送交者: WaterFire 于 January 07, 2005 11:07:23:
回答: 大哥说的不错 由 小沙 于 January 06, 2005 17:24:30:
What you said is an ideal situation I want to be.
I have to say that West thinking has a very deep impression on me: I only noticed “Chineseness” when I have the West as a comparison. For example, the Christmas tree decoration is typically Western: the decorations have to fill the tree, the more the merrier. On the contrary, “leaving space” is a golden rule of the Chinese tradition.
But, I have to say that compare to West, we are week in the aspect of bridging the abstract and the concrete. We have too many great imaginations but failed to make them work. May be because we are so use to “leaving space” and are comfortable with missing links all over the places.
When I was young, I saw and heard slogans everywhere. I have to say that these slogans represented a lot of good will as well as imagination. However, only later on, I realized there were gaps between the slogans and reality. That was not the main problem, the more important problem was no one felt uneasy on there were no concrete steps to connect the ideas the slogans represented and current situation.
For example, the great Chairman Mao said: “We will have the matters of Yellow River properly taken care of.” Yet, we did not. And people surround me were not asking the link between Mao’s slogan and the reality and for many years they were not feeling uneasy about it.
I have many many examples but I do not think here is the right place to talk about it.
Once again, I really appreciate your comments. I think, in many of your essays and pomes you have done much better.