Center of the Universe
Friday, 27 January 2012
You know, I sometimes think, how is anyone ever gonna come up with a book, or a painting, or a symphony, or a sculpture that can compete with a great city. You can’t. Because you look around and every street, every boulevard, is its own special art form and when you think that in the cold, violent, meaningless universe that Paris exists, these lights, I mean come on, there’s nothing happening on Jupiter or Neptune, but from way out in space you can see these lights, the cafes, people drinking and singing. For all we know, Paris is the hottest spot in the universe.
伍迪艾伦对巴黎最高的礼赞,陈述于街道,灯,咖啡厅和寻欢的人儿。然无他。内部的微感,你看城市与宏大叙事毫无关联。切换视角脱离城市本体,却将其置于书本,绘画,交响乐,雕塑之上,成为宇宙中最热烈的一小点儿。无奈的很,我去不了猪皮特也去不了马斯,无能在那里和你争论是巴黎更温暖还是东京更繁华,大概那时城市们看起来都是小点儿,区别只在于看的到和看不到。于是我猫在城市的内核里,默默的,坐井的,把这安静的喧闹的什么都在发生什么都没有发生的容器,自作主张的占地为王的称作了宇宙的中心。
纽约的冬天真冷呐。
我在宇宙中心的城市日复一日的行走。哈林,上西区,切尔西,SOHONOHO,格林威治,布鲁克林。一成不变的风景,相差无几的情绪。切尔西从19街到28街有大大小小百多间画廊,胖子的胖瓜子到沃克伊万的宝丽来。哪怕当时在繁复波澜的心体,回想只觉得观赏了一场安迪沃霍尔的帝国大厦。Temporal Fetishization. 目不转睛仿佛沉溺。而再深情的专注,撑不过10秒钟须要眨眼。创作人的心意,不过是让观众熟悉自身。
虽然觉得,自身是最难解的题。
理论上,因为思想在身内,自身将永远为迷。就像人类永远参不透时间进程的计划的局限性。而你却不得不摆出探索的姿态,被相信这尝试能够使自己变成更好的人,却不小心植入了西绪福斯的典故。你要的升华总是有的,改变总是有的。可是那然后呢。安迪沃霍尔是最聪明的人因为他无聊的画了 阴影。时间一帧一帧过,窗外的景物永远定格着,虽然有时候红了,有时候黑了,有时候黄了,有时候绿了,吵吵闹闹眼花缭乱。像看穿了蹩脚魔术师的把戏窃喜,感慨换汤不换药,机械性无意义。他却开玩笑一样严肃的手工完成了每一帧作品,嘲讽的丢出了the irreproducibility of its assumed reproduction的概念。你红了你蓝了你形状都没变,只是今天的你不再是昨天的自己。
我又像看穿了蹩脚魔术师的把戏一样窃喜了。直到局限性跳起来死死拥抱我。
于是把宇宙安放在思想里,把思想安放在身体里,把身体安放在宇宙中心里。睡觉上课跳舞吃饭压马路找基友搅基。
这样我就是宇宙了诶。
这样你和你和你就在宇宙的中心里。
No. 1 — February 8th, 2012 at 18:21
Hi there! This post could not be written any better! Reading this post reminds me of my good old room mate! He always kept chatting about this. I will forward this post to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Many thanks for sharing!
No. 2 — February 12th, 2012 at 21:34
我喜欢,顶一个!