2023-10-19 National Seafood Bisque Day

【Reality is an activity of the most august imagination (1954)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

        Last Friday, in the big light of last Friday night,

        We drove home from Cornwall to Hartford, late.

        It was not a night blown at a glassworks in Vienna

        Or Venice, motionless, gathering time and dust.

        There was a crush of strength in a grinding going round,

        Under the front of the westward evening star,

        The vigor of glory, a glittering in the veins,

        As things emerged and moved and were dissolved,

        Either in distance, change or nothingness,

        The visible transformations of summer night,

        An argentine abstraction approaching form

        And suddenly denying itself away.

        There was an insolid billowing of the solid.

        Night's moonlight lake was neither water nor air.

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【《現實是至尊想象的行為》(1954)】

異鄉人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【紅霞譯】

            上周五，打開上周五晚的強光燈，

            我們驅車從岬角到鹿津很晚才到家。

            沒有維也納玻璃廠星光閃耀的夜晚 

            也沒有威尼斯凝滯時間與塵埃。

            磨礪中那股力量，

            西行暮星的正前方下面，

            榮耀的活力，華麗的風格，

            隨着事物的湧現、移動和消逝，

            無論是距離、變化還是虛無，

            夏日夜晚的明顯轉換，

            趨近銀色抽象的形式

            並突然否定自己。

            翻滾着脆弱的固體。

            湖中月夜不是水也不是空氣。

【注】每年秋天，賓州(意譯“山林州”)婦女大會都在費城會議中心舉行，公司作為贊助商之一總是為自願報名的員工提供免費服務(包括$325註冊費)，而我終於為其主題“工作與生活的平衡”所動，20年來頭一次親臨盛會。

“工作與生活的平衡”是當今女性所面臨的最關鍵的問題之一——儘管我們許多人認為“平衡”的想法有點不切實際。

如若用更深入的方式來看待這個問題呢？人們不是尋求字面上的時間平衡，而是在如何花費時間方面尋求更有意義的價值感？

正如無可估量的神賜·梨園曾經建議的那樣：“永遠不要因為謀生而忘記了生活。”

生活可以包括有意義的工作時間、與親人團聚的時光、從事與工作或家庭無關之興趣愛好的時刻，這些都能給我們帶來真正的幸福。

四位主要發言代表：

1) 給予快樂·野豬：奧運會金牌得主兼甲狀腺眼病患者倡導者

2) 美麗·耕作夫人閣下：新西蘭總理(2017-2023)、哈佛大學高級研究員、基督城行動呼籲特使兼董事會成員、“為地球奮鬥獎”獲得者

3) 撫養·勇士：廚師與人道主義

4) 基督信徒·仙女：作家、喜劇家、演員、製片人與著作家

“Work-life balance” is one of the most critical issues women face today–even if many of us see the idea of “balance” as a bit quixotic. 

But what if there is a deeper way of looking at the issue? One that doesn’t seek a literal balance of hours but a more meaningful sense of value in how we spend our time?

After all, as the inestimable Dolly Parton once advised: “Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”

And that life can include meaningful time at work, with loved ones, and engaged in interests unrelated to work or family that bring us true happiness.

Four Keynote Speakers:

1) Gail Devers, Olympic Gold Medalist & Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Patient Advocate

2) The Rt. Hon. Dame Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister, New Zealand (2017-2023); Senior Fellow, Harvard University; Special Envoy, Christchurch Call to Action & Board Member, The Earthshot Prize

3) José Andrés, Chef & Humanitarian

4) Tina Fey, Writer, Comedian, Actress, Producer & Author

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2016: Personal Narrative: A Very Cold World(記敘文─冰冷的世界)

2014: 光華七年級B班演講比賽—夏天的來歷(虛構)(2014 G7B Speech—Summer)

Crosslinks(相關博文):

USA·Pennsylvania(美國·山林州)

萬花筒(Kaleidoscope)