未知的钢笔WriteYourOwnLife
佚名Anonymous
Supposesomeonegaveyouapen—asealed,solid-coloredpen。You'tseehowmukithad。Itmightruhefrstfewtentativewordsorlastjustloocreateamasterpiece(orseveral)thatwouldlastforeverandmakeadiffereheschemeofthings。Youdon'tknin。
&herulesofthegame,youreallyneverknow。Youhavetotakeace!
Aoruleofthegamestatesyoumustdoanything。Insteadofpigupandusingthepen,youcouldleaveitonashelforinadrailldryup,unused。
Butifyoudodecidetouseit,whatwouldyoudowithit?Howwouldyouplaythegame?
Wouldyouplanandplanbeforeyoueverouldyourplaeyott?
Orwouldyoutakethepeninhainandjustdtokeepupwiththetwistsandtursofwordsthattakeyouwheretheytakeyou?
Wouldyouwritecautiouslyandcarefully,asifthepenmightrumoment,orwouldyoupretendorbelieve(orpretehatthepenwillwriteforeverandproceedagly?
Andofwhatwouldyouwrite:Oflove?Hate?Fun?Misery?Life?Death?hing?
Wouldyouwritetopleasejustyourself?Orothers?Oryourselfbywritingforothers?
Wouldyourstrlytimidorbrilliantlybold?Fancywithafourishorplain?
Wouldyouevenwrite?Onceyouhavethepen,norulesaysyouhavetowrite。Wouldyousketch?Scribble?Doodledraw?
Wouldyoustayinoronthelines,orseeall,evehere?Orarethey?
There'salottothinkabouthere,isn'tthere?
Now,supposesomeonegaveyoualife……
设想,如果有人给了你一支单色的不可拆装的钢笔。你根本看不到里面究竟有多少墨水。也许你试着写几个字后它就没水了,也许里面的墨水足够完成一部(也可能是几部)意义深远的传世之作。但这一切在动笔前,都不得而知。
这样的游戏规则,其结果你的确很难预料。只能赌一把!
实际上,游戏规则并未规定你一定要做点什么,反之,你甚至完全可以把它放到书架上或抽屉里,不去动它,任其墨水自然干枯。
可是,倘若你打算用它,你会将其派上什么用场呢?你将如何开展这一游戏呢?
你会在写一个字之前,不断犹豫,反复计划吗?你会因为计划过于周详而没时间动笔吗?
或许你只是手握钢笔,埋头苦写,笔耕不辍,顺着泉涌的文思被动前行呢?
你写字时会很小心,似乎这支笔的墨水下一刻就会枯竭一样吗?或是你会假装相信这支笔永无枯竭之时呢?
那么你会写些什么呢:情爱?憎恶?喜悦?痛苦?生命?死亡?虚无?抑或是一切?
你的写作目的是充实自己?还是愉悦他人呢?或是两者兼而有之?
你落笔胆怯审慎,还是铿锵有力?你的想象丰富还是匮乏?
也许你根本没有落笔?因为没有规则要求你拿到笔后必须要去写作。或许你会去素描?乱画一通?信笔涂鸦?
你会写在线内还是线上,或许你根本看不到线,即使有又在哪里呢?那些是吗?