2022-07-30 International Friendship Day
【Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction—It Must Be Abstract·X (1942)】 Wallace Stevens (1879—1955) The major abstraction is the idea of man And major man is its exponent, abler In the abstract than in his singular,
More fecund as principle than particle, Happy fecundity, flor-abundant force, In being more than an exception, part,
Though an heroic part, of the commonal. The major abstraction is the commonal, The inanimate, difficult visage. Who is it?
What rabbi, grown furious with human wish, What chieftain, walking by himself, crying Most miserable, most victorious,
Does not see these separate figures one by one, And yet see only one, in his old coat, His slouching pantaloons, beyond the town,
Looking for what was, where it used to be? Cloudless the morning. It is he. The man In that old coat, those sagging pantaloons,
It is of him, ephebe, to make, to confect The final elegance, not to console Nor sanctify, but plainly to propound. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《最高虚构笔记——它必定抽象·之十》(1942年)】 异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒) 【红霞译】 高级抽象概念事关人的思想 而救世主却是它的倡导者,更擅长 多方面而不是单一形式,
原则而不是示例, 快乐富足,充满魅力, 远非一次例外,一个片段,
一分英雄本色,而不止平凡普通。 高级抽象概念平凡普通, 单调、难看的容貌。是谁?
像法师,鞭策人类愿望, 如酋长,独自行走,喊得 最悲情、最奏效,
无法逐个看到这些人物, 只见唯一,穿着古朴的外套, 邋遢的马裤,远离小镇,
找寻根由,索求出处? 早晨晴空无云。是他。这个人 穿着那件老旧的外套,那条下垂的马裤,
是他,小伙子,造就、调制 最后的优雅,为的不是慰藉 也不是神化,而是直截了当地提议。 【注】上个世纪50年代,暗潮池上镇依然是一片尚未开发的农田,但宾州矿产资源丰富,石灰石矿开采成了城镇发展不可或缺的经济来源;著名的“强生”制药(Johnson & Johnson)、“标致兄弟”建筑商(Toll Brothers)、“环球系统”应收账款管理公司(Transworld Systems Inc)、“蜂蜜井”多元化高科技和制造业公司(Honey Well)、“活着系统”云端运算公司(Veeva Systems)、“头号门旅游”全球服务公司(Gate 1 Travel)等陆续加盟,让暗潮池上镇坐实了腾飞进程,正可谓“江山代有人才出,各领风骚数百年”。 遥想当年独立战争期间(1777年10月4日—12月11日),大陆军在“日耳曼城战役”失利后但尚未向锻造谷(Valley Forge)进军前,农夫·华盛顿(George Washington)的总指挥部设置于此。 当然,暗潮池上镇的繁荣离不开魅力与恩赐公司(Keasbey and Mattison Company)的贡献,虽然这个世界最大的石棉生产厂家设在隔壁漫步者城(Ambler),但其职工宿舍私家民宅几乎全部安置在方圆10里之内,涵盖暗潮池上镇,鼎鼎有名的建筑莫过于菩提树林城堡(Lindenwold Castle),这是1890年石棉大亨斥巨资聘请意大利石匠和德国工匠打造的“宾州温莎城堡”(Winsor Castle in PA),占地400亩。直到2019年,州政府才允许开发商推倒经年失修的菩提树林城堡,重新翻盖104座马车房(Carriage House,起价30万美元)和庄园住宅(Villa-Inspired Homes,叫价700万美元)。值得一提的,菩提树林城堡外菩提树林坡顶路(Lindenwold Terrace)上共有8栋胜利女王式建筑,每一套风格各异,都是当年石棉厂高管居住的别墅。 三一纪念圣公会教堂(Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church)始建于1901年,被誉为“美丽的窗户教堂”。然而,1986年6月16号的大火烧毁了主体建筑,只留下神父住宅及其它周边设施,可以说这个辉煌了85年的古老教堂纯“为燃烧而造”(built to burn)。幸运的是,两年后新的三一纪念圣公会教堂重新矗立在原址之上,雄厚的财力足以见证虔诚的格局,“萧瑟秋风今又是,换了人间”。 暗潮池上镇只有教友派庄园别墅(Quaker Manor House)被列入《国家史迹名录》(Natl. Register of Historic Places)。
