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Mystery
Art should be mysterious.
Not “arts.” Things
produced accidentally
like a fart is not art.
The other day
my cat farted, strangely
enough it made him funnier
and lovelier. For animals
it is another matter.
Poetry is mystery.
A good poem should
make you “feel” good
about yourself, the world
all around.
Never compromise
your fine taste
in art, in mystery.
99% of what we “produce”
is crap. Yes, crap!
No matter how much
they cost you to labor,
to sweat, to cheat and lie,
the “reward” is mostly
made of crap.
Think about it.
There is the lower kind
has only the appetite
for crap. Eventually they
become crap themselves.
They develop a crappy taste
in things and non-things.
Love should be a mystery.
But they make humans
animal-like: totally deprive
the human eye and mind
of imagination. All
laid bare, breathing corpses
with empty eyes. They
call if life, or survive.
Sadness comes from crap.
We have the crappy leaders
of the world. We have
the more crappy followers
in all the herds.
Beauty is mystery
for we can never agree
on what it is. Our seeing
is humanly partial.
Maybe that is why
we were given the gift
to write.
Poetry means to be “alone.”
Not “alone” as to go to the moon.
No. To be able to think alone
with your own head. To see
with new eyes of your own
each day. Never waste
your time with the
crappy world.
Not worth it.
Time is mystery.
Its own making
our own being.
Many things to choose.
But you’ll own
nothing. Nothing.
There is no mystery
about that.
::
z.z. 2005
“直”是捍卫的勇气和热忱！令我想起康明斯！开心你喜欢那个“外”号：)
最后一节非常有意思，耐人寻味，也许和我最近也对“时间”这个概念有些思考。
i am not referring "your love" :))))
it's some gut feelings.....not to be viewed statistically....
speaking of "best seller," do you read them? then, you'll know...:)))
YY,
"z.z.cummings?" :)))
love this nick name!!!
ZF,
you are a sharp reader.... actually i was thinking about the "porno" or "meat market" which turn women into something less valued....
But they make humans
animal-like: totally deprive
the human eye and mind
of imagination. All
laid bare, breathing corpses
with empty eyes. They
call if life, or survive.
水滴，这段我同意作舟写的，还记得李敖写的那篇“宣淫纪”么？里面他对真幻的看法：“看不见的都是真、看得见的都是妄”。。。LOVE是真，真便不是妄了，所以想必是“色即是空，空即是色”的境界。。。不就是
“But they make humans
animal-like: totally deprive
the human eye and mind
of imagination. All
laid bare, breathing corpses
with empty eyes. ”吗。。。。
"...They/call if life, or survive."
我觉得作舟这段写得挺深奥的，我还想了半天才理解:))))
“Love should be a mystery.“！！！！！！
z.z. cummings!!!
:)
your fine taste
in art, in mystery.
99% of what we “produce”
is crap. Yes, crap!
How do you know? :)) The New York Times Best sellers are usually craps, because they are determined by the numbers of the buyers. SOmething fits to majority's taste must not belong to the 1%. :))
Love should be a mystery.
But they make humans
animal-like: totally deprive
the human eye and mind
of imagination. All
laid bare, breathing corpses
with empty eyes. They
call if life, or survive.
This one also make me laugh. Hey, what you described here is lust! Please don't devalue my favorate word, "Love"! :))))
Oh, yeah. time is mystery, space is mystery, human beings are mystery. You and me are all mysterious!:)))
Art should be mysterious.
Not “arts.” Things
produced accidentally
like a fart [are] not art.
ZF,
thank you for such passionate reply!!
:)
a word like "hope" always needs a modifier....so, it is not to
understand according to personal "hopes"....not quite "fits" the poem :)
cheers!!
:)
Art should be mysterious.
…
Poetry is mystery.
…
Love should be a mystery.
…
Beauty is mystery.
…
Time is mystery.
…
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Poetry means to be “alone.”
Not “alone” as to go to the moon.
No. To be able to think alone
with your own head. To see
with new eyes of your own
each day. Never waste
your time with the
crappy world.
Not worth it.
就是独立思考对吗？
Never compromise
your fine taste
in art, in mystery.
!!!!!!!!!!
Time is mystery.
Its own making
our own being.
Many things to choose.
But you’ll own
nothing. Nothing.
There is no mystery
about that.
!!!!!!!!!!
No possessions, No Ownership, only Freedom, Liberation, and Happiness……
As pure as death..."There is no mystery/about that..."
HOPE should be mysterious......???
...
Many things to choose.
...
Beauty is mystery
for we can never agree
on what it is. Our seeing
is humanly partial.
Maybe that is why
we were given the gift
to write.
...
!!!!!!!!!
I am thinking alone with your own head.....:)))
Thanks for sharing...... love it!!!!