2022-12-30 National Bacon Day

【Esthétique du Mal·X (1945)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

        He had studied the nostalgias. In these

        He sought the most grossly maternal, the creature

        Who most fecundly assuaged him, the softest

        Woman with a vague mustache and not the mauve

        Maman. His anima liked its animal

        And liked it unsubjugated, so that home

        Was a return to birth, a being born

        Again in the savagest severity,

        Desiring fiercely, the child of a mother fierce

        In his body, fiercer in his mind, merciless

        To accomplish the truth in his intelligence.

        It is true there were other mothers, singular

        In form, lovers of heaven and earth, she-wolves

        And forest tigresses and women mixed

        With the sea. These were fantastic. There were homes

        Like things submerged with their englutted sounds

        That were never wholly still. The softest woman,

        Because she is as she was, reality,

        The gross, the fecund, proved him against the touch

        Of impersonal pain. Reality explained.

        It was the last nostalgia: that he

        Should understand. That he might suffer or that

        He might die was the innocence of living, if life

        Itself was innocent. To say that it was

        Disentangled him from sleek ensolacings.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《惡之美學·之十》(1945年)】

異鄉人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【紅霞譯】

            他研究過懷舊之情。從中

            尋找最粗野的母性，這娘們

            會圓滑地安慰他，最溫柔

            留着輕微唇毛的女人而不是淡紫色的

            媽媽。他的靈魂深處喜歡原始欲望

            並且不屈不撓，致使家庭

            成了自我起源的回歸，出生

            再次以最殘酷的方式，

            強烈渴望，凶母之子

            身在身，心更凶，無情地

            通過智慧實現真理。

            確有其他母親，獨具

            鮮明的標誌，痴心情人，雌狼

            還有森林母老虎和女人

            與海。表現奇妙。自在的

            東西與他們發出的聲音融合在一起

            從不安於沉寂。最溫柔的女人，

            因為她是曾經的樣子，現實的、

            粗野的、多產的，向他證明可以抵抗

            非人的痛苦。現實得到了解釋。

            這是最後的懷舊之情：他

            應該明白。無論痛苦或

            死亡全都純真無邪，假若生命

            本身是無辜的。如此說來

            他擺脫了圓滑的安慰。

【注】這首詩歌描述一位靈魂深處喜歡原始欲望和不屈不撓的人。

緣分——天地之間無形的連結，令我們相遇，使我們相知，讓我們相伴。

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2013：Lemurs of Madagascar, Madagascar(馬達加斯加狐猴島)

2012: Malvinas/Falkland Is(馬爾維納斯群島/福克蘭群島)

2010: 節日聚會(Holiday Party)

2009: 澳洲塔斯馬尼亞荒原(Tasmania, Australia)

1^st Holiday in the US (第一次在美國過節 11-25-1990)

Edmondston-Alston House, Built in Late Federal Style Dating to 1825, Charleston of SC

(南卡羅萊納查爾斯頓“自由城”州·埃德蒙斯頓—阿爾斯通“富翁之子—精靈石”別墅，建於1825年的晚期聯邦風格 12-27-1992)

Riverside Church in Late Gothic Revival, Completed in 1930, NYC

(紐約濱河教堂·建於1930年晚期哥特復興式 12-31-1993)

Annual Christmas Party @ Rockefeller Univ, NYC

(紐約洛克菲勒“黑麥田”大學·一年一度的聖誕節聚會 12-02-1994)

Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy

(意大利羅馬“力量”·西班牙台階 12-27-1995)

Lord & Taylor Christmas Window Display, NYC

(羅德—泰勒“領主—裁縫”服裝店聖誕節櫥窗展 12-07-1996)

Madame Tussauds in London, UK

(英國倫敦·杜莎夫人蠟像館 12-26-1998)

Besties @ Home in NJ (新州·閨蜜到訪 12-26-1999)

Bestie's Boys of Victor & Raymon, NJ

(新州閨蜜的倆公子：濛濛與浩浩 12-25-2001)

Old Folks, PA (賓州老友重逢 12-31-2002)

