鐘樓敲了十二響
一陣清風
吹來廣場那邊的
一把略有走調的二胡
和幾個沒有和聲的口號
找一片樹蔭坐下
木板長凳上有裂紋和葉影
在樹蔭下看陽光
看你在陽光下找樹蔭
看樹蔭在陽光下等你
鐘樓又響了
我從來時的小徑走
那些松鼠仍在那裏
我來時牠們沒有理會
我走時牠們也沒有
後記：此詩寫於十多年前，當時仍在Berkeley做研究生。校園內的Sproul Plaza龍蛇混雜，除了學生，還有傳教、賣藝、叫口號者各式人等，非常熱鬧。其中有一個華人老伯經常在那裏拉二胡討錢，但音準不好，頗為刺耳；那老伯看來已年過七十，木無表情，我時常想像他一定有個悽涼的故事。
哈哈﹐十多年前﹐我在哪兒讀書呀!!
回覆刪除那老伯﹐我知道啊。彈得真的不是好啦。(我懷疑他自己聽不聽到呢﹖) 不過都會給他點錢。現在有時在 Berkeley BART 站前都見到他。在SF都見過他呢!!
哈，想不到竟有校友留言！那老伯仍在生，想來他當年還未年過七十。
回覆刪除just passed by. I also took philosophy class at Cal too around that time. I had a Chinese Grad student TA before in Barry Stroud class/Philosophy of knowledge. Was that you??
回覆刪除alan
lifeword,
回覆刪除I was Stroud's TA once for that class, and I was the only Chinese graduate student back then. So it's probably me. Is your last name Tang?
Yes. My last name is Tang. You were the only Chinese/HK people in the dept and a TA who liked Janecek.
回覆刪除Your book list first caught my eyes because 3/10 are written by professors from Berkeley.
Glad to know that you enjoy philosophy/teaching it. Searle once said that doing analytical philosophy was like banging one's head against a brick wall, every day, non stop, until it breaks, and bang again..
Keep up your good work. Good philosophers are guardians of the mind.
alan
lifeworld,
回覆刪除I remember you took a summer class by Scheffler rather than Stroud's epistemology, but I guess I should not trust my memory.
Did you mean the composer Janáček? I do like his music.
Yes and No. I took both.
回覆刪除Yes. Janáček. It should be more popular now since 1Q84.
lifeworld,
回覆刪除I actually like most of the composers and musicians Haruki Murakami likes!
十多年前我也在UCBerkeley！Sproul Plaza 的確龍蛇混雜，對berkeley的歷史無所知，小女子背着背包踏步到來，簡直大開眼界。有一年，滿有期待的報讀The Nature of Mind，or something like that，已忘了教授的名字。最近從Chris處盪過來開始看這網誌，看上癮來，漸漸有了當年我是否應該讀多堂哲學，好訓練思考。當時對課程感到有點失望，回想起來在discussion session中其實有過蠻有趣的討論，一直在其他地方（校內或校外）鮮有機會。有時希望自己的頭腦清晰些，思考有條理，不知是先天的底子還是後天的訓練不夠，or both。
回覆刪除shiren,
回覆刪除謝捧場。多了個校友讀者，我也很高興。
教nature of mind的，應該是John Searle了。
John Searle嗎？他好像很有地位(layman speaking)。那就更可惜了。近來我想找點哲學書來看，發現我竟想不起那堂用甚麼課本。現在讀起來可能會有不同感受。可恨對他的講課也沒有甚麽印像（which is quite typical of the classes I attended that got hundreds of students）。反而，我記得在discussion裡討論過的一兩個問題。有次TA向我們提出了一個問題。那時我想，甚麼無聊的問題！我稍為想了半分鐘，就用理所當然的語氣，說了一個明顯有欠考慮的答案，那個TA的表情我還記得呢！往後的日子，時不時會想起那個問題。從自己的生活，旁人的生活，到看電影。
回覆刪除shiren,
回覆刪除John Searle的確很有名。其實，如果你現在想看些哲學書，我相信你會找到些適合你的。