Sunday, September 28, 2014

乡间

从中国回到纽约,会觉得纽约相对中国,是安静的。从纽约回到乡间,则会觉得这儿几乎是静止的。静谧的乡间,有秋的气息,也有秋的多彩。

乡间让时间停摆,也会让人的思想停摆。乡间陈腐的意识,会如老宅院里的尘埃,在时间中沉淀、聚积下来,散布在各个角落、缝隙、裂纹里。一但陈积定位,固化入形,尘埃就会成为难以洗净的污垢,让人窒息并散出死亡的气息。…

纽约城里的喧嚣,是自由、创造、活力的声音。这声音让我想起久违的Walter Whitman在十九世纪唱出的 I Sing the Body Electric:
...
The voice, articulation, language, whispering, shouting aloud,
Food, drink, pulse, digestion, sweat, sleep, walking, swimming,
Poise on the hips, leaping, reclining, embracing, arm-curving and tightening,
...
O I say these are not the parts and poems of the body only, but of the soul,
O I say now these are the soul!

岁月(2014年九月于纽约)