2022-12-17 Wright Brothers Day

【Esthétique du Mal·VI (1945)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

       The sun, in clownish yellow, but not a clown,

       Brings the day to perfection and then fails. He dwells

       In a consummate prime, yet still desires

       A further consummation. For the lunar month

       He makes the tenderest research, intent

       On a transmutation which, when seen, appears

       To be askew. And space is filled with his

       Rejected years. A big bird pecks at him

       For food. The big bird's boney appetite

       Is as insatiable as the sun's. The bird

       rose from an imperfection of its own

       To feed on the yellow bloom of the yellow fruit

       Dropped down from turquoise leaves. In the landscape of

       The sun, its grossest appetite becomes less gross,

       Yet, when corrected, has its curious lapses,

       Its glitters, its divinations of serene

       Indulgence out of all celestial sight.

       The sun is the country wherever he is. The bird

       In the brightest landscape downwardly revolves

       Disdaining each astringent ripening,

       Evading the point of redness, not content

       To repose in an hour or season or long era

       Of the country colors crowding against it, since

       The yellow grassman's mind is still immense,

       Still promises perfections cast away.

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【《惡之美學·之六》(1945年)】

異鄉人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【紅霞譯】

             太陽，有着小丑的黃色，又不是小丑，

             每天嘗試完美卻反遭失敗。他生活在

             極致的鼎盛歲月，仍然渴望

             進一步的完善。針對朔望月

             他開始做最細緻的研究，專心搞

             轉形，當看過去時，似乎是

             歪斜的變化。到處充滿

             被否定的時代。一隻大鳥把他

             當成食物來啄。大鳥的骨感欲望

             和太陽一樣貪得無厭。這隻鳥

             從自身的不足中崛起

             吃得黃色花果

             從青綠色葉子飄落下來。美化的

             太陽，讓粗暴的欲望變得沒那麼厭惡，

             然而，糾正的時候，出現奇怪的失誤，

             光芒閃爍，清澈的占卦問卜

             沉溺於天象之外。

             有他在，太陽就是家園。這隻鳥

             沿着最亮麗的風景線向下盤旋

             忽略每個苦澀的成熟，

             避開紅色果實，並非滿足

             停留一個小時或一個季節或一個漫長時代

             對應的家園色彩，因為

             黃草人的心胸依舊浩瀚，

             仍然承諾無法實現的完美。

【注】這首詩歌描述追求不可能完美的的大鳥所具有的探索精神。

團隊建設(簡稱“團建”)由來已久，常用來增強成員之間社會關係和提高團隊凝聚力。團建的形式多樣，我參加過的活動就有攜手做點心、一起和面擀麵條烘披薩、相互促膝談心、共同搓飯嘮嗑、集結各路群英傳授經驗、賭場玩老虎機撲克牌、等等。

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2017：Higher Education Shouldn't Be Free(評論—高等教育不該免費)

2014: Andrea Bocelli Concert, NYC(紐約市男子漢·波切利音樂會)

2014: A Life in NYC-2(浪跡紐約之二)

2014: A Life in NYC-1(浪跡紐約之一)

2013: Hindu in Mangalore, India(印度黎明城印度教寺廟)

2012: Easter Island—Navel of the World, CHL(智利復活節島—地球的肚臍)

2009: 新西蘭天籟之聲(Sounds of Heaven, NZ)

Medical Scientists in English Literature Minor in NYC

(紐約·輔修英美文學的醫學工作者 12-22-1995)

Celebration of NIH Grant in NYC

(紐約·慶祝獲取美國國立衛生研究院經費 05-28-1996)

Cancer Biology & Genetics Program Build in NYC

(紐約·癌症生物學與遺傳學團隊 10-16-1997)

Breakfast Retreat in NYC

(紐約·早餐退休會 08-07-1998)

Taiwanese Association @ Royal Seafood Restaurant

(金鳳軒海鮮酒家·台灣同鄉會 02-28-1999)

Otitis Media Summit @ Gateway Clipper Fleet

(門戶快速帆船艦隊·中耳炎會壇 10-19-2022)

Summer Gataway @ Dakin House

(耶和華所愛之家·避暑 06-07-2001)

Goldman Sachs Buds for Investment Management

(高盛集團投資管理中堅 06-07-2001)

Aiden's 100^th-Day Celebration

(兒歌第100天慶祝 04-26-2003)

The Disintegration of Infectious Dept @ Fuji Japanese

(富士日本料理·傳染病系解體 04-02-2004)

Microbial Vaccines Team @ Poolside

(池邊微生物疫苗團隊 08-27-2005)

Cookie Decorating @ PS2 (托兒所·點綴桃酥 02-17-2006)

Reading along @ Preschool

(學前小班·一起閱讀 04-13-2007)

How Do You Say Hello @ Kindergarten's Cultural Night

(學前班文化之夜·如何打招呼 10-28-2008)

Melting Pot @ KG Commencement

(學前班畢業典禮·身着全班同學照的T-衫 06-12-2009)

G1B Picnic (一年級B班野餐 05-22-2010)

Scrap @ Pennypack Farm

(彭尼帕克“向下流動的水”農場·春耕 05-06-2011)

Vaccines R & D @ Peace Valley Park

(和平谷公園·疫苗研發團隊 06-27-2012)

Stony Creek Clean-up (石溪清污 04-22-2013)

Annual CMC Christmas Party @ Valley Forge Convention Ctr 

(福吉“鍛造”谷會展中心·年度聖誕盛會 12-19-2014)

Biological Annual Party @ River Crest Golf Club

(河脊高爾夫俱樂部·生物年會 12-18-2015)

GHCS Teacher Appreciation Banquet @ Lai Lai Garden

(來來花園·光華中文學校謝師宴 02-28-2016)

GHCS Commencement & Award Ceremonies

(光華中文學校畢業與頒獎典禮 06-12-2016)

March Madness @ GSK

(葛蘭素·瘋狂三月 03-28-2017)

GHCS Commencement & Award Ceremonies

(光華中文學校畢業與頒獎典禮 06-04-2017)

Workshop @ Kumo Asian Bistro 

(雲霧東方風味餐廳·研討會 12-08-2018)

Cannoli Making @ Normandy Farm

(諾曼底“北方人”農場·奶油煎餅卷 09-19-2019)

The Pandemic Summer @ Peace Valley Park 

(和平谷公園·新冠疫情暑假 08-02-2020)

GHCS Commencement @ Peace Valley Park

(光華中文學校畢業典禮 05-23-2021)

Team Build @ Volcano Hot Pot

(火山麻辣鍋·團建 12-17-2022)

Team Build @ Volcano Hot Pot

(火山麻辣鍋·團建 12-17-2022)

Team Build @ Volcano Hot Pot

(火山麻辣鍋·團建 12-17-2022)

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