2022-12-25 Christmas Day

【Esthétique du Mal·IX (1945)】
Wallace Stevens (1879—1955) Panic in the face of the moon — round effendi Or the phosphored sleep in which he walks abroad Or the majolica dish heaped up with phosphored fruit That he sends ahead, out of the goodness of his heart, To anyone who comes — panic, because The moon is no longer these nor anything And nothing is left but comic ugliness Or a lustred nothingness. Effendi, he That has lost the folly of the moon becomes The prince of the proverbs of pure poverty. To lose sensibility, to see what one sees, As if sight had not its own miraculous thrift, To hear only what one hears, one meaning alone, As if the paradise of meaning ceased To be paradise, it is this to be destitute. This is the sky divested of its fountains. Here in the west indifferent crickets chant Through our indifferent crises. Yet we require Another chant, an incantation, as in Another and later genesis, music That buffets the shapes of its possible halcyon Against the haggardie… A loud, large water Bubbles up in the night and drowns the crickets' sound. It is a declaration, a primitive ecstasy, Truth's favors sonorously exhibited. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《惡之美學·之九》(1945年)】 異鄉人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒) 【紅霞譯】 面對月亮——圓潤大師感到恐慌 或者他歷經的磷酸化睡眠 或是堆滿含磷水果的錫釉瓷盤 先前拜他所賜,出於好意, 帶給到場的每個人——恐慌,因為 月亮既不是這些也不是任何東西 而淪為滑稽可笑的醜陋 或者光彩奪目的虛無。大師喲,他 失去月亮的愚蠢變成了 清貧樂道的王子。 要丟掉感性,去看人之所見, 仿佛視覺毫無神奇的本質, 只聽人之所聞,純粹單一的意義, 仿佛有意義的天堂不再 是天堂,由此成為赤貧。 天空失去了泉源。 冷漠的蟋蟀就在西部沙漠吟唱 伴隨人類冷漠的危機。然而我們卻要求 另一首頌歌,護身符咒,就像 重新開始一樣,音樂 衝擊着可能存在的平靜幻象 與憔悴相反……咆哮的洪水 夜裡沸騰起來,淹沒蟋蟀的叫聲。 這是聲明,原始的狂喜, 響亮地展現了真理的恩惠。 【注】這首詩歌描述清貧樂道的王子在月球上失去了愚蠢。 一周前跟朋友前來新開張的火山麻辣燙嘗鮮,感覺甚佳;一周后聖誕節這天,與回家省親的紐約仔再度來此把酒言歡,興致爆棚。 Christmas Day in History(歷史上的聖誕節):
2016: Los Angeles the La-La Land, CA(加州洛杉磯—夢幻之城) 2016: Malibu—Paradise Cove, CA(加州馬里布—天堂灣) 2016:Malibu the home of Hollywood, CA(加州馬里布—電影人之家) 2016: Ventura—County of Good Fortune, CA(加州福分之郡) 2016: Beverly Hills & Hollywood, CA(加州海狸溪山莊與好萊塢) 2015: Christmas in Maryland(馬里蘭州過聖誕節)
2014: A Christmas Day @ Longwood Gardens, PA(賓州杜邦花園過聖誕)
2013: Christmas over Indian Ocean(印度洋上過聖誕節) 2012: Christmas @ Sea, Chile(智利遊輪上過聖誕) 2010: 節日禮物(Holiday Gifts) 2009: 新西蘭基督城(Christchurch, NZ)
1st Xmas Benediction in Life
(平生第一次過美式聖誕節 12-25-1990)
Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Italy
(意大利羅馬·卡拉卡拉“長款帶帽束腰外衣”浴場 12-25-1995)
Yun-Lin's Apt @ Rockefeller Univ, NYC
(紐約·雲林洛克菲勒“黑麥田”大學公寓 12-25-1996) 
Natl Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (渥太華“交易”·加拿大國家美術館 12-25-1997) House of Parliament in London, UK
(英國倫敦“大河”·議會大廈 12-25-1998)
Heian Shrine in Kyoto, Japan
(日本京都“東方的都城”·平安神宮 12-25-1999) Yun-Lin's House, NJ (新州·雲林之家 12-25-2000)
Washington Crossing State Park, PA
(賓州華盛頓“睿智農家”渡口州立公園 12-25-2001) Mother-to-Be (准媽媽 12-25-2002)

Toddler-I's 1st Christmas (小幼兒生第一個聖誕節 12-25-2003)
Toddler-II @ Home Party, PA
(賓州本家聖誕聚會·大幼兒生 12-25-2004)
Preschool-I @ Home Party, PA
(賓州本家聖誕聚會·小幼童生 12-25-2005)
Home Party, PA (賓州·本家聖誕聚會 12-25-2006)
Pre-Kindergartener @ Home Party, PA
(賓州本家聖誕聚會·學前班預科生 12-25-2007)
Kindergartener @ Home Party, PA
(賓州本家聖誕聚會·學前班生 12-25-2008) 
1st Grader @ 2000 Sculpture & Christ Church Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand
(新西蘭基督城千禧年雕塑與基督城大教堂·小學一年級生 12-25-2009)
Home Party, PA (賓州本家聖誕聚會 12-25-2010)
Sherry-York's House, NJ (新州秦越—彥民之家 12-25-2011)
4th Grader En Route to Puerto Montt over the Pacific Ocean, Chile
(通往智利蒙特“山”港的太平洋上·小學四年級生 12-25-2012) En Route to Mombasa over the Indian Ocean, Kenya
(通往肯尼亞戰島的印度洋上 12-25-2013) 6th Grader @ East Conservatory of Longwood Gardens, PA
(賓州長木公園東側溫室花房·初一生 12-25-2014) 8th Grader @ Qiuping-Ning's House, MD
(馬州秋萍—寧聖誕聚會·初三生 12-25-2015) 9th Grader @ Paradise Cove Beach Cafe, CA
(加州天堂灣海濱咖啡廳·高一生 12-25-2016) 10th Grader w/ Carol of the Bells @ Home, PA
(賓州本家《聖誕鐘聲》·高二生 12-25-2017) 11th Grader @ Mason Symbol @ Valley Forge Natl Hist Park
(福吉“鍛造”谷國家歷史公園共濟會《美德方矩》標誌·高三生 12-25-2018)
12th Grader @ Golden City Chinese Restaurant on Christmas Day, PA
(賓州聖誕節於金城酒家·高四生 12-25-2019)
The Freshman @ Virtual College Applications w/o College Tours & Social Face-to-Face Contact during the Pandemic
(大一生:大學申請年疫情風起雲湧,不僅取消了大學實體參觀過程,而且與高中老師面議推薦信的重要環節也改成網上操作,全美各大院校趁機將SAT/ACT統考標準降為忽略不計的選項,立刻讓2021年進入大學的高中生面臨前所未有的變革,隨之申學心態也由殷切期待驟變成隨遇而安,彼岸的理想瞬息間便來到了此岸的現實當中! 12-25-2020) 
Fonthill Castle, PA (賓州方特希爾“溪流山”城堡 12-25-2021)
The Sophomore @ Volcano Hot Pot on Christmas Day, PA
(賓州聖誕節於火山麻辣燙·大二生 12-25-2022) Crosslink(相關博文):
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