想像與現實的交匯點

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聽過他的第一首歌是，尼克的音樂一如他特有的哥德氣質，詭異的曲調，影片中記錄了他在地球第兩萬天從清晨醒來到夜晚結束，所經歷的日常事務，與愛人、朋友、同事間的交流，對音樂創作的展現，闡述自己的心路歷程。
下面是我對影片最後部份尼克的幾段獨白的試譯，裡面簡要地述說了他在這個星球上度過的這兩萬天當中，內心對音樂、愛和生活的理解，覺得很貼切，這也是我非常喜歡他的一個原因。

The song is heroic, because the song confronts death.
The song is immortal and bravely stares down our own extinction.
The song emerges from the spirit world with a true message.
One day, I will tell you how to slay the dragon

All of our days are numbered.
we cannot afford to be idle.
To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all…
…because the worth of the idea never becomes apparent until you do it.
Sometimes this idea can be the smallest thing in the world,
a little flame that you hunch over and cup with your hand
and pray will not be extinguished by all the storm that howls about it.
If you can hold on to that flame, great things can be constructed around it
that are massive and powerful and world-changing…
…all held up by the tiniest of ideas.


In the end, I』m not interested in that which I fully understand.
The words I have written over the years are just a veneer.
There are truths that lie beneath the surface of the words…
Truths that rise up without warning, like the humps of a sea monster and then disappear.
What performance and song is to me
is finding a way to tempt the monster to the surface,
to create a space
where the creature can break through what is real and what is known to us.
This shimmering space,
where imagination and reality intersect…
…this is where all love and tears and joy exist.
this is the place,
This is where we live.

歌是決絕的，歌面對死亡。
歌是英勇和不朽的，注視著我們的消逝
歌攜帶著真實的資訊從精神世界而來
總有一天，我會向你訴出真相

我們的時間僅是有限的數字
無法任其虛度
踐行錯誤的想法總好過止步不前
因為優秀的想法總是來自於踐行的途中
有時想法只是這世上極小的一件事物
如同在手捧中燃起的微弱火苗
祈禱它不被嘶吼的風暴所熄滅
一旦你守住了它，美妙的事物就會左它身邊匯聚佇立
強大的、壯烈的，天翻地覆的
所有微小想法的構築

最後，我對自身是否完全領悟並不關心
一直以來寫過的文字僅是裝飾而已
真相隱匿在這些文字的表面之下
如同海浪的翻湧與平息，無處可待
對我來說，歌就是讓這神秘躍出表面
去創造一個空間
讓創作指引我們揭示真相
這個閃爍不定的空間
就是想像與現實的交匯點
就是所有的愛、淚水和喜悅的存在之所
這個空間
就是我們賴以生存的地方   舉報