许燕若(以下简称许):咱们虽同在北京,但见面的机会并不多。1997年以来,我一直以为您以拍戏为主,去年10月份看了荣宝斋出版社给您出版的大型书法集与画集,不免惊讶,您的作品比以前更沉稳、更纯静、也更纯粹了,一点没有当下的浮躁痕迹。能说说为什么吗?周祥林(以下简称周):说实话我也不知道为什么,有些事或许就是在为什么中才完成的吧,如果刻意去怎么怎么,反而适得其反,尤其是艺术。当然,有一点还是不能不说的,那就是不去从众。目前环境下,从众大多与金钱、名誉、地位有关。我是一个书生,金钱、名誉地位和我都不可能有太大的关系。古人说“文 Xu Yanruo (hereinafter referred to Xu): Although we are in Beijing, but not many opportunities to meet. Since 1997, I always thought you were a filming artist. When I read the large collection of calligraphy and paintings published by Rongbaozhai Press in October last year, I am surprised that your works are more steady and purer than before and more Purely, there is no impetuous trace of the moment. Zhou Xianglin (hereinafter referred to as weeks): To be honest I do not know why, some things may be why it was completed, if deliberately how to how, but counterproductive, especially art. Of course, one thing can not but say, that is, not to follow the crowd. Under the current circumstances, most of them are related to money, reputation and status. I am a scholar, money, reputation and I can not have too much relationship. The ancients said ”text