深幸身為植物

Sonerila pulchella (小蜂鬥草)
Originally uploaded by Eric in SF

我生長所以我存在，不斷邁向新的目標就如同不斷冒出新的嫩芽
不必擔憂老的會逝去，逝去是因為時間到了就逝去
抑或是動物把他們吃了，但我的根仍存在，所以我再生長

也許氣候的變化，也帶走我的嫩葉，不過不要介意
因為對我而言，重要是只問耕耘不問收穫
我的名字叫作 Sonerila

不過我很罕有、很特別，尤其是我生長在深山的岩石縫中
幾乎沒有人發現我的存在
曾經有昆蟲飛過，大雨滴、大陣雨呼嘯而過，旱季打擊過我
我仍每二、三個月長出一片新葉，繼續生存著

我祈求我的好鄰居，很大很大的樹不要消失
粗野又強悍的野生植物不要擠我，使我呼吸困難
今天，下雨了，我就更美了

我把競爭的煩惱留給許多動植物，尤其是人類
我永遠也無法像他們一樣
我尊重自然安靜地活著

別忘了，我的名字叫作 Sonerila…..

..... Patrick Blanc* 詩作摘錄 / 陳郁秀譯

note:
* 法國植物藝術家，獨創「垂直花園」(vertical garden)建築工法，他說 : 「我的工作就是把植物帶到城市，讓人重新與自然對話。」「綠先生」正在為台北國家音樂廳譜一曲「綠色交響詩」，預計十月底完成
reading :
法國綠手指 幫國家音樂廳換新裝 / 用四千株花草打造兩面「會呼吸」的植物牆
source：
商業週刊 1039 / 2007.10.22

Planting music

聽說
工程師的內心
其實是很搖滾的

note : 學學文創【植樂空間，PM】 種下您生命中的第一顆音樂種子

Fly time

fly time - filip pagowski
Originally uploaded by ellen's attic

Happy living…. Made me think of birds and how free they seem. I have seen big flocks of crows and ravens in Warsaw, this past February, gathering in the tall leafless trees, surrounded by gray skies and white snow. Sitting in the crows of the trees, all very loud, creating a wall of sound that seemed industrial in its intensity. Or flying fast in a big black cloud of thousands, still crowing, loud and intense. There was power and joy to it.

How happy were they one will never know, but they seemed so natural and in tune with their environment. Even if it was an illusion of happy living it made my heart soar and wish I could join them in their aerial round.

..... Filip Pagowski

「HAPPY LIVING」讓我想到鳥兒們自由的模樣。今年2月我曾在華沙看到一大群的烏鴉，聚集在一棵高大的枯樹上，後面襯著灰色的天空和白藹藹的雪。烏鴉們站在樹的頂端，每一隻都吵雜的鳴叫，以彷彿工廠噪音般強度創造出一面音牆。或是成千上萬形成一片巨大的烏雲，依然發出尖銳、嘈雜、極強烈的聲響。充滿了力量與狂喜。

它們到底有多高興無人能知，不過它們在那個空間裡看來如此自在與協調。即使這也許只是一種「HAPPY LIVING」的幻覺，仍讓我的心隨之翱翔。我真希望我能加入它們的空中巡禮。

就在幾天前
波蘭插畫家Filip Pagowski 捎來e-mail
說他特別喜歡這張照片….
我也是呢 :)

雀躍的心
隨著快樂自在的鳥兒
翱翔….

my photos : Museum of Tomorrow @Taipei / 明日博物館 / 2007.05
links：Filip Pagowski 台北現場創作「Fly Time」 / 2007.03

I am a rock

I am a rock
Originally uploaded by ellen's attic

A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock
when somebody contemplates it
with the idea of a cathedral in mind.

..... Antoine de Sanit-Exupery

眼前的石頭不再只是一堆石頭 ──
當一個腦海裡勾勒著一座教堂的人
開始思考這堆石頭的時候

我說：「一念生，法界成。」

恬淡

我的心永遠向前憧憬....

人在生命中的某個階段
都會追求成就、名聲與肯定
但我們要時時記得恬淡
要「恬」 就必須要「淡」

常保會感動的心、好奇心
人就不容易老

reading : 回歸大自然生命的脈動 / 榮新診所副院長丁綺文
source : citibanker / 2007.09

Just happen

Pretend it never happened
Originally uploaded by kevsyd

Yet I had always at some level apprehended, because I was born fearful, that some events in life would remain beyond my abliity to control or manage them. Some events would just happen...

reading : The Year of Magical Thinking / Joan Didion

Happy Birthday Julie Andrews

Richard Burton rang me up once and said,
Do you know you're my only leading lady
I've never slept with?

I said, Well, please don't tell everybody,
it's the worst image.

..... Julie Andrews

note : Julie Andrews was born on Oct 01, 1935

Feels like home

My heart was lost somewhere…

I was floating in the ocean of sadness when I was leaving Biei… hating to say goodbye in the heavy rain with thunderstorms on the road to train station, a damp, gloomy day made me feel worse and blue…

It occured to me in a raining afternoon, I was in no mood to go anywhere... not feeling better until I heard the voice from distance somewhere....

O, it's Norah Jones singing with the handsome band in live concert 2004. I had no idea how long I was just standing over there, enjoyed watching the demo, and listen, listen and listen….


video : Sunrise - Norah Jones and The Handsome Band
source : Norah Jones and the Handsome Band: Live In 2004 DVD
note : my travelogue 09-25-2007