Blue Button

September 2024

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個森林尺度的作品難以想像

個晚上樹林就消失⼀塊,像狗咬

It’s hard to imagine a work on the scale of a forest.

In one night, a piece of the forest disappears, like a dog bite.

我終於可以⼀點⾳樂都不放

I can finally stop playing music at all.

點聲⾳都沒有

There’s no sound at all.

我可以聽到⼀樓的時鐘走動

I can hear the clock on the first floor.

我可以想像我駐村的最後⼀天,睡覺不放⾳樂不開燈

I can imagine my last day in the residency,

sleeping without music or lights.

我在等待我的睡眠散步回來

I’m waiting for my sleepwalk to come back

我在等待六點去湖邊

I’m waiting to go to the lake at six o’clock

份像散⽂的時間表

a essay-like schedule

我猜想我會從我⼀覺到天亮開始動⼯

I will start working from the moment I sleep until dawn

我總是蹲在椅⼦上⼯作

I always work squatting on a chair

眼睛跟⽪膚跟嘴唇都好乾

Eyes, skin and lips are very dry

在他⼈的陰影底下,釦⼦不知道要怎麼使⽤材料。

In the shadow of others,

Button doesn’t know how to use materials.

我非常喜歡有框的東⻄

I really like the framed stuff.

六個空⾏,寫在玻璃上。

Six blank lines, written on glass.

我⽤腳把包材攤平了。

I used my foot to flatten the package.

⽊頭燒得好快

番茄長得好快

Wood burns so fast

Tomatoes grow so fast

火⾞經過時房⼦會顫抖

The house trembles when the train passes.

房間本⾝已經是個走道,因此它有兩個⾨。

The room itself is already a walkway, so it has two doors.

歐洲時差像另⼀種⽩天的密室

European jet lag is like another daytime chamber.

在零碎的時間睡著,作著⼩夢

I sleep and dream at irregular hours.

找到⼀個霧化窗⼾的⽅法

Find a way to fog up your windows

上樓的樓梯帶著內傾的旋轉

The stairway to the top of the building has an inward tilt.

你先想像⼀個形狀

然後想像你⽤紙包住它

然後想像你把它從裡⾯移走剩下外層的紙

你的任務就是做出外層的紙

Imagine a shape.

Then imagine you wrap it in paper.

Then imagine you remove it from the inside

and leave the paper on the outside.

Your mission is to make the paper on the outside.

我發現我好著迷於操作型定義

I realized that I am fascinated by operational definitions.

我很容易燒焦東⻄

I burn things easily

花很多⼒氣在洗碗洗鍋⼦

Spend a lot of energy washing dishes and pots and pans.

有許多酸酸刺刺的觸感,在我舔盤⼦的時候

There’s a lot of tartness and prickliness when I lick my plate.

個⾓落平均有兩隻蜘蛛

There’s an average of two spiders in a corner.

地踩起來有⼀種鬆鬆的回⾳。

The ground has a loose echo when you step on it.

花園種了鬱⾦香球根叫 Elegant Lady

In the garden, a tulip bulb called Elegant Lady was planted.

對抗早晨的憂鬱

Fighting the morning blues

個⽉讓地表差異甚⼤

It’s a big difference in the surface in a month.

打掃,吃飯,休息

Cleaning, eating, resting.

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