准备国考时，在图书馆无意翻到草枕这本书，虽然不懂日文，但是译者文笔之优美细致让我印象深刻，一直想继续读下去，不知怎么地搁置至今。这几天忽然想起了这本书，便找出来读，这次读起来给我怦然心动的感受，书里的一字一句仿佛和我应答般，回应了许多我在思考但却未深入探究的议题，特别是不同文化视角美学的讨论，那是学生时代曾经在内心种下却未认真行动的梦想，每个段落的讯息太过丰富，让人咀嚼沉思，因此读起来异常缓慢，如乌龟爬行不知何时迈向终点。
今天看有关视角产生的审美，觉得非常有意思。恋爱、亲情等固然美好，但当我们处在第一视角，总因利害关系或因太多眼前的美好目眩迷乱，无法产生诗兴，即当局者迷所以无法产生好好欣赏之情。
站在第三者角度时，因为能旁观者清，又能抛除个人的利害关系，故能从此立场来看就能找出意思，也能随著戏剧、小说中的七情六欲、人情百态共鸣起伏，但作者却觉得正因为第三者没有私欲，其他情绪显得异常活跃却令其不喜。因为作为生在这世上三十年的主角，已经饱尝了人世间的情绪，再透过小说戏剧再感受同样刺激，觉得有些厌烦，反倒期待更超然的视角。
他对西方入世尤其歌颂人情、人性的审美有微词，觉得脱离不了世俗的羁绊，倒是在东方的诗歌中找到解脱。在这段之前，作者谈了艺术和自然给人带来的价值，我的理解就是能灵魂摆脱僵化的生活拘束，暂且得到一丝心灵悠闲的空间吧！即使不见得有物质上的好处，但却能唤醒灵魂活力。因此东方诗歌传达出世超然的精神，更能构筑起这样优雅的世界。这样的观点蕴含了佛教和道家的思维，在古典中国文学中特别熟悉。
和家人聊了目前所读到的感受，觉得这样思考著不同的审美视角觉得特别有趣，又不禁想到我现在看这本书又是什么视角呢？ 我不也是在第三者视角去观看吗？
思及此，又更感趣味横生了。

草枕を抱きたい。

 

 

 

I Want to Hug Kusamakura

A few years ago when I was preparing to take the Civil Service examination, I found a Chinese version of Kusamakura at the library. Though I didn’t understand Japanese was impressed by the beautiful and exquisite writing. I wanted to continue reading it, but I don’t know why I haven’t done it for a long time. These days, this book has suddenly come to my mind, and I started to read again.

This time, I was touched deeply while reading it. It seems that every word responds to the issues I have been thinking but I haven’t explored profoundly, especially the discussion on aesthetics in different cultures.That’s what I dreamt to study when I was a student but I didn’t really take into action.Since there are many messages in every paragraph which I need to mull over, I read this book at a very slow speed just like a turtle crawling and don’t know when I can reach the destination.

 

Today, I read that perspective decides how you appreciate things. It is interesting. Romantic love and family love are good. We cannot receive poetic inspiration when we are experiencing romantic love or family love first hand for the reason that we have a stake in them or there are too many good things dazzling and confusing us. When we stand in the third-person, we can have a clear mind by separating ourselves from stakes. It is an interesting perspective which makes the audience experience and resonate with the various feelings in this world through drama, and the novel. But the author thinks that, because the third-person perspective does not involve personal desire, it makes other kinds of emotions more obvious. He doesn’t like it very much. The main protagonist in this novel says that he has already lived for thirty years, and experienced many of the feelings that the world offers. He feels tired of experiencing the same stimulations. He is looking forward a perspective which is more detached.

 

He thinks the Western aesthetics which praises human affection and human nature are still a worldly fetter. Instead, he finds relief from Eastern poetry. Before discussing this, the author talks about the value of arts and nature bring to humanity. What I understand is that they can free our souls from rigidly mundane lives, and offer some leisurely room for our minds. Although they don’t necessarily bring us material merits, they can revitalize our spirits. As a result, he thinks Eastern poetry which presents an unworldly attitude, can better create an elegant spiritual world. His point of view implies philosophical thoughts from Buddhism and Taoism and takes classical Chinese literature into consideration.

 

 

 

I talked about my reflections on what I have read, and felt it was very interesting to think in different aesthetic perspectives. Also, I can’t help but think in what perspective am I standing while I reading this book? Am I standing in the third-person, too? When I realize that, it intrigued more.  

I Want to Hug Kusamakura

A few years ago when I was preparing to take the Civil Service examination, I found a Chinese version of Kusamakura at the library. Though I didn’t understand Japanese was impressed by the beautiful and exquisite writing. I wanted to continue reading it, but I don’t know why I haven’t done it for a long time.These days, this book has suddenly come to my mind, and I started to read again.

 This time, I was touched deeply while reading it. It seems that every word responds to the issues I have been thinking but I haven’t explored profoundly, especially the discussion on aesthetics in different cultures.

That’s what I dreamt to study when I was a student but I didn’t really take into action.

Since there are many messages in every paragraph which I need to mull over, I read this book at a very slow speed just like a turtle crawling and don’t know when I can reach the destination.

 

 

Today, I read that perspective decides how you appreciate things. It is interesting. Romantic love and family love are good. We cannot receive poetic inspiration when we are experiencing romantic love or family love first hand for the reason that we have a stake in them or there are too many good things dazzling and confusing us. When we stand in the third-person, we can have a clear mind by separating ourselves from stakes. It is an interesting perspective which makes the audience experience and resonate with the various feelings in this world through drama, and the novel. But the author thinks that, because the third-person perspective does not involve personal desire, it makes other kinds of emotions more obvious.  

He doesn’t like it very much. The main protagonist in this novel says that he has already lived for thirty years, and experienced many of the feelings that the world offers. He feels tired of experiencing the same stimulations. He is looking forward a perspective which is more detached.

 

He thinks the Western aesthetics which praises human affection and human nature arestill a worldly fetter. Instead, he finds relief from Eastern poetry. Before discussing this, the author talks about the value of arts and nature bring to humanity. What I understand is that they can free our souls from rigidly mundane lives, and offer some leisurely room for our minds. Although they don’t necessarily bring us material merits, they can revitalize our spirits. As a result, he thinks Eastern poetry which presents an unworldly attitude, can better create an elegant spiritual world. His point of view implies philosophical thoughts from Buddhism and Taoism and takes classical Chinese literature into consideration.

I talked about my reflections on what I have read, and felt it was very interesting to think in different aesthetic perspectives. Also, I can’t help but think in what perspective am I standing while I reading this book? Am I standing in the third-person, too? When I realize that, it intrigued more.