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無知的崇拜

美國一直有種對無知的崇拜。反智主義的壓力,持續貫穿我們的政治和文化生活,由民主即「我的無知與你的博學一樣優秀」之錯誤觀念所滋養。
—艾西莫夫(美國作家)

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
—Isaac Asimov, American writer

人類的瘋狂

因此,對於眼前這些奇怪地被嚇到的鯨魚,我們最好還是不要大驚小怪;因為地球上任何動物的愚行,都遠比不上人類的瘋狂。
—赫爾曼.梅爾維爾「白鯨記」

“Best, therefore, withhold any amazement at the strangely gallied whales before us, for there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.”
—Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, the Whale

海員

我們在時間裡航行
看見時間的盡頭
卻是時間的開端

進來的 離開的
在時間的漩渦裡 轉動

留下海岸線的形狀

【愛在左右】彭志銘x林曉敏 兩代文人漫遊主教山

「次文化堂」社長彭志銘和「香港遺美」版主林曉敏,兩代文化人、兩種視角,一同漫遊社區,分享對香港的回憶與想像。第一集,兩人先到主教山,一探承載百年歷史的前深水埗配水庫,又到隱匿在山中、由居民自發建造的「運動樂園」,感受鬧市中一角淨土的群體生活。

血脈

當你攬鏡自照時,印入眼簾的不僅僅是自我的臉龐,而是一整座博物館。就某種意義來說,我們的臉是自己的,但也可以說這張臉是從父母、祖父母、曾祖父母、曾曾祖父母…… 繼承而來的種種特徵所湊成的一張拼貼畫。不管是否喜愛自己的嘴唇和眼眉,這些都不僅僅是自身的、也都是祖先的特徵;就算他們已經作古了千年,其碎片仍然在我們的身體裡鼓動著。
—大衛.安東尼 (人類學家)

“When you look in the mirror you see not just your face but a museum. Although your face, in one sense, is your own, it is composed of a collage of features you have inherited from your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and so on. The lips and eyes that either bother or please you are not yours alone but are also features of your ancestors, long dead perhaps as individuals but still very much alive as fragments in you.”
—David W. Anthony, American anthropologist

防彈

書店向來都是遭人圍攻的庇護所。至今仍是。書店業者自認是不穿白袍的醫生,卻不只一次在艱難狀況下需要穿著防彈背心工作。
—伊琳娜.瓦耶荷,西班牙語文學家

“Bookstores have always been a refuge under seige. They still are. Booksellers identify as doctors without a white coat, but they may have to wear a bulletproof vest to work in difficult times.”
—Irene Vallejo, Spanish philologist

貓貓卡

請選擇一張最有感覺的貓貓卡 ,看看貓貓送給你甚麼祝福語 :

A. 鬆弛
任何時候,我值得一個美好的休息

B. 力量
無論是大大隻或細細隻,我就是力量的本身

C. 靜靜
靜靜的,聆聽心裡真正的聲音

D. 智慧
我就是智慧的本身,答案就在我的內在

燒!通通燒!

隔壁人家有書,就等於有一把上了膛的槍。燒了它。拿走彈藥,瓦解人的智慧。天知道誰會是飽讀詩書之人的目標?
—比提隊長,雷布萊伯利「華氏 451 度」

“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man’s mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?”
—Captain Beatty, in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

【愛在左右】黑膠孤兒院 為三十萬隻黑膠找個家

人稱「黑膠碟養父」的歐德成(Paul),由擺地攤到樓上舖,買賣黑膠唱片已有 40 年。他少年時從越南來港,在深水埗二手市場收集黑膠,原本只為興趣;但隨著時代淘汰,人們放棄黑膠。Paul 不忍唱片變成垃圾,決定收集它們,待有緣人帶走。經歷 CD 到現在串流音樂的年代,是甚麼令 Paul 堅持保留超過 30 萬隻黑膠碟?

世界

閱讀,就好比是一種庇護。當所有門都上了鎖,一頁書就開啟了整個世界。
—戴樂芬妮.米努依(法國記者)

“Reading as refuge. A page opening to the world when every door is locked.”
—Delphine Minoui, French journalist

培養

人們應該天天至少聽一支短歌,讀一首好詩,看一幅優美的畫,要是辦得到,就再說幾句賢明的話。
—賽羅,歌德「威廉麥斯特的學徒歲月」

“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
—Serlo, in the novel Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

【愛在左右】預燒半百萬積蓄 香港獨立遊戲開發者的掙扎

「香港動漫電玩節」將於月尾開鑼,過往館內會設立「香港原創遊戲展」,是少數能讓本地開發者展示作品的渠道。只是,這個展區自去年開始也消失了。成本愈來愈高,支援愈來愈少,不過,獨立遊戲開發者畢子和 Janus,多來年始終忠於自己的遊戲創作。

曬太陽

另一個給神經的建議:讓充足的陽光照入家中。讓充足的陽光進入工作空間。偶爾給身體來一個日光浴。
—阿丁頓.布魯斯(加拿大作家)

“Here is another hint for the nervous: Let plenty of sunshine into your home. Let plenty of it into your working-quarters. Occasionally give your whole body a sun bath.”
—H. Addington Bruce, Canadian author

本質

大自然並不殘忍,只是無情的冷漠。這是人類最難學懂的其中一課。我們無法承認有些事物既不善良也不邪惡,既不殘酷也不仁慈,只是單純地冷酷無情 —— 對一切苦難漠不關心,也無目的。
—理查.道金斯(演化生物學家)

“Nature is not cruel, only pitilessly indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that things might be neither good nor evil, neither cruel nor kind, but simply callous – indifferent to all suffering, lacking all purpose.”
—Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist

風景畫

時間 是從哪裡開始 哪裡結束
世界 是從哪裡開始 哪裡結束
故事 是從哪裡開始 哪裡結束
我們 是從哪裡開始 哪裡結束

問題是從哪裡開始
答案會在哪裡結束

漫漫長路

教育是一條道路:把人從自大無知引領到未知的窘局。
—馬克吐溫(美國作家)

“Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.”
—Mark Twain, american writer

星火燎原

永遠不要懷疑一小群有思想、有奉獻精神的公民可以改變世界;事實上,一直以來都是如此。—瑪格麗特.米德(美國人類學家)

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has” —Margaret Mead, American Anthropologist

成王敗寇

在每一場戰爭之中,都有那麼一刻,運用一點策略就是決定性的並帶來優勢,正像加一滴水就可以促成溢流一般。—拿破崙一世(法國軍事家)

“There is a moment in every battle at which the least maneuver is decisive and gives superiority as one drop of water causes overflow.” —Napoleon I, French Strategist

解難

“Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.” —Albert Einstein, Scientist
用製造問題的腦筋去解決問題是行不通的。 —愛因斯坦(科學家)