看罷《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》,心有戚戚然。
若果船上的不是土狼、猩猩、斑馬和老虎,而是Pi、媽媽、廚師和水手,那就是印度人、法國人和日本/中國人;黑皮膚、白皮膚、黃皮膚;印度教、回教、基督教、天主教、佛教;素食者、肉食者、半素食者。土狼殺害猩猩和斑馬都不可怕,老虎要是把全部都吃掉,還是理所當然的,但換了是人,再不同也好,始終都是同類相殘,令人不寒而慄。
但恐怖故事配上了美好風景。奇幻的風光令人忘記現實的醜陋,滿天的飛魚,滿海的水母,那一尾鯨魚,那一夜的暴風雨,清清的海洋,漫天的雲霞,如詩如畫,眼前盡是唯美景致,即使人在血腥裡,還是神服於自然。
其實故事從一開始就揭了盅,Pi的爸爸早就說過,動物的情感只是人的主觀投射,船難後的動物,也只是人的主觀投射,當人化成了動物,倒令人心安理得一些。
Pi對神的讚美那麼似曾相識,風雨千尺浪,是神的造化,有魚送上門來,酬謝神的恩,神讓你受苦,又給你眷顧,祂沒離棄你,去到絕處給你助一把,讓你整頓旗鼓重新出發。
我常常告訴自己:你不開心,是因為你不明白,不過神的恩典夠你用的,儘管你只有信仰,沒有宗教。
Pi的漂流令我想到了信天翁 (albatross),浪漫主義時期裡頭那個陳年水手的罪孽與救贖。
2012年12月1日 星期六
2012年11月25日 星期日
together they made a tree.
their branches created a tight embrace,
all the way down to their roots, deep in the earth,
two in one, and one as two --
one half woman, and one half man.
this is one old story told many times.
today we ordered pizza for dad's birthday.
the weather is gloomy.
my dress is too long.
the delivery guy had with him
some very old songs.
everything feels like a mismatch today.
i need some sunshine.
all the way down to their roots, deep in the earth,
two in one, and one as two --
one half woman, and one half man.
this is one old story told many times.
today we ordered pizza for dad's birthday.
the weather is gloomy.
my dress is too long.
the delivery guy had with him
some very old songs.
everything feels like a mismatch today.
i need some sunshine.
2012年11月24日 星期六
悠悠
在生時叫生日,不在時叫生忌。
明天是爸爸的生忌。
原來這樣又一年,日子過得那麼快。
轉下眼又一星期,轉下眼又一個月。
但每次轉眼都是一次漫長的虛空。
寫作讓人很易哭,
其實都沒有甚麼大不了,
就是很想念很想念而已。
人生裡,有多一個人在身邊
已經很不同。
每個人都有每個人的意義,
走了一個,
就覺得世界很小,
而且好像怎樣也沒法大起來了。
每年生忌、死忌,我都為你寫一篇,
到我活得夠久了,
就結集成書,
誌那一輩子悠悠的思念。
有些感覺不好跟人說,
跟人說要說開心快意的、無關痛癢的、說了就算的。
偶然在這裡寫寫,就當是跟全世界都說了一遍。
生日快樂。
還有一分鐘,這個世界,
距離你的誕生日72年。
五年了,有個沒有你的年代
過了一半。
明天是爸爸的生忌。
原來這樣又一年,日子過得那麼快。
轉下眼又一星期,轉下眼又一個月。
但每次轉眼都是一次漫長的虛空。
寫作讓人很易哭,
其實都沒有甚麼大不了,
就是很想念很想念而已。
人生裡,有多一個人在身邊
已經很不同。
每個人都有每個人的意義,
走了一個,
就覺得世界很小,
而且好像怎樣也沒法大起來了。
每年生忌、死忌,我都為你寫一篇,
到我活得夠久了,
就結集成書,
誌那一輩子悠悠的思念。
有些感覺不好跟人說,
跟人說要說開心快意的、無關痛癢的、說了就算的。
偶然在這裡寫寫,就當是跟全世界都說了一遍。
生日快樂。
還有一分鐘,這個世界,
距離你的誕生日72年。
五年了,有個沒有你的年代
過了一半。
2012年11月12日 星期一
2012年11月8日 星期四
obama fever
i think i am having an obama fever.
public affection.
declaration of love.
affirmation.
making a statement.
the grand gesture.
oh dear.
that's charisma --
the ultimate kind.
i don't know where i heard this, but once i heard
a real man makes other women envy his woman.
there you go mr president.
public affection.
declaration of love.
affirmation.
making a statement.
the grand gesture.
oh dear.
that's charisma --
the ultimate kind.
i don't know where i heard this, but once i heard
a real man makes other women envy his woman.
there you go mr president.
i sound crazy because i write.
not everyone writes about how they feel, but i do. i think people are not so different. they may not express themselves as much and often, they still feel the same things in their hearts. it's just that they are better at keeping quiet. or, instead of writing things out, they talk to someone.
i think it's a cool thing knowing how to keep quiet.
i don't want to talk. i just want to write at the moment -- at these moments. nothing expresses me better than words written, not even my voice.
i am quiet, too. loud are my thoughts.
something is wrong with my mood. it can't be pms! it's still too early!
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