Today, I sudden thought of something.
I feel that in the Chinese culture, people put themselves into such a submissive role when confronting the “masters”: of the famous, of the established, of the accomplished. They almost consecrate these people and deem them as gods, not questioning any of their ability or their talent at the given field in which these people flourish.
That is not to say, I don’t give any respect for famous people. But it has dawned on me that in the Chinese culture, people don’t really care to, or perhaps don’t know how to tell whether they really appreciate something or simply proclaiming that they appreciate it because it’s “famous”. People seem so eager to subejct themselves to agreeing to the famous because of its unseen authority in the field – be it music, art, literature.
Sometimes it drives me mad.
Or, the other extreme is to deprecate the famous with reasons given by some other famous source of critics.
I wonder why it is so difficult to read/listen/experience something, and if one doesn’t like it, simply just say, it’s not my cup of tea and walk away with respect.
I think the latter is not a specialty of the Chinese.
Okay it’s getting late and my brain is blanking out. Good night.
