澎湖與辣
August 24th, 2011 Phanix早上看了這篇新聞,不禁聯想到澎湖。
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I have been painting nonstop,
so I can capture as much as possible
before my world goes completely dark.
It took me some time to
understand my nympheas.
I grew them without thinking of painting them.
You can not become immersed in a
landscape in a single day.
And then, all of a sudden,
I had the revelation of my pond.
I took my palette. Since then,
I have had almost no other model.
I have painted the Seine all my life,
at all hours of the day, and
in every season.
I have never been bored with it,
to me it is always different.
喝了不少 Bourgogne,總要寫一下這個地區。
最近才把這部動畫看完。最早的時候看草稿版的就覺得很棒了,前幾天看了完整的動畫版就覺得相當感動,不僅是劇情,連同畫面都非常非常的漂亮。
原本以為這本書是一本單純的旅遊小說,開始閱讀前幾頁的時候也給人這樣的感覺,不過隨著翻閱的頁數越多,就越覺得不是這麼一回事。法國籍作者在五十年後在巴黎街頭上班路上遇到來自達卡的小販,如此的因緣際會讓他開啟一個新旅程,回到小時候成長的西北非,而故事也這麼樣開始。當然,仍可以把它當成一本旅遊書籍來閱讀,但如果仔細對照作者現今的感受與小時候的印象,對比作者與卡達小販的對話,會有不同的感觸。
事隔五十年,許多的事情都和他仍是小孩時的樣子不同。西北非的許多國家脫離了殖民,但是卻陷入了許多的困境,內戰、貧窮、髒亂等等。小販不得不到巴黎販售手工藝品,許多的區域是爭奪地盤資源的危險內戰區,過去繁華的都市現在卻頹倚衰落。過去是殖民者榨取被殖民者的勞力成果,被殖民者某種程度上享受殖民者的建設成果;現在殖民者離開了,但欺壓榨取卻依舊存在。
瑪瑪都說,「二個世紀前,鍊子是鐵做帶鍊子的是奴隸。現在呢,帶金鍊子的是奴役他人的人,這些金鍊子是現代奴隸制度的印記。出於經濟需要,多數人被少數人犧牲,奴隸制度從未消滅。在第三世界國家,人和人之間還是互相剝削。」
即使在台灣,也有不少這樣類似的情況。
話說昨天晚上十一點多就睡覺了,一路睡到今天早上七點多起來,不過卻覺得很疲累,可能跟做了一個自助旅行的夢有關係(?)
故事是這樣的…
It’s really an interesting experience attending a baptism, and taking photos for it. Thanks for Michelle’s invitation, thanks for the warm weather and charming Julian (*heart*), and the most appreciated is the lovely touching interaction between people.
Let’s enjoy the photos! (and sorry for my lazy and late)
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