面對世界的不溫柔、狂燥或紛亂，我閉上眼、默想、要一直堅強。

排練

*from Le Portillon

整夜

耳際一直徘徊

獨奏的旋律

在練習室 在台上

專心致志時

全世界 像只剩下

低迥的頌歌 然後

沈默

發現

我很懶惰，剪貼比寫作著實容易得多了。

昨天從舊書店接了Ulysses和The Letters of Van Gogh回家，急不及待的讀了好十幾頁，書頁雖薄如蟬翼，卻滿載作者厚實的情感、回憶的美好。

能細細讀書，真好。

活在自己的陰霾下

無處可逃

是因為
為了一時的愉悅
逾越了那無形的界線

中文明明是自己的母語，但是現在卻時常執筆忘字、表達力不從心。

:(

Proust Questionnaire, Fall 2010

A snapshot of me, this moment in time.

• Your most marked characteristic? Optimism.

• The quality you most like in a man? Gentleness.

• The quality you most like in a woman? Kindness and openness.

• What do you most value in your friends? When we complement each other in thoughts and spirits.

• What is your principle defect? Overly easy-going.

• What is your favorite occupation? Photography.

• What is your dream of happiness? White, clean bedsheets. With people I love. Drenched in natural light.

• What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes? Being complacent and inauthentic.

• What would you like to be? Doctor/Writer/Mother.

• In what country would you like to live? Basque country.

• What is your favorite color? Red.

• What is your favorite flower? Peonies.

• What is your favorite bird? Big, white pelicans.

• Who are your favorite prose writers? Virginia Woolf, Oliver Sacks, Albert Camus, ?Kierkegaard

• Who are your favorite poets? Plath, Keats, e e cummings,

• Who is your favorite hero of fiction? Sisyphus.

• Who are your favorite heroines of fiction? Mrs Dalloway.

• Who are your favorite composers? Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Ravel.

• Who are your favorite painters? Monet, Van Gogh, Miro, Matisse.

• Who are your heroes in real life? My mum!

• Who are your favorite heroines of history? Marie Antoinette (I believe she has been misjudged)

• What are your favorite names? Sofia, Fleur, Emerald.

• What is it you most dislike? Wickedness.

• What historical figures do you most despise? The silly Chinese kings throughout the dynasties.

• What event in military history do you most admire? I need to know more on this...

• What reform do you most admire? NHS (60 years ago)

• What natural gift would you most like to possess? Being able to do jazz improvisation, and suture perfectly.

• How would you like to die? Quietly.

• What is your present state of mind? Excited, a bit nervous, restless - for the weeks to come.

• To what faults do you feel most indulgent? Frivolity - the love for the most trivial things.

• What is your motto? 'Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences.' Sylvia Plath

Beauty, or Aesthetics

美不一定是刻意的、完美的。

有時她只是一剎那柔和的光線、忽然的覺醒、心靈的感應。

就如一覺醒來睡眼惺忪，然後就看見你尋常而朦朧的美麗。

Cityscape

我所鐘愛的城市均被流水縈繞 - 維多利亞港、泰晤士河、目黑川、塞納河。

Lost in translation

'A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.'

Anais Nin

電腦翻譯:

葉子通过窗口今晨振翼了，好像支持由，鳥决定防火梯太陽的光芒，在咖啡任務的喜悅，喜悅伴隨我，當我走了。

我翻譯:

. . .我漫步，而愉悅常伴在旁。