老话新议:生活是创作的唯一源泉

A Fresh Discussion on an Old Saying:Life Is the Unique Wellhead of Literary Creating

"生活是文艺创作的唯一源泉"这条颠扑不破的真理现今却遭到了挑战。有必要再次重申这个命题。要创作出贴近实际、贴近生活、贴近群众的原创性作品,就必须跳出狭小的生活圈子,熟悉新的生活。对经典作品的改编也要讲究度,讲究"特征不变量"。某些创作者为什么陷入著作权官司,某些音乐人为什么竟然想通过吸毒寻找创作灵感,诸如此类的不正常现象都与忽视甚至蔑视"生活是文艺创作的唯一源泉"这条颠扑不破的真理有关。

＂Life is the unique wellhead of hterary creating＂, as an irrefutable truth, however, has received challenges nowadays. Therefore, it is necessary to reiterate this proposition. In order to create works of originality close to reality, life, and ordinary people, writers will necessarily walk out of their narrow social cireles into the modem new hfe. In adapting the classic works, one must be aware of the proper ＂degree＂ and cling to the principle of ＂invariant feature＂. Now, some writers get into copyright lawsuit, and some musicians are said to seek creating inspiration by way of drug abuse. Such problems, at least in part, result from the negligence or even contempt to the above-mentioned proposition.