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.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《现实是至尊想象的行为》(1954)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            上周五，打开上周五晚的强光灯，

            我们驱车从岬角到鹿津很晚才到家。

            没有维也纳玻璃厂星光闪耀的夜晚 

            也没有威尼斯凝滞时间与尘埃。

            磨砺中那股力量，

            西行暮星的正前方下面，

            荣耀的活力，华丽的风格，

            随着事物的涌现、移动和消逝，

            无论是距离、变化还是虚无，

            夏日夜晚的明显转换，

            趋近银色抽象的形式

            并突然否定自己。

            翻滚着脆弱的固体。

            湖中月夜不是水也不是空气。

【注】每年秋天，宾州(意译“山林州”)妇女大会都在费城会议中心举行，公司作为赞助商之一总是为自愿报名的员工提供免费服务(包括$325注册费)，而我终于为其主题“工作与生活的平衡”所动，20年来头一次亲临盛会。

“工作与生活的平衡”是当今女性所面临的最关键的问题之一——尽管我们许多人认为“平衡”的想法有点不切实际。

如若用更深入的方式来看待这个问题呢？人们不是寻求字面上的时间平衡，而是在如何花费时间方面寻求更有意义的价值感？

正如无可估量的神赐·梨园曾经建议的那样：“永远不要因为谋生而忘记了生活。”

生活可以包括有意义的工作时间、与亲人团聚的时光、从事与工作或家庭无关之兴趣爱好的时刻，这些都能给我们带来真正的幸福。

四位主要发言代表：

1) 给予快乐·野猪：奥运会金牌得主兼甲状腺眼病患者倡导者

2) 美丽·耕作夫人阁下：新西兰总理(2017-2023)、哈佛大学高级研究员、基督城行动呼吁特使兼董事会成员、“为地球奋斗奖”获得者

3) 抚养·勇士：厨师与人道主义

4) 基督信徒·仙女：作家、喜剧家、演员、制片人与著作家

“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(历史上的今天):

2016: Personal Narrative: A Very Cold World(记叙文─冰冷的世界)

2014: 光华七年级B班演讲比赛—夏天的来历(虚构)(2014 G7B Speech—Summer)

Crosslinks(相关博文):

USA·Pennsylvania(美国·山林州)

万花筒(Kaleidoscope)