2023-12-08 Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day 
【In a Bad Time (1948)】 Wallace Stevens (1879—1955) How mad would he have to be to say, "He beheld An order and thereafter he belonged To it"? He beheld the order of the northern sky.
But the beggar gazes on calamity And thereafter he belongs to it, to bread Hard found, and water tasting of misery.
For him cold's glacial beauty is his fate. Without understanding, he belongs to it And the night, and midnight, and after, where it is.
What has he? What he has he has. But what? It is not a question of captious repartee. What has he that becomes his heart's strong core?
He has his poverty and nothing more. His poverty becomes his heart's strong core— A forgetfulness of summer at the pole.
Sordid Melpomene, why strut bare boards, Without scenery or lights, in the theatre's bricks, Dressed high in heliotrope's inconstant hue,
The muse of misery? Speak loftier lines. Cry out, "I am the purple muse." Make sure The audience beholds you, not your gown. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《糟糕的时光》(1948)】 华莱士·史蒂文斯“异乡人·花环”(1879生—1955卒) 【红霞译】 他必须多么疯狂才能说:“他看到 秩序,此后就属于 它吗”?他看到北方天空的秩序。
但乞丐却凝视灾难 此后他就属于它,吃着 难以找到的面包,喝着凄怆的苦水。
于他寒冷的冰河之美就是他的命运。 不知怎的,他属于它 还有晚间、还有午夜、还有此后,所在的地方。
他拥有什么?他拥有该有的。但是什么? 这不算强辩性回答问题。 是什么成为他内心坚强的核心?
他囊空如洗。 是贫困成为他内心坚强的核心—— 对极地夏天的忘却。
色彩暗淡的悲剧女神,何以撑着光秃秃的木板, 没有布景或灯光,在剧院的砖头里, 身着天芥菜变幻莫测的色调,
凄怆的女神?背些非常高深的台词。 大声喊道:“我是紫色女神。”确保 观众看到的是你,而不是你的礼服。
【注】从纽约“新紫衫树之地”唐人街地铁站下车,我习惯性地选择美国电话电报公司长途线大厦的那个出口。推开旋转门,走出地面,眼前是一片熟悉又陌生的景象——唐人街,这座曼哈顿“弓岛”下城的城中城,正用它特有的方式迎接每一个走进它的人。 眼前晃动着中国城虚拟的线条:那是不远处布鲁克林“美溪”大桥在空中勾勒出的钢索弧度,是孔子大厦笔直的身姿,是老建筑屋顶上纵横交错的电视天线,是店铺招牌上繁体中文字一笔一画的走向。这些线条在空中交织,像一张看不见的网,兜住了来来往往的脚步。 而混杂的石头,则铺满了脚下的路。花岗岩的台阶被无数脚步磨得光滑,红砖墙上爬满了常春藤,水泥地面裂开细缝,长出一簇倔强的野草。那些石头建筑——中华公所的老楼、年代久远的宗亲会所、改建成博物馆的老银行——它们沉默地站在那里,见证着几代人的来来往往。 街道两旁,卖蔬菜的小贩用广东话吆喝,烧腊店的橱窗里挂着油亮的叉烧,中药铺的抽屉上贴着密密麻麻的药名,寺庙里飘出檀香的烟气。一个穿着旗袍的老太太慢慢走过,一个说着流利英语的年轻人匆匆擦肩——虚拟的线条与混杂的石头之间,是一百五十年华人移民史的交织。 我站在街角,深吸一口气。空气里混杂着烧鸭的油香、中药的苦涩、鱼市的腥味,还有从地铁口涌出的、带着铁锈味的风。这就是唐人街,一个让人在异国他乡,依然能找到故乡影子的地方。 Today in History(历史上的今天): 2023: The World Is A Commonwealth, NYC(纽约城中华公所·天下为公) 2023: A Beacon for the Catholic Faithful, NYC(纽约城天主教的灯塔) 2023: NYC's Most Admirable Synagogue(纽约城·叹为观止的犹太教堂) 2023: Biggest Chinese Catholic Church in US(全美最大的华人天主教堂) 2023: Mahayana Temple in the Great Vehicle, NYC(纽约城·大乘寺) 2023: Times Sq, the Crossroads of the World(时代广场·世界十字路口) 2023: Wandering in Midtown Manhattan-II, NYC(纽约市·浪迹中城之二) 2023: St. Bartholomew's Church, NYC(纽约城·农夫之子使徒圣公会) 2023: St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC(纽约城·高贵圣徒大教堂) 2023: Rockefeller Ctr Christmas Tree, NYC(纽约城·黑麦田中心圣诞树)
