The world is so vast, and at the same time, it is a small place that can be reached by only two feet.
When I first saw the name of this book, I thought it was a novel, but when I opened the contents, I didn't expect it to be a travel diary.
books such as travel diaries are very easy to read. I just read Three Wan Li in Africa by Bi Shumin some time ago, which describes the anecdotes and interesting things in my journey. Different authors have described different scenery in different places, and the only similarity is their understanding and kindness in the face of different ethnic cultures.
The cover of "If there is a Time Machine" is so simple that it won't even attract people's attention to open the book. The pure white page only drew a bird, and it was very small and inconspicuous. When I read the chapters inside, I realized that the name of the bird was originally puffin.
puffins left a deep impression on Haruki Murakami, but the weak animals have something that humans can't do. Let's look at a story like this:
After the parents of puffins raised their children to a certain size, they seemed to say, "You can deal with it yourself next" and flew to the sea without looking back, leaving behind a group of children who are not sensible.
Children wake up every morning to find that they have been abandoned by their parents, and no one will deliver food any more. They waited quietly for a long time. "Aren't you going to eat?" But mom and dad didn't go home, and their stomachs became more and more hungry.
They have no choice but to walk out of their nests, flap their wings under the guidance of instinct and fly to the sea to feed themselves. The little puffin who couldn't catch food died like this. What a simple world.
if it were human, it wouldn't be like this. If you are abandoned by your parents, even if you happen to save your life, it will leave a psychological trauma and I am afraid it will hinder your future life.
However, the parents of puffins, who worked tirelessly and diligently for their children until yesterday, suddenly changed their attitude, "It's none of my business from now on" and disappeared from sight. There seems to be something impressive in such a calm and sober outlook on life.
When Haruki Murakami was preparing to travel to Laos, a friend asked him, "What is there to see in Laos?" In fact, this question sounds a little funny. Haruki Murakami wants to go to his destination, and friends say Laos is not worth seeing. If a person wants to go to a place, there must be something he thinks is worth seeing. How can one's own opinions stop his people's wishes? Understanding with rebellious psychology, the more blocked, the stronger the power to move forward.
A good way is to compare the same kind. If a friend offers another place worth visiting, and lists all the forests in the place like an experienced traveler, maybe the author will think about it. It's useless to stop, but it's better to wish you a pleasant journey.
Haruki Murakami is not a master photographer, but he has the same understanding of landscape and photography as a master photographer:
The scenery in front of us is established by absorbing the vast, almost eternal silence, the deep fragrance of the tide, and the wind blowing across the surface without shelter or hindrance.
The colors in it have been battered by wind and rain since ancient times, and they have changed all the time with the change of climate, the fluctuation of tides and the movement of the sun. Once it is cut by the camera or translated into scientific color matching, it will become completely different from what is presented at the moment.
I'm afraid there will be nothing like mood in it. Therefore, we have to spend more time appreciating it with our own eyes, engrave it in our brains, and then put it in a drawer with impermanence of memory, and move somewhere by our own strength.
Although the scenery seen and captured are the same scenery, the picture and inner feelings are completely different. Seeing the scenery makes people stay in it, and the eyes and mind are naturally absorbed; Shooting and cutting belong to artificial carving, which can also be said to be "dressed up" scenery, and people often prefer the most natural and pure natural things.
Haruki Murakami also has a certain hobby for bars. After writing, he occasionally jogs along the river, and sometimes goes to local characteristic bars for a drink. In the book "If there is a Time Machine", Haruki Murakami went to all parts of the world to describe the local customs and also introduced some characteristics of local bars. One of the most distinctive features is the "avant-garde village".
Qianwei Village is worthy of its name, and it is an old jazz club located in Greenwich Village. Since Max Gordon held his first concert here in 1935, he has been in the same basement of the same building for 76 years without interruption! At the beginning, it also performed folk songs and comedies, and since the mid-195s, it has become a club specializing in jazz. The awning and neon signs that extend to the sidewalk are the signs of this shop.
It is still up to Ms. Lorraine to decide what kind of musicians to perform. It is almost a family business, and the daughter and son-in-law help to run it. Performers are paid the same regardless of whether they are famous or unknown. Even if wynton marsalis comes to perform, he can't pay a high performance fee. When Henry Kissinger visited the store, Ms. Lorraine, who was standing at the door, said quietly, "The entrance fee is $2, and the minimum consumption of drinks is $1. No credit cards or checks. Is that okay? " This anecdote is very famous. Kissinger honestly took out cash from his wallet and paid the money. In short, it is a stubborn old shop.
The old shop that has persisted for more than 7 years has become the most popular "avant-garde village" by virtue of its own strength. It has to be said that it has something to do with Ms. Lorraine's unique mode of operation. It is the running philosophy of this shop to treat performers and customers equally regardless of their status and status. This business philosophy is the spirit of "avant-garde village" and also the family spirit of Ms. Lorraine.
When I look back and reinterpret the book If there is a Time Machine, I understand its meaning. The significance of the time machine is that the author hopes to go back to the past, but where is there a time machine? Therefore, the author named the book "If there is a time machine", expressing the author's great nostalgia for the places he has been.
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