WriteYourOwnLife
書(shū)寫(xiě)你的生命
Supposesomeonegaveyouapen—asealed,solid-coloredpen.Youcouldn’tseehowmuchinkithad.
假設(shè)有人給了你一枝筆，一枝密封的、純色的水筆，里面有多少墨水你看不到。
Itmightrundryafterthefirstfewtentativewordsorlastjustlongenoughtocreateamasterpiece(orseveral)thatwouldlastforeverandmakeadifferenceintheschemeofthings.Youdon’tknowbeforeyoubegin.
很可能剛剛試寫(xiě)幾字便用干耗盡；也可能足以完成一部或幾部杰作，永存于世，使世事為之大變。
　　
Undertherulesofthegame,youreallyneverknow.Youhavetotakeachance!
而這一切你在動(dòng)筆之前卻是一無(wú)所知。根據(jù)游戲的規(guī)則，你確實(shí)永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)知道，只能冒一下險(xiǎn)。
　　
Actually,noruleofthegamestatesyoumustdoanything.Insteadofpickingupandusingthepen,youcouldleaveitonashelforinadrawerwhereitwilldryup,unused.
而事實(shí)上，也沒(méi)有規(guī)則說(shuō)你就一定要做些什么。你大可以把筆擱在架子上、放在抽屜里，棄置不用，任墨水蒸發(fā)干凈。
Butifyoudodecidetouseit,whatwouldyoudowithit?Howwouldyouplaythegame?
然而，如果你真的決定使用，你會(huì)做什么？怎么來(lái)做這個(gè)游戲？
Wouldyouplanandplanbeforeyoueverwroteaword?
你會(huì)左計(jì)劃、右計(jì)劃，然后才慢慢下筆嗎？
　　
Wouldyourplansbesoextensivethatyouneverevengottothewriting?
計(jì)劃會(huì)不會(huì)太泛太多，根本就達(dá)不到寫(xiě)作這一步？
　　
Orwouldyoutakethepeninhand,plungerightinandjustdoit,strugglingtokeepupwiththetwistsandturnsofthetorrentsofwordsthattakeyouwheretheytakeyou?
會(huì)不會(huì)提筆在手，迫不及待地投入其中，任由手中的筆、筆下的字帶著你在詞海中上下翻騰、左突右沖？
　　
Wouldyouwritecautiouslyandcarefully,asifthepenmightrundrythenextmoment,orwouldyoupretendorbelieve(orpretendtobelieve)thatthepenwillwriteforeverandproceedaccordgly?
會(huì)不會(huì)下筆謹(jǐn)小慎微，似乎墨水隨時(shí)都將干涸？會(huì)不會(huì)假裝或相信、或假裝相信筆中墨水永不會(huì)枯竭，任你揮灑？
　　
Andofwhatwouldyouwrite:Oflove?Hate?Fun?Misery?Life?Death?NothingEverything?
你會(huì)寫(xiě)些什么？愛(ài)情？仇恨？樂(lè)趣？痛苦？生命？死亡？虛無(wú)空空抑或世事萬(wàn)種？
　　
Wouldyouwritetopleasejustyourself?Orothers?Oryourselfbywritingforothers?
是會(huì)用來(lái)自?shī)剩窟�是取悅他人？還是為人寫(xiě)作而愉悅自身？
　　
Wouldyourstrokesbetremblinglytimidorbrilliantlybold?Fancywithaflourishorplain?
你的一筆一劃會(huì)顫抖怯懦還是亮麗大膽？花里胡哨還是樸實(shí)無(wú)華？
　　
Wouldyouevenwrite?Onceyouhavethepen,norulesaysyouhavetowrite.Wouldyousketch?Scribble?Doodleordraw?
你確實(shí)會(huì)去寫(xiě)嗎？你一旦有了這枝筆，卻也沒(méi)有規(guī)則說(shuō)你一定就要去寫(xiě)。你會(huì)粗粗寫(xiě)來(lái)？潦潦草草？信手涂鴉？還是認(rèn)真描畫(huà)？
　　
Wouldyoustayinoronthelines,orseenolinesatall,eveniftheywerethere?Orarethey?There’salottothinkabouthere,isn’tthere?
　你會(huì)寫(xiě)在線里還是寫(xiě)在線上，或者對(duì)紙上的線格根本就視而不見(jiàn)？真的有什么線格嗎？此時(shí)此刻，有很多東西值得思考，不是嗎？
　
Now,supposesomeonegaveyoualife...
那么，假設(shè)有人給了你一次生命……