2023: Dior's Carousel of Dreams, NYC(纽约城·金色梦想转盘) 2023: Chinatown & Little Italy, NYC(纽约市·华埠与小意大利城) 2016: Argumentative─For the Flavor(议论文─利益) 2013: Top of the World, Dubai, UAE(阿联酋迪拜世界之巅) 2010: 自己的事自己做(DIY) Canal St, the Coolest Venue in Chinatown
(运河街·中国城最酷的景地 04-08-1995) Canal St, the Hawkers' Haven
(运河街·小贩的天堂 04-30-2016) Eastbank (大东银行 11-04-2023)

AT&T Long Lines Bldg, 32 Avenue of the Americas in the Art Deco Style (1932), a Datacommunications Ctr, but No Longer Owned by AT&T (美国电话电报公司长途线大厦即美洲大道32号大厦·建于1932年,装饰艺术风格,虽已不再属于 AT&T所有,但依旧是数据通信中心) Eagle Mosaic Ceiling @ the Lobby of AT&T Long Lines Bldg
(美国电话电报公司长途线大厦·天鹰镶嵌天花板 12-08-2023) 
Africa Mosaic Ceiling @ the Lobby of AT&T Long Lines Bldg (美国电话电报公司长途线大厦·非洲镶嵌天花板) Asia Mosaic Ceiling @ the Lobby of AT&T Long Lines Bldg
(美国电话电报公司长途线大厦·亚洲镶嵌天花板) 
Condor Ceiling Mosaic @ the Lobby of AT&T Long Lines Bldg (美国电话电报公司长途线大厦·秃鹰天花板镶嵌画) Australia Mosaic Ceiling @ the Lobby of AT&T Long Lines Bldg
(美国电话电报公司长途线大厦·澳洲镶嵌天花板) Europe Mosaic Ceiling @ the Lobby of AT&T Long Lines Bldg
(美国电话电报公司长途线大厦·欧洲镶嵌天花板) World Map in Mosaics @ the Lobby of AT&T Long Lines Bldg
(美国电话电报公司长途线大厦·世界地图镶嵌画) 
American Thread Company in Renaissance & Renaissance Revival (1896) (建于1896年的美国棉线公司·新老文艺复兴风格)

Façade of Bowery Savings Bank (树荫街储蓄银行·正门) Old Bowery Savings Bank or Capitale (1893), the Largest Bank in the US Based on Total Deposits in 1930
(建于1893年的原包厘“农场”街储蓄银行·1930年美国存款总额最大的银行) Everlasting Pine Apt as Subsidized Housing
(长青松柏公寓·救济住房) Firehouse, Engine Company 31 after an Early-16th-Century Chateau
(第31消防分队消防站·16世纪初城堡风格) Hotel 50 Bowery & HSBC (Former Citizens Savings Bank)
(包厘街50号酒店 | 汇丰银行·前市民储蓄银行) On Leong Merchants Association, Tong Society Operating out of Its Territory at the Intersection of Canal St & Mott St Established in 1893
(安良工商总会·成立于1893年,位于运河街与树丛街交道口处) 
Museum at Eldridge Street in the Moorish Revival Style (1887), the 1st Grand Synagogue Built in the US by Eastern European Jews (建于1887年的埃尔德里奇“老统治者”街博物馆·摩尔“北非穆斯林”复兴式,东欧犹太人在美国建造的第一座大犹太教堂)
Supreme, an Urban Streetwear Store Packed w/ Young People
(深受年轻人喜爱的至尊店·城市街头服饰铺) 
Relief of Justice through Law and Order @ New York County Supreme Court (纽约郡最高法院·浮雕《通过法律和秩序伸张正义》) Crosslinks(相关博文): USA·New York(美国·纽约州)
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