A Ridiculously Recurring Fable

Raven vs. Peacock (A Ridiculously Recurring Fable )


Raven and Peacock one day had a loud argument over a who-knew-what issue.

Hare happened standing next to Peacock. "I'm with you!" stated Lamb, resolutely; seeing how the Hare's furry look resembled to it helped make the decision. "You have my support!" followed the Wolf, who then took another neglected step toward the now passionate Lamb. A passing flock of common sparrows descended from the branches to the left side of Peacock. "Now let's vote!," they chirped in rare unison, each knowing after the vote Peacock would return courtesy with its beautiful feathers, a much coveted commodity among the homely sparrows. 　Just emerging from the bushes, the Black Bear directly stood up against the wolf, who had several times cunningly robbed the bear's dinner from its mouth. About time to settle that old grudge.

So the line had been drawn and a starring contest started. Suddenly a cell phone buzzed, and the line snapped.

Pandemonium ensued: Wolf devoured Lamb and Hare whole, while they were reasoning with others; Black Bear then gave the happy Wolf a violent slap on the rear end, and off it went up howling into the air; the sparrows each plucked one or two or three feathers away from Peacock, before the votes were even counted; and the Raven? Hey! Where's Raven?

A book about Greeks

"It's all Greek to me," is a phrase used to describe something that is beyond understanding. But, this very word 'Greek' holds a lot of interesting things for me; so much so that when i stumbled upon the book The Birth of Greek i, usually lukewarm about reading, instantly bought it. Although it stayed on the shelf for three more years before really had time to peruse it. With its elegant writing, detailed description and pictures, paintings, anyone who reads this book would feel the complete history flowing in front of one's eyes.

Why the zest? Since modern American and British people all too often use names in reference to ancient mythologies - rockets that have names like Apollo, Pegasus - then, it occurred to me that, it might be logical to read more about the origins and stories behind these names.

未完成(傳家寶)

那一年夏天,站在安靜的樹下路旁,眼淚停不住的掉下來--心中百感交集:

那袛是條簡單的柏油路,先進國家或是發展中國家都有,平凡都巿常景。家鄉街頭巷尾的柏油路,多是坑坑疤疤的 - 這兒隆起個下水道人孔蓋,那兒是沒收拾好的沙石,嘩啦嘩啦的沾上了輪胎; 在某個遊外的機會中,將他們首都的某一條新舖好的道路,上上下下的,仔仔細細的瞧了一回-柏油路面的黑,和路旁人行道水泥的灰所形成一整齊的線條,有份堅持；雙手放上去,傳來的是柏油和碎石扎實密合,沒偷工減料的跡象,這是一份愛護 。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(source: http://blog.yam.com/umanlife/article/6790683)
　　　　
　　　　那時心底想起--我們美麗寶島台灣有條河流－死寂惡臭，河岸草叢一撥滿是燒焦的電路版－她叫二仁溪。當地回收業者從民國70年代起煉銅，煉鋁 - 如何電線取銅? 一把火燒就是了，獲利是首要目標。汙染防治設備？挖條水溝，將含有重金屬、硫氧化物、酸等成分的汙染排入河川；也造成今日二仁溪成為惡名昭彰的公害河。 (source: http://www.nonijuice.tw/tt/?page=180)
一條馬路和一條河流,際遇完全不同,若二仁溪有知,它難道不會傷心?

錢有了,身旁的一草一木卻不愛惜; 為什麼? 台灣不是"經濟奇蹟"嗎?人民的教育水準也不低 荷包滿滿或是高學歷，卻無法讓腳下這塊土地保有原來的動人的<美麗>；這十多年來，危害台灣更烈於黑心回收業者的，卻多的是高學歷的混帳。

<美的教育　－　無用之大用>

台灣教育重利，以結果論來衡量學生；學生也成為短視之徒。德智體群美中，這個＂美＂看似無用，賺不了錢也換不到官筬。但人們心中若有了"美"--對事物的標準,多了一層"這美不美"，是一種個人要求,也是希望眾人也能認同這一外象下的標準。人人心中有美,自會自我要求,求凡事均能達到"美"的境界。由個體而推及群體....

<馬路也能是傳家寶>

傳家寶,也許是一只代代相傳的翡翠玉環,或是一幅字畫/一件古玩。但更吸引人的是注視著物品的那份眼神和談論時透出的不捨關愛。這份關愛,如同那柏油路後所代表的,是能穿越時空,將平凡化為非凡的。家族內對<傳家寶>的呵護和愛惜....是對過去的記憶的追憶吧...但終究僅是一私密的感情,有限度的愛,小我的層次而己;這份堅持和愛護將一條柏油路轉化為<美>;那份動人的力量,非金玉本身的光芒,而是類似那經由代代的珍惜,將普通日常用品慢慢變成<傳家寶>的溫柔力量。

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個別收藏家對個別物件的搜集,可如此解釋

一旦社會上多數人,透過對政策的制定,形塑出群體的環境
那一份融和在<大我>中的"小我",是一份投入,對"群體美"的
要求,也是一份認同