2023-07-31 National Avocado Day

【Of Modern Poetry (1942)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

        The poem of the mind in the act of finding

        What will suffice. It has not always had

        To find: the scene was set; it repeated what

        Was in the script.

        Then the theatre was changed

        To something else. Its past was a souvenir.

        It has to be living, to learn the speech of the place.

        It has to face the men of the time and to meet

        The women of the time. It has to think about war

        And it has to find what will suffice. It has

        To construct a new stage. It has to be on that stage

        And, like an insatiable actor, slowly and

        With meditation, speak words that in the ear,

        In the delicatest ear of the mind, repeat,

        Exactly, that which it wants to hear, at the sound

        Of which, an invisible audience listens,

        Not to the play, but to itself, expressed

        In an emotion as of two people, as of two

        Emotions becoming one. The actor is

        A metaphysician in the dark, twanging

        An instrument, twanging a wiry string that gives

        Sounds passing through sudden rightnesses, wholly

        Containing the mind, below which it cannot descend,

        Beyond which it has no will to rise.

        It must

        Be the finding of a satisfaction, and may

        Be of a man skating, a woman dancing, a woman

        Combing. The poem of the act of the mind.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《论现代诗歌》(1942)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            心灵的诗追求

            满足感。并非总能

            找到：场景就位；再现

            剧本中的内容。

            随后剧场又

            发生变迁。过去的一切都成为纪念。

            力求生存，就得学习当地谈吐。

            力求面对时代男性并接触

            当今女性。力求思考冲突

            并追求心灵上的满足感。力求

            构筑崭新的舞台。力求在那个舞台上

            甚至，像贪念的演员那样，慢慢

            沉吟着，附耳低语，

            对着心灵最微妙的耳朵，不断重复，

            确切地说，心灵想听到的

            声音，隐形观众所听到的，

            不是戏剧，而是自身，表达

            双方彼此独立的情感，两个

            合而为一的情感。演员是

            黑暗中的玄学家，敲击

            乐器，拨动金丝弦发出的

            声音突然穿透正确，完全

            蕴含心灵，既不能低于它，

            也无意超越它。

            必须

            找到满足感，不妨

            是男人溜冰，女人跳舞，女人

            梳理。追求心灵的诗。

【注】连续苦战了六个星期(6/19—7/28)，室内粉刷终于告罄。据油漆工说，18种房间颜料备足了60加仑(其中房顶用了25加仑)，听来令人心悸。自打19年前搬进来以后，这还是破天荒头一次大动干戈，爆皮露钉裂缝涂鸦水渍老化变色的墙板肯定吃油。

接下来从今天周一开始，全楼上下置换地毯，基于视觉效果，我没有选用容易清理但遮灰性极差(权当包容性弱)的地板，为的是平常的日子里不想让自己跟浮尘较劲，尤其在光天化日之下。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2017: Capitol Debate Camp Day-2(国会辩论夏令营第二天)

2015: 76ers Overnight Camp─Memory(七六人队篮球寄宿营─体会)

2014: YMCA Camp─Renaissance Fair(基督教青年会营─文艺复兴节)

2013: 从俄国浪漫到革命(From Russian Romance to Revolution)

Horse Park @ Lexington, KY

(草地州新法镇·赛马公园 07-06-1991)

Frozen Niagara Geologic Formations of Mammoth Cave NP, KY

(草地州猛犸洞国家公园·冰冻的水道地质构造 07-04-1992)

Isle of Palms Beach, SC

(南自由者州棕榈岛海滩 07-05-1993)

Montauk Lighthouse, NY

(纽约州“堡垒之国”航标灯 07-05-1994)

Crossbedding of the Rock Formations 150 Million Yr Ago in Zion NP, UT

(山里人州圣所国家公园·1.5 亿年前岩石交错层理 06-09-1995)

Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain

(西班牙马德里“生命之水”·皇宫 06-08-1996)

Bellevue Ave in Newport, RI

(红岛州新港市·美景大道 07-04-1997)

