Friday, August 26, 2005
關於讀書的二三事
一 以閱讀為職業是一件好事嗎?當讀書成為一種職業時,還能保持原有的樂趣嗎?作為一個自得其趣的書蟲,閱讀自始至終,追求得是好奇的滿足。而好奇的前提是, 不能執著。「愛讀書,不求甚解,每有會意,便興然忘食。」與有目的性的專業,似乎背道而馳。所以,專業讀書人有,但你說專業的讀書興趣,那是無可能eh代 誌!
二 與其說人生像跳舞,不如說人生像摔跤,因為它需要我們立定腳跟,準備迎 接不可預見的每一攻擊。」古羅馬哲學家皇帝的雋語。閱讀大概也是這樣,你得用心出力,才能獲得對打,乃至壓制作者的樂趣。假如你一無主見軟趴趴的,那麼, 你只能「跳舞」,被作者帶著團團轉,頭昏眼花,分不清東西南北,於是只能說:好!好!
三 書痴是天生的嗎?倒也不一定。「痴」如果不是病,那就另當別論。如果是病,則先天不足,後天失調,都有可能。大體而言,「痴」介乎病與不病之間,要定論, 難也,難也。基本上,書痴者,在於佔有。觀之不足,而必為我之所有;數本之不足,而必朝夕不捨,冀望擁有全部。明明有了平裝本,看到精裝初版加簽名,價錢 多少?三天的薪水?便宜,買!過一陣子又出了限量加長推薦版,how much? a week's paycheck? 爽 這個月不吃早飯! (註:此例僅供君參考,是否真有其人,無須深入)
讀完這篇post的大爺們,小弟由衷的感激。癈言一篇,居然有人賞目,實是人生一件美事。
最後,詩詞時間。這次在營火晚會上朗誦的詩,帶給大家欣賞:
An arrow and a song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I shot an arrow into the air
It fell to earth, I knew not where
For so swiftly it flew that the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.
I breathed a song into the air
It fell to earth, I knw not where
For who has sight so keen and strong
That it can follow the flight of song
Long long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke
And the song, from beginning to end
I found again in the heart of a friend.
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2 comments:
Cool poem. I'll forward it to my niece Vivian who said she liked the poem at the camp fire but forgot it.
yes,
that poem had won many people's heart:)
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