2023-01-15 Festival of Kitchen God

【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.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《恶之美学·之十三》(1945年)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            也许一条人命就是对另一条人命

            的惩罚，如同儿子为父亲的罪行买单。

            只不过这些归咎于次要角色。

            支离破碎的悲剧

            遍布宇宙各个角落。儿子

            像父亲一样，全都精疲力竭，

            每个人，难以避免成为

            自己，无法改变的必然

            成为无法改变的动物。

            因缘报应是主要的

            悲剧。天命不惑，

            最幸福的敌人。也许

            地中海修道院的僧侣，

            斜着身子，欲望得以缓解，树立

            可见思维，蓝色与橙色

            混杂区域，安排时间

            观看火一般的大海并美其名曰，

            至善至美，确保实际

            最长的冥想，高潮时期，

            转而凶手场景。恶中之恶具有

            倾向性。凶手自曝身份，

            摧毁我们的力量败露出来，在

            最大限度内，经历的冒险

            带着最礼貌的无奈。哎呀！

            感觉它在血液中流动。

【注】这首诗歌描述归正主义者(Calvinist)就像冥想者一样，希望将罪恶和痛苦归咎于次要角色，而不是真正的凶手。

今天是阴历小年灶王爷节，从现在起正式从虎年向兔年迈进！

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2017: Piano Duo(双钢琴二重奏)

One: Number 31, 1950 by Jackson Pollock @ MoMA, NYC

(纽约现代艺术博物馆——杰克逊·波洛克“神慈之子·水池”《第一号：1950年第31号》01-02-1994)

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

(意大利佛罗伦萨“花城”领主广场·《科西莫“宇宙”一世骑马》纪念碑 01-05-1996)

Lincoln Ctr for Art Performance, NYC

(纽约林肯“湖地”艺术表演中心 01-18-1997)

The Drivers by Fernand Léger @ MoMA

(纽约现代艺术博物馆——费尔南·莱热“探险者·光明使者”《司机》01-02-1998)

The Dream by Henri Rousseau @ MoMA

(纽约现代艺术博物馆——亨利·卢梭“领主·红发”《梦想》01-02-1999)

I and the Village by Marc Chagall @ MoMA

(纽约现代艺术博物馆——马克·夏加尔“战神·跳跃”《我和村庄》01-02-2000)

La Danse by Henri Matisse @ MoMA

(纽约现代艺术博物馆——亨利·马蒂斯“领主·神赐”《舞蹈》01-02-2001)

Hero by Joan Miro @ MoMA

(纽约现代艺术博物馆——胡安·米罗“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·小幼儿生 01-23-2004)

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

(宾州福吉“锻造”谷国家历史公园华盛顿“睿智农家”纪念教堂·大幼儿生 01-01-2005)

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

(宾州神州基督教会狗年除夕·小幼童生 01-28-2006)

Preschool-II @ Shark Realm of Adventure Aquarium, NJ

(新州探险水族馆鲨鱼王国·大幼童生 01-13-2007)

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

(宾州大黄蜂儿童娱乐馆皮纳塔“易碎的花盆”·学前班预科生 01-06-2008)

Kindergartener @ Ocho Rios Dunn's River Falls, Jamaica

(牙买加奥乔里奥斯“八条河流”邓恩“深色”河瀑布·学前班生 01-31-2009)

1^st Grade @ Uluru Ayers Rock, Australia

(澳大利亚乌鲁鲁/艾尔斯岩“巨大卵石/财产继承”岩——小学一年级生 01-08-2010)

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

(宾州本家星期天中文学校前同学小聚·小学二年级生 01-09-2011)

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

(宾州淑娟—中琪家龙年春节聚会·小学三年级生 01-21-2012)

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

(巴西里约热内卢“一月河”塞拉龙“鞍子”阶梯·小学四年级生 01-11-2013)

5^th Grader @ Victoria Falls, the World's Largest Sheet of Falling Water in Zimbabwe

(津巴布韦世上最大的瀑布——维多利亚“胜利女王”瀑布·小学五年级生 01-07-2014)

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

(宾州初一生在“买家选择”——手工专制欢唱颂歌小人的公司·雕塑《跳水坑者》前 01-03-2015)

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

(宾州鸽子暴风雪席卷家门口29英尺/74厘米厚·初二生 01-24-2016)

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

(宾州天普“圣殿”大学陈老师与学生们·初三生 01-25-2017)

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

(宾州第五场蒙哥马利“巨人山”郡娱乐篮球赛篮板下·高一生 01-27-2018)

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

(北宾州高中钥匙俱乐部首次会议——副校长马修·爱德华兹“神赐·财富保护者”前来道喜高二生 01-15-2019)

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

(宾州来来花园餐厅鼠年春节前小年·高三生 01-18-2020)

Lake Galena @ Peace Valley Park during the Pandemic, PA

(宾州和平谷公园加利娜“宁静”湖·新冠肺炎疫情期间 01-01-2021)

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

(新州纽瓦克“新方舟”橘色栈桥与杰克逊“神慈之子”街大桥·大一生 01-23-2022)

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

(宾州全食超市·购买冷冻半成品 01-14-2023)

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

(宾州点心“触动心弦”工坊庆祝兔小年·大二生 01-15-2023)

Dim Sun Factory, a Fusion of American-Chinese Yum Cha

(点心工坊·美式中餐茶点 01-15-2023)

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