Today in History(历史上的今天): 2022: Gilded Age Influence in Camp Hill, PA(宾州营山·镀金时代乡舍) 2022: Ambler—World Asbestos Capital in PA(宾州漫步者城·世界石棉之都) 2017: Capitol Debate Camp Day-1(国会辩论夏令营第一天) 2015: 76ers Overnight Camp─Playoff(七六人队篮球寄宿营─决赛) 2014: YMCA Camp─Stuck @ Home Day-2(基督教青年会营─第二天病休在家) Quaker Manor House (1730) Known as Warder's Conquest (建于1730年的教友会庄园·被誉为“看守征服”) Detached Garage of Quaker Manor House (教友会庄园·独立车库) Quaker Manor House Served as the HQ for Washington's Surgeon General John Cochran during the American Revolutionary War in the Autumn of 1777 (1777年秋季美国独立战争期间,教友会庄园曾是华盛顿将军总部,外科医生恩慈·红溪住在这里) Lindenwold Castle (1890), the asbestos magnate Richard Van Zeelust Mattison remodeled his mansion to resemble Windsor Castle (建于1890年的菩提树林城堡——石棉大亨豪富统治者·海欲·恩赐将其豪宅建成“温莎城堡”) Interior of Lindenwold Castle (菩提树林城堡·内景) St. Mary's Villa/Home, Founded in 1911 as an Orphanage by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth for Children and Families after the Lindenwold Estate (成立于1911年的圣母庄园/圣母之家·由信仰守护者神圣家族修女会接管菩提树林庄园后改为儿童与家庭孤儿院) Current Development of Mattison Estate (恩赐庄园·社区发展蓝图) 104 High-End Homes & a Luxury Retirement Community Complex (104套高端住宅和豪华退休社区) 1015 Cedar Rd (雪松路1015号) 1 Lindenwold Ter (菩提树林坡顶路1号) 1 Lindenwold Ter (菩提树林坡顶路1号) 2 Lindenwold Ter (菩提树林坡顶路2号) 3 Lindenwold Ter (菩提树林坡顶路3号) 4-5 Lindenwold Ter (菩提树林坡顶路4—5号) 4 Lindenwold Ter (菩提树林坡顶路4号) 5-4 Lindenwold Ter (菩提树林坡顶路5—4号) 5 Lindenwold Ter (菩提树林坡顶路5号) 6 Lindenwold Ter (菩提树林坡顶路6号) 7 Lindenwold Ter (菩提树林坡顶路7号) 8 Lindenwold Ter (菩提树林坡顶路8号) 400 Highland Ave (1900)
(高地大道400号·1900年建筑) 401 Highland Ave (1900) (高地大道401号·1900年建筑) 408-412 Highland Ave (高地大道408—412号) Victorian Manor Covered Front Porch Adorned w/ Eastlake Trim @ 420 Highland Ave (1885) (建于1885年的高地大道420号·胜利女王风格庄园,凉棚前廊兼有东湖运动边饰) Roof Top Finials @ 420 Highland Ave (高地大道420号·屋顶设计) Stone House @ 420 Highland Ave (高地大道420号·石屋) 424 Highland Ave (1900) (高地大道424号·1900年建筑) 98 S Bethlehem Pike (1905) (面包房南大路98号·1905年建筑) Stone Victorian Featuring a Porte Cochere, Turret w/ Witch's Cap, Columned Firepalce, Wraparound Porch
(石质胜利女王风格,带有门廊、女巫帽塔、圆柱形壁炉、环绕式门廊) 620 S Bethlehem Pike (1917) (面包房南大路620号·1917年建筑) Plaque of 620 S Bethlehem Pike (面包房南大路620号·门牌) Trinity Episcopal Church (1901) before Fire of 1986 (建于1901年的三一纪念圣公会教堂·1986年大火烧毁之前) New Trinity Episcopal Church after Fire of 1986 (新三一纪念圣公会教堂·1986年大火之后) Back of New Trinity Episcopal Church (新三一纪念圣公会教堂·背面) Stainglasses @ Trinity Episcopal Church (三一纪念圣公会教堂·彩窗) Rectory Gothic Revival Stone Bldg of Trinity Episcopal Church
(三一纪念圣公会教堂·神父哥特式石屋住宅) Stone Wall w/ Mortar Lines @ Trinity Episcopal Church (三一纪念圣公会教堂·石墙与砂浆线饰)
Four-Mill's Barn (1891) (建于1891年的四磨坊农仓) Plaque of Four-Mill's Barn (四磨坊农仓·标牌) Porte Cochere of Four-Mill's Barn (四磨坊农仓·门廊) Suspension Bridge of Four-Mill's Barn (四磨坊农仓·浮桥) Bridge across the Wissahickon Creek @ Four Mills Nature Reserve (四磨坊自然保护区·横跨鲇鱼溪的铁桥) Rotary Bridge over a small tributary of Wissahickon Creek @ Four Mills Nature Reserve (四磨坊自然保护区·鲇鱼溪小支流上的转桥) Rotary Bridge @ Four Mills Nature Reserve (四磨坊自然保护区·转桥) Wissahickon Creek (鲇鱼溪) A Small Tributary of Wissahickon Creek (鲇鱼溪小支流) Wissahickon Trail @ Four Mills Nature Reserve (四磨坊自然保护区·鲇鱼溪步道) "Let Rain Soak through Parking Area" (“让雨水浸透停车场”) Crosslink(相关博文): USA(出游美国) |