Pollock is great, he is irreplaceable. Not everyone can become Jackson Pollock, because to become him requires too much to give up and too much to sacrifice. Not everyone has such a pure and unwilling heart. Before he became famous, Pollock's friends repeatedly persecuted him, until the end, the buddy said, this is the meaning, you don't be moved by others, stick to your own. This is your characteristic. Yes, this is the characteristic of Pollock. He kept breaking, breaking, and breaking with art as his mission throughout his life. This breaking was fun. He created amazing paintings time and time again, until the drip painting "Pollock No. 1" series gave him unprecedented praise. But the things that the secular society needs to deal with are like chains that make him feel tired every time he breaks.
Family affection, in this secular world, even the closest people cannot be trusted. Pollock wanted to get his mother's approval. Every time he held an exhibition, he kindly called his mother to kiss his cheek. And when Pollock was still destitute, Mom didn't look at him directly. And the younger sister-in-law, who complained to his brother at the beginning of the scene, ha, I'm fed up with your brother and nothing is done. And after Pollock became famous and changed the big house, she was also the one who came the most diligent. Once at a party, Pollock and his wife were very happy because the paintings were praised by the newspapers, because they were too happy to be a little bit out of shape. This picky sister-in-law came: Don’t forget your family because of Picasso. Ha, I really wanted to slap her twice. In the next shot, Pollock and a buddy were sitting on the stairs drinking wine. He said, um, I once had a damn dream. I dreamed that five brothers were all on the edge of a cliff, but the other four wanted to let go. It doesn't matter his life or death, this dream is damnable. Later, as Pollock's ten years passed by, there is no need to think about the fact that those relatives will be the same as usual, embarrassed and despised. Everyone thinks how their loved ones should give and how to be tolerant, but if you encounter a family like Pollock, how should you tell yourself, Hi Men, don't be sad, this is human nature.
Love, this is what I want to talk about most. Until Pollock met the little spice, I was admiring his love with Li. What an amazing woman Li is, she is like the oath that "when people all over the world think you are going to the left, in fact, I know you are always going to the right." Even though Pollock was abandoned and criticized by others, she still firmly believed in him, believed in his talent, and believed in his personality. She loves him and has not wavered. Even if you follow him to the countryside and live a poor country life together; She loves him, everything is fine. In the promotion of paintings, she prepared an exhibition for him like an agent. In the exhibition, she seemed to be a successful woman; but in life, she cut his nails, handed her hot coffee to let him go to the office, and went when he was crazy. Hug him to comfort him, she is a lover, a mother, and a friend. It is all the energy of a woman to love a man. However, the reality is cruel, they have no children. At first, I admired Li's wisdom. When the second child was open, the rich and the poor were all clamoring for a second child. I think Li taught us a good lesson. Yes, they are very poor and cannot have children. On the one hand, Li said that she was very affectionate, and I and you were enough; on the other hand, she didn't want to bring her children into the world to suffer such crimes. Yes, poor people cannot have children, even if they do, they cannot have more. Only in this way can they be carefully nurtured and make the children's life easier, because life is not easy, and they all have a deep understanding of this. Ten years later, Pollock, who was middle-aged with a bald, beard and beer belly, made a big shot at Li, who was also wearing reading glasses and looked old. They quarreled fiercely. He called Li a prostitute and would not have children. Bitch. That's it, what about love? The torture of life turns the sweet love of the past into resentment. I still remember their joy when they first went to the countryside, and the tacit understanding of planting trees and opening the garden together was now taken away by time. The middle-aged Pollock cheated like many men, with a minor. There was an affair at home when Li called. Li was only talking on the phone. She was sorry to say that she could not find her passport and might have to go back. After half a minute, I said I found it again, and put it in another bag. It is so simple and daily, no response on the other side of the phone is needed, because they are already like relatives. Putting down the phone, Pollock said I owed this woman a lot. When I said this, Xiao San was eating apples in the kitchen where Li was cooking. Later, Li also wrote to Pollock. In the letter she still loved him so much, but Pollock did not reply to the letter, so much so that Li wanted to say in the letter that he wanted to see your letter and love your Li. Pollock loves Lee very much, but he can only escape the torture of life. In the last scene, Li didn’t appear either, just on the shady scene. I wrote. After Pollock's death, Li took care of his funeral and continued to create in his studio, and lived another 28 years. Li also has her own extraordinary creations, and she is also a painter. And after she found out that Pollock had an affair and had a quiet conversation with him, Pollock said, you also have to do your own thing, and everyone has to do their own thing. For this, my mood is very complicated. On the one hand, he understands and sympathizes with Li for letting go of his career for the sake of his lover, and is only moved to fulfill the other’s spirit; on the other hand, he feels that Pollock is actually not easy. He has taken on Li’s too much love and all of Li’s love. Expectations are all on him, relying on him to realize. It's like a person puts all the bets on one piece, that piece will be really tired. At the end of the story, we have to admit Li's talent and moved by Li's sacrifice. In any case, Pollock has a wife who at least knows how to love him and pet him. He cannot just enjoy love and not bear responsibility. This can be said to be the predicament given to him by love.
Family affection and love are already like this, what about society? He needs money, he has to accept the request to make a movie, but he doesn't like being under the camera like a clam without a shell. He wants to be in his own world. He doesn't want to pretend. He doesn't want to be a star. The most extreme thing is that when the Thanksgiving film is finalized, he keeps repeating in the director's ear: I am not a liar, you are a liar, until the table Throw off. I don't think he is very neurotic. In fact, he told Li at the beginning that he didn't like this, but when Li said, then don't shoot. Pollock said, impolite. He likes to live in the imminent world, but he is unwilling to hurt others. His unwillingness to blend in and the pain of having to succumb to life is no less than Van Gogh. This is really distressing. He is a good man. Before the car accident, he saved a puppy lying on the road. Yes, he is a good man.
In class, we always say to modernist artists that without Jackson Pollock, there would be things like Tom Pollock. We always attribute these to the development of the times. We need to summarize the laws and give a sense of historical order. But in fact, art is different. There are many people of this type of temperament, but there is only one of them. Without him, there would be no such development of American abstract painting school. Will not. Yes, only after he dared to struggle in society like this, he still chose to be pure and choose his own painting belief. On a secular level, he is not a good son, a good brother, a good husband, or a good lover, but he is indeed a good painter in human history. Oh, this great Pollock.
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