20100516

Mood for a Day.


My lullaby. My tears would drop on the ground slowly in my imagination while I close my eyes and listen the song repetitively. Slowly, the word appears the presence properly. It's like the rain falling on the window in a Summer afternoon, the picture front of my eyes is a misty mystery. I bet that is the vogue illusion between the fingers and strings. Everything has vanished while I listening the melody, even the absence is gone. If a relationship between two persons can be the scene like the nimble finers playing the strings of the guitar, that would be the most beautiful song ever. No need the words, just still, let the emotion sits on the seat comfortably. The minimum and continuous movement between each finger would generate the peaceful aura, that supports me to find the relief in the misery. Like the pale old photos, it cannot help but has to be. The repititive nowadays turn into the past, the future occur before the sudden.

'Therefore?'


'Mm, wonderful.' 'The marveious four steps in the composition.'


'It's solemn and graceful tune.'


'It's great and points out the value of imperfection, just love it.'


我的安魂曲。閉上眼重複聆聽淚水就緩慢的跟畫面一起出現
。 緩慢,這兩字適如其份的顯示存在。那有點像夏日午後遭落 雨滴灑的玻璃窗,朦朧暈染呈現。我想是那指節之間的迷離 飄惚上身吧。聽著聽著好像一切都沒了,連沒有都停止。如 果人與人之間的情愫也像吉他弦邊流暢撥動的指尖,那會是 最美麗的一首歌。無須言語,安靜的,情感也能夠舒懷安坐。 這麼般持續與微速相互比擬之下所產生的氛圍,叫人放心 的悲哀。如老照片的昏黃,不得已卻又理所當然。現在的重複成 為過去。未來在靈光剎那之前。

“所以?“


“嗯,好。““起承轉合。“


“肅穆的輕盈。“


“挺好。標示出完美的缺陷。我喜歡。“




*Inspired by Mood For a Day, performed by Steve Howe from Yes. Picture taken at the scene of a fashion catalogue, Taiwan.

20100512

Riding on the youth. 腳踏青春。


Lately I've enjoyed to riding on the streets again. The physical exercise. Riding, that means using my full energy to circle the chain. Step by step, biking the bike. Re-discover the streets and routes. The minimum speed to moving forward by two wheels. To observe the alleys and lanes of the city by sitting on the high seat.

If I lift up my head a bit then I can see the people doing their households inside the wall. There is a playoff series - Dallas Mavericks v.s. Phoenix Suns playing on the TV, I wish the long-hairy Stevie can be able to win the game. There are some flowers blossoming in the garden; the orchid and the morning glory have a competition about the hue and the fragrance. The white, the yellow, the pink, the orange, the red and the purple are showing off their pureness in the spectrum, yet I can't wait all the flowers blossoming out; I can merely miss the scent after I slide with my bike quietly.


I usually move away with my iPod. That's double joys while biking. The picture of the streets become a non-stop music video when I athletically follow the groove with music and biking. I've seen a red bee paused on a tire of a bus, I don't know she is alive or not, after the green light buzzing. Perhaps she finally completed her struggle life in finding the honey. Sometimes I 'cross-over' the tar and the pavement in a journey, moving like the trendy term, meanwhile, it makes me feel I'm really 'in' this society.


Although I always feel gloomy to situate in the city, but it ain't bad to have a chilly mood occasionally. Maybe it can help me cure of my lazy heart in the end. Meantime, I find the common things are different due to the diverse angle to observe it. Some shops and corners are more interesting while I passing by. At the day times, I can value the interior of the ice cream shop that matches with its flavor or no; during the nights, I can find night snack shops to one kilometer far away outside of my house. Because of the limitless and flexibility of bicycle, I can pass by the traffic light and let the cab driver glances me the jealous sight, that gives me the finest high. When the wind blows under the sunshine while I biking, I can sense my friend's saying:


"You look like riding on the youth!"


Yeah, the youth; probably the thing I want to chase after that is the forever youth.


最近開始重拾騎車的樂趣。真正的身體力行;騎乘,使用體
力 的踏出每一環圈。腳踏,車走。對於街道的重新探險。微速的兩 輪移動。高一截的觀看這個城市巷弄。

稍稍抬頭可以看見圍牆內的人家舉動。電視裡撥的小牛對太
陽 的比賽,期待長髮飄揚的Nash能贏吧。花圃裡種的牽牛 花與文心蘭在互相比較香味和顏色,白的黃的粉的桃的紅的 紫的繽紛綺麗;等不及它們全數綻放,我已經蹓躂滑行過去待將 來緬懷氣息。

通常會搭配iPod隨身移動。那是種樂趣的雙重加倍。配
合 著音樂與運動,街景畫面就成為一隻隻的MTV。看到紅色 蜜蜂停在公車車輪下,綠燈一閃我往前卻不知它死生何時; 它辛勤的採蜜蜂生也許就這樣結束了。有時柏油路有時紅磚 道的交叉前進,像是crossover般的潮流前衛感對於速 度。移動,這時顯得必須 trendy起來。

雖說這城市總是烏煙瘴氣著,但能夠以悠閒的態度融合總是
不 賴。也許長久下去能夠治療我“心與賴”的結合。這時發覺 平常輕易經過的事物因為角度的不同而新奇了起來。一些店 家、角落變得更為有趣。白晝可以知道新開的果汁吧滋味跟 裝潢是否搭嘎;夜間宵夜尋覓時分不必只能在以家裡為方圓 的五百公尺搜尋。由於腳踏車的自由性與不受限制,我能夠 從容渡過無人等候的紅綠燈任由後方駕駛投以欣羨的眼神相 對。那實在爽快。而當風徐徐吹過時可以感受到如友人所說:

“騎車真是青春啊~!”


是的,青春。也許我從來想要追逐的就是青春吧。




*Dedicate to my friend Ma, who is losing in the life maze; translation from my previous prose.