2023-01-15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day

【Esthétique du Mal·XIII (1945)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

       It may be that one life is a punishment

       For another, as the son's life for the father's.

       But that concerns the secondary characters.

       It is a fragementary tragedy

       Within the universal whole. The son

       And the father alike and equally are spent,

       Each one, by the necessity of being

       Himself, the unalterable necessity

       Of being this unalterable animal.

       This force of nature in action is the major

       Tragedy. This is destiny unperplexed,

       The happiest enemy. And it may be

       That in his Mediterranean cloister a man,

       Reclining, eased of desire, establishes

       The visible, a zone of blue and orange

       Versicolorings, establishes a time

       To watch the fire-feinting sea and calls it good,

       The ultimate good, sure of a reality

       Of the longest meditation, the maximum,

       The assassin's scene. Evil in evil is

       Comparative. The assassin discloses himself,

       The force that destroys us is disclosed, within

       This maximum, an adventure to be endured

       With the politest helplessness. Ay-mi!

       One feels its action moving in the blood.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《惡之美學·之十三》(1945年)】

異鄉人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【紅霞譯】

            也許一條人命就是對另一條人命

            的懲罰，如同兒子為父親的罪行買單。

            只不過這些歸咎於次要角色。

            支離破碎的悲劇

            遍布宇宙各個角落。兒子

            像父親一樣，全都精疲力竭，

            每個人，難以避免成為

            自己，無法改變的必然

            成為無法改變的動物。

            因緣報應是主要的

            悲劇。天命不惑，

            最幸福的敵人。也許

            地中海修道院的僧侶，

            斜着身子，欲望得以緩解，樹立

            可見思維，藍色與橙色

            混雜區域，安排時間

            觀看火一般的大海並美其名曰，

            至善至美，確保實際

            最長的冥想，高潮時期，

            轉而兇手場景。惡中之惡具有

            傾向性。兇手自曝身份，

            摧毀我們的力量敗露出來，在

            最大限度內，經歷的冒險

            帶着最禮貌的無奈。哎呀！

            感覺它在血液中流動。

【注】這首詩歌描述歸正主義者(Calvinist)就像冥想者一樣，希望將罪惡和痛苦歸咎於次要角色，而不是真正的兇手。

今天是陰曆小年灶王爺節，從現在起正式從虎年向兔年邁進！

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2017: Piano Duo(雙鋼琴二重奏)

If You Only Have an Hour by Jackson Pollock @ MoMA, NYC

(紐約現代藝術博物館——神慈之子·池塘《如果您只有一個小時》01-02-1994)

Equestrian Monument of Cosimo @ Piazza della Signoria in Florence of Italy

(意大利花城領主廣場·宇宙騎馬紀念碑 01-05-1996)

Lincoln Ctr for Art Performance, NYC

(紐約湖地藝術表演中心 01-18-1997)

The Drivers by Fernand Léger @ MoMA

(紐約現代藝術博物館——探險者·光《司機》01-02-1998)

The Dream by Henri Rousseau @ MoMA

(紐約現代藝術博物館——領主·小紅髮《夢想》01-02-1999)

I and the Village by Marc Chagall @ MoMA

(紐約現代藝術博物館——好鬥·事工《我和村莊》01-02-2000)

La Danse by Henri Matisse @ MoMA

(紐約現代藝術博物館——領主·神賜《跳舞》01-02-2001)

Hero by Joan Miro @ MoMA

(紐約現代藝術博物館——神慈·和平《英雄》01-02-2002)

Toddler-I on the 1^st Day Post Year of Monkey @ Home, NJ 

(新州本家猴年正月初二·小幼兒生 01-23-2004)

Toddler-II @ Washington Memorial Chapel of Valley Forge Natl Hist Park, PA

(賓州鍛造谷國家歷史公園睿智農家紀念教堂·大幼兒生 01-01-2005)

Preschool-I on Year of Dog's Eve @ China Grace Christian Church, PA

(賓州神州基督教會狗年除夕·小幼童生 01-28-2006)

Preschool-II @ Shark Realm of Adventure Aquarium, NJ

(新州探險水族館鯊魚王國·大幼童生 01-13-2007)

Pre-Kindergartener Hit on Pinata for Candies @ TumbleBee, PA

(賓州翻滾蜜蜂兒童娛樂館破彩罐吃蜜糖·學前班預科生 01-06-2008)

Kindergartener @ Ocho Rios Dunn's River Falls, Jamaica

(牙買加八條河瀑布·學前班生 01-31-2009)

1^st Grade @ Uluru Ayers Rock, Australia

(澳大利亞“大鵝卵石·財產繼承”岩——小學一年級生 01-08-2010)

2^nd Grader w/ Playmates ahead of Chinese School on Sunday @ Home, PA

(賓州本家星期天中文學校前同學小聚·小學二年級生 01-09-2011)

3^rd Grader @ Year of Dragon's Party @ Susan-Jason's House, PA

(賓州淑娟—中琪家龍年春節聚會·小學三年級生 01-21-2012)

4^th Grader @ Escadaria Selarón in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(巴西一月河市塞拉龍階梯·小學四年級生 01-11-2013)

5^th Grader @ Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

(津巴布韋勝利女王瀑布·小學五年級生 01-07-2014)

6^th Grader in Front of Puddle Jumpers @ Byers' Choice Ltd, PA

(賓州初一生在“買家選擇”——手工專制歡唱頌歌小人的公司·雕塑《跳水坑者》前 01-03-2015)

7^th Grader w/ 29-Inch Snow of Winter Storm Jonas @ Home, PA

(賓州鴿子暴風雪席捲家門口29英尺/74厘米厚·初二生 01-24-2016)

8^th Grader w/ Teacher Lena & Her Students @ Temple Univ, PA

(賓州天普大學陳老師與學生們·初三生 01-25-2017)

9^th Grader w/ the Rebound @ 5^th BB @ MTCRC, PA

(賓州第五場巨人山郡娛樂籃球賽籃板下·高一生 01-27-2018)

10^th Grader in the Key Club Induction w/ Matthew Edwards Assistant Principal @ North Penn High School, PA

(北賓州高中鑰匙俱樂部首次會議——副校長“神賜·保護者”前來道喜高二生 01-15-2019)

11^th Grader @ Lai Lai Gardens on Fairy Year of Rat, PA

(賓州來來花園餐廳鼠年春節前小年·高三生 01-18-2020)

Lake Galena @ Peace Valley Park during the Pandemic, PA

(賓州和平谷公園寧靜湖·新冠肺炎疫情期間 01-01-2021)

Freshman @ Orange Boardwalk and Jackson Street Bridge in Newark, NJ

(新州新方舟市橘色棧橋與神慈之子街大橋·大一生 01-23-2022)

Shopping for Frozen Semi-Cooked Meals @ Whole Foods Market, PA

(賓州全食菜市場·購買冷凍半成品 01-14-2023)

The Sophomore in Celebration of Fairy Rabbit @ Dim Sun Factory, PA 

(賓州點心工坊慶祝兔小年·大二生 01-15-2023)

The Sophomore in Celebration of Fairy Rabbit @ Dim Sun Factory, PA

(賓州點心工坊過兔小年·大二生 01-15-2023)

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