Toddler-II @ Market St against the City Hall in Philly

(費城市府大廈東側市場街·大幼兒生 12-31-2004)

Preschool-II Looks up the Runners @ Bonnie-Dashi Holiday Party, PA 

(賓州邦莉—達世節日聚會·大幼童生仰慕領軍人物 12-30-2006)

Pre-Kindergartener w/ Jocks @ Mary-Wei's Christmas Party, PA 

(賓州春燕—威的聖誕節聚會·熱衷遊戲的學前班預科生 12-30-2007)

Kindergartener w/ Upgrade of Belt @ Tiger Schulmann's Martial Arts, PA

(賓州老虎舒爾曼“學校”混合武術館腰帶升級——學前班生 12-22-2008)

1^st Grader @ Lilian BD Party, BouceU of PA

(賓州氣墊蹦極館乙菁生日聚會·小學一年級生 12-05-2009)

1^st Grader En Route to Phillip Island along the Bass Strait, Australia

(通往澳大利亞菲利普“愛馬”島的巴斯“大”海峽上·小學一年級生 12-31-2009)

2^nd Grader @ Holiday Party of Montgomery ES, PA

(賓州蒙哥馬利“巨人山”小學·二年級節日班會 12-23-2010)

3^rd Grader When Schoolmates Meet Together @ Hatfield Ice Arena, PA

(賓州哈特菲爾德“石楠花田野”溜冰館校友相聚·小學三年級生 12-31-2011)

4^th Grader @ Rockhopper Rookery of Berkeley Sound in English Falkland Islands or Argentine Islas Malvinas

(阿根廷馬爾維納斯“光滑的額頭”群島/英國福克蘭“獵鷹”群島樺樹林灣上鳳冠企鵝大本營·小學四年級生 12-30-2012)

4^th Grader En Route to Puerto Madryn over the Atlantic Ocean, Argentina

(通往阿根廷馬德林“偉大”港的大西洋上·小學四年級生 12-31-2012)

5^th Grader En Route to Maputo over the Indian Ocean, Mozambique

(通往莫桑比克首都馬普托的印度洋上·小學五年級生 12-31-2013)

6^th Grader @ Andrea Bocelli Concert @ MSG, NYC

(紐約麥迪遜“神賜之子”廣場花園安德烈·波切利“男子漢·健談”音樂會——初一生 12-17-2014)

7^th Grader @ Salute to Vienna @ Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philly

(費城金梅爾“葛縷子”藝術表演中心《向維也納致敬》·初二生 12-28-2014)

8^th Grader @ Holiday Reunion, MD 

(馬里蘭“鍾愛之地”州節日團聚·初三生 12-26-2015)

9^th Grader @ Old Buddies from England for Christmas in NJ

(新州·高一生與從英格蘭趕來歡度聖誕節的老同學一家 12-29-2016)

10^th Grader @ Bun-making for New Year's Eve @ Home, PA

(賓州居家揉面試驗做年夜飯·高二生 12-31-2017)

11^th Grader @ Golden City Chinese Restaurant on New Year's Eve, PA

(賓州金城中國酒家年夜飯·高三生 12-31-2018)

Great Philadelphia Chinese Culture Ctr, PA

(賓州大費城華人文化中心 12-27-2019)

Shovel Snow @ Home during the 1^st Pandemic year, PA

(賓州新冠肺炎疫情第一年·自掃門前雪 12-17-2020)

Choir Hall @ Bryn Athyn Cathedral, PA

(賓州布林阿森“團結山丘”大教堂·唱經樓 12-21-2021)

Run into Angela who has been known for over 13 years @ Volcano Hot Pot, PA

(賓州火山麻辣燙·偶遇13年前結識的朋友 12-17-2022)

Sophomore w/ Fateful Coincidence @ Su20 Sushi-KC Teatime, PA

(賓州壽司日料餐廳緣遇·大二生 12-30-2022)

Friendship w/ the Sophomore over 14 Years @ Su20 Sushi-KC Teatime, PA

(賓州壽司日料餐廳·相伴14年多的我們與大二生 12-30-2022)

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