“90后”黄永玉：不欣赏摔倒的地方，爬起来就往前走
他是艺术大师。
油画、国画、版画、漫画、木刻、诗歌，他样样精通，堪称大家。
图：黄永玉接受采访/CGTN
这位耄耋之年的“最强90后”还至情至性：爱撸猫，爱跑车，登上时尚杂志做封面模特……
“老小孩”，“老顽童”，“鬼才”这些戏称，可以说是这位年近百岁老人的真实写照。
图：黄永玉作品/CGTN
这位一直保有“童心”的老艺术家，斩获无数荣誉，却也经历过常人难以想象的苦难。
他的表叔沈从文在《一个传奇的本事》中形容他是一个“永远的天真”的人。
如何让这份“天真”保鲜了近百年？黄永玉的回答是——“不欣赏自己摔倒的地方，爬起来就往前走，不要哀叹这个坑！”
保鲜天真
黄永玉创作过许多经典的动物画作，包括睁一只眼闭一只眼的猫头鹰、中国生肖邮票开山之作猴票等等。
属鼠的黄永玉戏称，与自己最相似的动物还就是老鼠。他幽默地说：“老鼠知足，饿不死，要是没有猫，日子还挺好过的。” 就是这样，艺术家用幽默戏谑的态度笑对人生。
图：黄永玉作品/CGTN
这份天真，保存在他心里，也“藏”在他的作品里。
“明确的爱，直接的厌恶，真诚的喜欢。站在太阳下的坦荡，大声无愧地称赞自己。”黄永玉在2006年出版的《沿着塞纳河到翡冷翠》中写道。
如今，很多年轻人都爱引用这段语录来描述理想的生活态度。有人读出的是“做人要忠于内心”，有人觉得这是在说“放下”，还有人将它当作“爱情箴言”。
黄永玉的解释特别直白——“要说谎，费的力气可大了。诚实是简单的，掩盖要费很大的力气。所以我一辈子就是这样，不行就不行，行就行。”
百幅新作，百岁画展
黄永玉14岁开始发表作品，在八十岁和九十岁时都办过画展。而今他即将迎来百岁，画展自然不能缺席，“一百岁开画展，开一百张画的画展。”
图：黄永玉作品/CGTN
画展时间定在2024年农历七月初九，黄永玉的一百周岁生日。根据他的计划，画展上展出的作品都要是全新的创作。因此，最近一段时间，黄永玉一直在勤奋地画画。
家人觉得他辛苦，他自己却说“这不算辛苦”。“我的计划，现在是盯住百年画展，”他目光炯炯地说，因为在他心里，艺术创作是必须认真对待的事情。
“我不是说我有什么理想、意志，要把它画出来，不是这个意思。不能大动作了，就画小动作，画得大点就是纸大点，慢一点，时间长一点，没有什么，要画就认真地画，努力吧，”黄永玉补充道。
笑对人生
1980年，56岁的黄永玉曾写过一首诗《假如我活到一百岁》。他说，当时都不敢想能不能活到2000年。而今，即将迎来一百岁的他，早已看淡生死。
他用笑来面对生活，也用笑来谈论死亡：“对死我是一点也不畏惧，而且我不希望留下什么骨灰，进什么祠堂，不需要，所以我开玩笑，等我死了之后先咯吱我一下，看我笑不笑。”
黄永玉还爱讲笑话：“从前有个国王问大臣，谁怕老婆？看大家不说话，国王就让怕老婆的站一边，不怕的站另一边。大家都过来了，只有一个老头不过去，国王说‘你真不简单，竟然不怕老婆’，那人说，‘我老婆交代过，人多的地方别去。’”
图：黄永玉作品/CGTN
被问及“现在最真实的快乐是什么？”黄永玉拿出新画的作品——是夜景，湛蓝的天空上点点星光，在万家灯火的映衬下，花儿开得格外灿烂。他给这幅画取名《今夜》，画旁写了段话：“愿上天给人间每个人都有美好的今夜，天天如此，月月如此，年年如此，十年如此，百年如此……”
Huang Yongyu is a legendary Chinese artist who has scored tremendous achievements in various realms of art including ink paintings, woodblock prints and literature.
With his artistic career spanning over half a century, the 98-year-old always empowers his artworks to convey the deep meaning of life in a light and natural way.
His work is inspired from his care-free outlook and childlike innocence rooted in the bottom of his heart, which is never defeated by the age.
"Get up and move on. Don't bemoan that place." This is Huang's philosophy to retain his innocence in both his life and works.
Huang explained, "some people remember that pit all their life, and do not walk further, always scolding. People should get up quickly and move on."
"To judge whether one person is interesting, we can see how he treats himself, or whether he can tell his own jokes,"he said.
Dubbed as "a generation of ghost talents," Huang embarked on his artistic journey at the age of 14.
Since then, he has brought into full play his talents and creativity, and produced numerous renowned artistic pieces exerting far-reaching influences on different generations.
100 years, 100 new paintings
For Huang, art exhibitions are the most direct way to interact with his fans and art aficionados alike.
Having held his personal art exhibitions at the age of 80 and 90 respectively, Huang has the latest ambition of holding a new exhibition when he turns 100.
"I have worked in art for decades. The only wisdom I gained is not to flaunt one’s seniority," the self-taught veteran artist said. "God bless if I can live past 100 years old. When the time comes, I will hold an exhibit of my latest pieces."
Two years in the making, the preparations of his centennial exhibition are underway.
Scheduled on the ninth day of the seventh month in the Chinese lunar calendar in 2024, the upcoming exhibition is described by Huang Yongyu with one world - "good."
Huang explained, "It is good because it contains deep thoughts, and I think I can draw better than before," as his paintings are "about two things, one is painted with care. The other one is to express ideas."
In an effort to put on show 100 pieces of artworks all newly-created, Huang, however, said it didn't mean that he has any ideal or determination to draw out "great artworks."
"I can't make big moves but only small ones. (I will do it) a little slower, a little longer and nothing more," he said. "(What I need to do is to) draw carefully, work hard, even if it is not good."
His painting technique may not be the priority to render for the art show, but his ideas and sincerity will be conveyed in his artistic creation.
"Sincerity is always more important than technique, that's why birds always sing better than humans," he wrote in his article once.
Laugh about in life's hardships
Experiencing ups and downs in life, Huang Yongyu keeps a sincere heart and always finds something to laugh about, even during the hard times.
Born in 1924 in central China's Hunan Province, Huang left his hometown of Fenghuang in his teens.
Soon after the full-scale outbreak of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in 1937, Huang started his personal journey.
He said that he survived "by picking up leftovers from the roadside."
Despite sorrow and suffering in his early years, he still keeps a positive attitude towards life, and is not even scared of death.
He said, "I am not afraid to die, and I don't want to leave anything such as ashes, or be put into some ancestral temple. I don't need that. So, I joke, after I die, please tickle me to see if I laugh."
His positive altitude makes him who he is.
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