FROM “DANDY” TO “WILD CURSIVE SCRIPT” : FALSE FEELINGS
AND TRUE DESIRES IN THE ART OT LEE MING-TSE
從「公子哥」到「狂草」—談李明則藝術中的虛情真欲 By Shui-tsai CHEN 陳水財
Translated by David van der Peet 范德培
NEWS & EVENTS 文化活動 Compiled by Sarah Jen-hui HSIANG 項人慧
NOTES ON AUTHORS AND TRANSLATORS
作者與譯者簡介
APPENDIX : CHINESE ORIGINALS 附錄 :中文原著
BLOSSOM OF BANABA 香蕉花, acrylic on paper,
52 × 33.5 cm, 1993...............................................Cover
FAIRY 神女, acrylic on paper pulp, 22 × 23 cm, 2008 ..............................................................Back Cover By Lee Ming-tse 李明則
It must be when the afterglow of sunset
Has nearly faded away when
She nips that
Hardness in the bud that distends her mood
Then she turns on the faucet facing the street
Places that washcloth, scrubbed till it resembles a fishnet
Along with that silhouette
Into a big aluminum basin
To wave to and fro
It’s as if she must shake off the dust
Before her mind can be refreshed and she can collect herself
Each movement is exactly what she wants
As always, each is unstoppable
Is it not that she wants to conjure up once more
From the two blurred words at the corner of the washcloth
The sturdy figure of him, who disappeared in the South Seas
Her face is withered as a frost-blighted leaf
What else is there that can she not let go of
It would be better to
Let that concern that has nagged her for the better part of her life
To share the good and bad of the
Thin, metallic history of her life.
The gradual diminishment of her sadness
Is it not expounded upon by the lights filling the streets
And does not the sympathizing wind
Ever so gently smooth
The snow-white hair on top of her head
That is always out of place
Time alone is unfeeling and unreasonable
Always in parables it
Rouses her love
Held there in the distance
Beyond the washcloth
Just when she is feeling perturbed
Granny’s hands are
Locked by an idea rising from beyond
She lets the gurgling water
Drag the small washcloth like a sail
As well as the fearful name at its corner
Drift around in the sea of the basin