rhythm. Whether the painted lines are heavy or light, or fast or slow, or whether the patches or layers of color coordinated, or even how the blank areas are arranged—I feel that these are all things that deserve serious attention when painting.

I believe that painting and music are basically interlinked. From my point of view, a painter who is unable to carry a tune is simply incredible. Aren’t the musical scales exactly like the color shades of painting? Isn’t the beat of music the same as the rhythmic patterns of painting? And aren’t the pauses of music like the areas left blank in painting? Every piece of music has a name, while every painting must have a title—aren’t these also the same?

I occasionally sing, and I like to listen to classical music. When I hear friends singing, I can immediately write down the notes; when I compare what I’ve written with the score they had purchased, there’s usually no difference—unless they sang it wrong.

In summary, I believe that there’s no difference between people’s musical sense and aesthetic sense—they are connected and one and the same. ＠

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