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第12章永恒之脉TheThreadofPermanence
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威廉·佐拉奇WilliamZorach
ItisstrahiimpressiononusinembertheseversesbyLongfellow:
“Lifeisreal!Lifeisear!
Andthegravesisnotitsgoal;
Dustthouart，todustretur，
okenofthesoul.”
Andagain:
“Livesofgreatmenallremindus
Wemakeourlivessublime，
Aing，leavebehindus
Footprintsonthesandsoftime.”
eionwasmuentalthantoday'syouthbutwhetherthisoetry，itunisimplelanguageamessage，aingimpressiononasmallboy.
WhenIwasfifteenIhadanimaginaryguardianangelatothetrytosketdays，IaskedfuidangthatsomedayIwouldbeafiandpaiifulasshereallyis.Whatthislittleybroughtmewasfaithintheworldandabeliefinmyself.
MyfaithsandbeliefshavebeenbadlystraiomicAgehascaughtusinaweboffear.Ourlivesseemsoimpermaahereissuchawasteofhumaial，ofthingsworthwhileinpeoplewhieverfindexpressiohinkit'samiraclethatanythiIbelievethatathreadofpermahrfromthebeginnihemostvaluableresiduewillsurvive.
Ibelieveeverybodyhasaosomehowspinhisowhreadofpermaheimpulseoflife.Somewouldcallitthedrivetoimmortality.Whateveritis，Ithinkitisgoodbecauseitgivespurposetoexistepurposeisnotenough.Artistsaresupposedtobenotoriouslyimpractical，butformyself，IfoundIhadtomakededplarytoythihatImustapproaotonlywithasensitivity，aperofbeauty，butwithafeelingofhumilityandreverence.
Mycreedasanartististolovelifeaheworldofpeople.Amanwhoworksandloveshisworkisoftenamandreaming，aofhisdreamswillfindformsandsymbolstoexpressthatdreaItisawooething.Buttoday，Ithinkthereisalackofpowerofuni.Ifpeople，notjustartists，butallkindsofpeople，lyopesaheirsorrow，theirhappiheirfearsaheywoulddiscovertheyhadahthemainstreamoflifewhieversawbefore.
&imesfearandicismsogripourmindsthatweloseheart.ThenItrytorememberhowthegreatartistsoftheageshadthepowerofexpressivehepowertouoexalt，tomovetheobservertojoyortears，tostriketerroraheheartsofmen;notjusttodeerelyeain.
Ifandtheboundariesofmen'sthoughtsandbeliefs，wewilldiscoverweallhavecreativepossibilities—talentstomakeourselvesrealidentitiesasindividuals，withaholdohreadofimmortality.Ifweourselvestoit，Iamcedweshallfindthatthisisanaliveaingageofadventureaionfromwhiewbeautyandafinerworldwillemerge.
令人惊奇的是，儿时的某些东西总会给我们留下深刻的印象。
我至今还记得朗费罗的几句诗：
“生活是真实的！
生命是真诚的！
死亡并非它最终的目标；
你本为尘埃，必归为尘土，
这是指肉体，而非灵魂。”
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