WriteYourOwnLife
佚名 / Anonymous
Supposesomeonegaveyouapen —asealed, ’ (orseveral) 'tknowbeforeyoubegin.
Undertherulesofthegame, !
Actually, , youcouldleaveitonashelforinadrawerwhereitwilldryup, unused.
Butifyoudodecidetouseit, whatwouldyoudowithit? Howwouldyouplaythegame?
Wouldyouplanandplanbeforeyoueverwroteaword? Wouldyourplansbesoextensivethatyouneverevengottothewriting?
Orwouldyoutakethepeninhand, plungerightinandjustdoit, strugglingtokeepupwiththetwistsandturnsofthetorrentsofwordsthattakeyouwheretheytakeyou?
Wouldyouwritecautiouslyandcarefully, asifthepenmightrundrythenextmoment, orwouldyoupretendorbelieve (orpretendtobelieve) thatthepenwillwriteforeverandproceedaccordingly?
Andofwhatwouldyouwrite: Oflove? Hate? Fun? Misery? Life? Death? Nothing? Everything?
Wouldyouwritetopleasejustyourself? Orothers? Oryourselfbywritingforothers?
Wouldyourstrokesbetremblinglytimidorbrilliantlybold? Fancywithaflourishorplain?
Wouldyouevenwrite? Onceyouhavethepen, ? Scribble? Doodledraw?
Wouldyoustayinoronthelines, orseenolinesatall, eveniftheywerethere? 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墨水了,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,任其墨水自然枯竭而变得毫无用处。
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?
或许你会在写一个字之前,不断犹豫,反复斟酌?又或许你会因为计划过于周详而没时间动笔?
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?
或许你写字时会很慎重和小心,似乎这支笔的墨水下一刻就会枯竭一样?又或是你会假装去相信这支笔永无枯竭之时?