Great Buddha Hall @ Chuang Yen Buddhist Monastery, NY

(纽约州庄严佛教寺·大佛殿 07-18-1998)

Mohonk Mtn House in a Turreted 7-Story Victorian Character, NY

(纽约州立天磐石山荘·带有角塔的七层胜利女王式建筑 07-31-1999)

Capilano Suspension Bridge Park in Vancouver, Canada

(加拿大奶温哥华“牛涉河”·美河吊桥公园 07-04-2000)

New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning

(新州彩票热气球节 07-28-2001)

College Fjord of Prince William Sound, AK

(大地州勇将王子海峡学院峡湾 07-05-2002)

> 5-Mo Lad @ Water Lilies, Harmony in Blue (1917) by Claude Monet

(意志力强·莫奈“被听到”1917年创作的《睡莲·蓝色和谐》——五月大的儿歌 07-28-2003)

Toddler-I @ Little Gymnastics, PA

(宾州小小体操馆·小幼儿生 07-26-2004)

Toddler-II @ Swann Memorial Fountain (Fountain of the Three Rivers) on Logan Sq & City Hall Tower, Philadelphia

(费城空心广场和市政厅塔附近的天鹅纪念喷泉“三河喷泉”·大幼儿生 07-24-2005)

Preschool-I @ My Gym, PA

(宾州我的体操馆·小幼童生 07-29-2006)

Preschool-II @ the Merry Miller of Story BookLand, NJ

(新州故事书游乐园《快乐磨坊主》·大幼童生 07-21-2007)

Pre-Kindergartener @ Iron Pigs @ Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, PA

(宾州英俊城可口可乐公园铁猪棒球比赛·学前班预科生 07-24-2008)

Kindergartener @ Cambell Agencies of Insurance, PA

(宾州公平场保险代理公司·学前班生 07-26-2009)

1^st Grader @ Veggie Patch of Backyard, PA

(宾州本家后院菜地·小学一年级生 07-31-2010)

2^nd Grade @ A Whole New World Finale of Aladdin, PA

(宾州百老汇《阿拉丁“信仰高贵”·全新世界》——小学二年级 07-22-2011)

3^rd Grader @ Pick-a-Little of Music Man Jr, PA

(宾州百老汇《小音乐人·都市欲望》——小学三年级生 07-27-2012)

4^th Grader w/ Cousin @ Life is a holiday of Thoroughly Modern Millie, PA

(宾州百老汇《仙乐美人·人生就是假期》——小学四年级生与表妹 07-25-2013)

5^th Grader w/ Cousin @ Cubism the Art of Pablo Picasso

(小·喜鹊《立体派》——小学五年级生与表妹 07-27-2014)

6^th Grader as TA @ Summer Camp of Guanghua Chines School (GHCS), PA

 (宾州光华中文学校夏令营助教·初一生 07-13-2015)

7^th Grader @ Solstice Axis of Stonehenge, England

(英格兰“天使之地”巨石阵的至日轴·初二生 07-04-2016)

8^th Grader @ Historic Ctr of Cesky Krumlov near Vltava River, Czech

 (捷克激流河畔蜿蜒草甸城历史中心·初三生 07-07-2017)

9^th Grader @ Gjirokastër Fortress, Albania

(阿尔巴尼亚银堡要塞·高一生 07-14-2018)

10^th Grader @ Viewing Fish @ Flower Pond in Hangzhou, China

(中国杭州西湖花港观鱼·高二生 07-22-2019)

Pergola of Stoneleigh, PA

(宾州石头庄园·蔓藤架 07-05-2020)

The Freshman @ Apple Store of Willow Grove, PA 

(宾州柳树林镇苹果店·大一生 07-30-2021)

Façade of Ambler Theater (1928), PA

(宾州建于1928年的漫步者城剧院正面 07-23-2022)

Carpet Replacement of Master Bedroom @ Home, PA

(宾州本家·更新地毯前搬空的主卧 07-31-2023)

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Home Remediation—Stucco Replacement(灰泥外墙更新修复工程)

House Interior Painting(粉刷房子)

万花筒(Kaleidoscope)