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| 一樣顏色 |
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| 美麗的生物 |
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| Spark ATT |
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| Alvo Noto |
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| 瑞典魚湯早餐 |
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| Booday |
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| 蛇目蝶嗎? |
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| 象山上 |
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| Wooloomooloo |
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| 胡亂座,京都 |
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| 伏見 |
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| 宇治 |
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| 宇治金時 |
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| 中谷甜點 |
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| Elephant Factory |
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| 和釀良麵,京都 |
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| 在日本不忘喝啤酒看世足 |
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今天剛好讀到《瑞典日報》與Philip Roth做的訪談。文中說他51年之間寫了31部作品,如今宣稱封筆了。十年前在圖書館借了美國戰後三部曲,後來還有《垂死的肉身》,算是讀過1/10吧。第一本應該是《人性污點》,看了電影之後看的,再來才是紅色和黃色那本。Roth實在太會寫小說了,背對現實以文字建起一個平行世界,真誠、精彩,卻是揮不出去的漠然。漠然,才可以自由地、毫無顧忌地寫。Roth自認毫無自憐之心,Jonathan Franzen則稱「無恥」為其作品之精髓,我多希望自己也能進入這種境界。(不過真要說的話,Michel Houellebecq 更加無恥,我對他的愛也因此更深一層。這兩個自戀男都很常被罵。)Roth在這裡不諱言地坦承小說家在意的是"the scrupulosity of his style",畢竟偉大的想法根本寫不出好看的小說,最終還是如何建構起一個完整精神世界的技術問題,文學的問題。不為了任何人,不打什麼人類思想的大旗,寫作只為了寫作者自己。(繼續被罵)"所有人都有自己辛苦的工作。真正的工作總是非常艱苦的。我現在正好是幹不了這份工作了。50年來,日復一日,我毫無防備、毫無準備地面對着下一頁稿紙。寫作對於我來說是一項自我保護的事業。如果不寫作,我可能會死。所以我就寫了。拯救我人生的是頑固,而不是天賦。對於我來說,幸運的是,幸福對我來說不重要,我對自己並沒有憐憫之情。儘管我不知道自己為什麼被賦予這樣的職責。也許寫作曾經保護我,使我免受更糟糕的威脅。
Everybody has a hard job. All real work is hard. My work happened also to be undoable. Morning after morning for 50 years, I faced the next page defenseless and unprepared. Writing for me was a feat of self-preservation. If I did not do it, I would die. So I did it. Obstinacy, not talent, saved my life. It was also my good luck that happiness didn’t matter to me and I had no compassion for myself. Though why such a task should have fallen to me I have no idea. Maybe writing protected me against even worse menace." 全文
| 試音中,照片是從他們的Tumblr找來的。 |
"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." - T. S. Eliot
Under dormant trees
Under bright lit skies
Mountains of maple leaves
Standing side by side
The phone lines
The street lights
Led me to you
And if you just sit tight
I'll be there soon
All those wasted miles
All those aimless drives
Through green aisles
Our careless life style
It was not so unwise
No
I ain't trying to say my dad was some kind of a perfect saint.這種不可理喻,就是親情。
When something set him off,
I hit the floor quicker than what Mike Tyson did to Ricky Sveen.
I hit the floor so fast, but that was so long ago and we both moved past.
My life is pretty good, I owe it to him.
My dad did the best he could.