Elephant Foot Vase

Author: Yu Liqing
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: I have always believed that writing is the crystallization of the innate talent and dreams of a writer. The bigger the dream, the greater the perseverance in writing. But I have been writing since my teens until now, and I have never defined the size of my own dreams. Half a lifetime has passed, and I still have no intention of putting down my pen and "retiring." This kind of writing perseverance is truly hard to fathom. In the 13th century, there was a shepherd boy in Italy who spent his days watching sheep on the mountains. Bored, he would draw sheep on the rocks. Eventually, the entire mountain was covered with the various sheep he had drawn. One day, a great painter from the city came hunting and happened to see the boy drawing. He took the boy into the city, and the shepherd boy's life changed forever. Besides innate talent, dreams, and perseverance, perhaps a bit of luck is needed to rise to prominence. I have always believed that writing is the innate talent and dreams of a writer crystallized, and the bigger the dream, the greater the perseverance in writing. But I have been writing since my teens until now, and I have never defined the size of my own dreams. Half a lifetime has passed, and I still have no intention of putting down my pen and "retiring." This kind of writing perseverance is truly hard to fathom. In the 13th century, there was a shepherd boy in Italy who spent his days watching sheep on the mountains. Bored, he would draw sheep on the rocks. Eventually, the entire mountain was covered with the various sheep he had drawn. One day, a great painter from the city came hunting and happened to see the boy drawing. He took the boy into the city, and the shepherd boy's life changed forever. Besides innate talent, dreams, and perseverance, perhaps a bit of luck is needed to rise to prominence.