豐子愷

I have to make good use of these weeks of acute medicine module to read something good. This time, I picked up the collection of drawing by 豐子愷.

Despite living in a chaotic era, his drawing was simplistic, describing the daily livings of common people, as well as the beauty of the country.

He did not fake. In his days, injustice and sorrows were most of the things that you can see in the streets. Old people had to make their livings on their own. Some widows had to put their newborns to the church as they could not afford to take care of them. As we all know, life is not easy. But it is not common for people to point out the problems, and show the concern.

And yet, he did not give up on love and harmony. The warm family life that he had drawn was what I am looking for: a tired father coming back from work hugged by his children; brothers playing on the grounds. Mother making clothes for her boys. Beyond the black paints on the white papers, there are so much more in the living that can be told.

Oh. What we actually miss? His drawing completed our nostalgia.