Sunday, November 30, 2008

基督山伯爵

小时候看《基督山伯爵》,最痛快的是看到那些背叛朋友,陷害无辜的小人,获得应得的惩罚。
今天又看《基督山伯爵》,则想:如果艾德蒙有机会选择,他是否愿意成为基督山伯爵,一个为复仇而无情执行计划的人?
命运在他以为自己最幸运的时候为小人所害,囚禁伊夫堡;又在他最绝望的时候,使他重获新生,成为正义的化身。这是一种幸运,还是不幸?或许上帝的字典里,并没有“unfortunate”这个概念。



Saturday, November 29, 2008

如何穿透时代

《The man from Earth》触及一个最核心的问题:如果一个人能从远古活到今天,他会怎样生活?
事实上,用历史的眼光去看眼前的一切,就能和长生不老的人一样看透一切。今天的得失,在漫长的人生里,不过是沧海一粟,何足虑兮?

觉得《芙蓉镇》秦书田,能在扫大街的时候跳起华尔兹,就是到了这种境界,做到宠辱不惊,能随时享受生活中的快乐。

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

being unreasonable

One of the feedback I got from those who reviews me is "need to concede that the world won't go according to his way." Lately, there are quite a few cases proves that true, so I was just about to admit that as my fault. Until I saw the following quote:

“The reasonable man adapts himself the the world; the
unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
- George Bernard Shaw

“As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.” - Bertrand Russell

Anyway, we shouldn't act based on quotes, especially when those quotes are from a play-writer or a philosopher