#半熟倫敦 #EP13 #遠端時代
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每天早上從床走幾步進入工作區,打開電腦收信回信,檢查教授是否已上傳提前錄製好的課程影片,接著閱讀昨日還沒讀完的線上文獻檔案,開始準備一整天的遠端會議或課程──這是我過去快一年來的日常,疫情愈嚴重的地方,遠端時代就愈加速來臨,對現在的我而言,過往正常的生活已經遙遠地恍如隔世。
2020年晚秋抵達倫敦,正巧趕上疫情爆發潮前夕,還沒來得及體驗多少正常社交生活,很快地就面臨第二波和第三波封城,僅剛來的數月有實體授課,其餘時間被迫轉為線上課程。不只是課程,系所說明會和同學之間首次見面的自我介紹都在網路上進行,起初對於視訊系統的不熟練,包含舉手發言、報告分享和分組討論等瑣碎需求全都轉為線上,同學忘記關麥克風或發言時忘了打開的情況時有所見,自己也發生過幾次忘了關麥的糗事,但隨著大家對系統的熟悉度愈來愈高,也愈加習慣這樣的模式。
遠端會議的好處是節省時間,以往早上九點的課得提早一個多小時起床,快速梳洗後風塵僕僕搭公車至學校,如今可能只需提前半小時洗漱整裝,一打開電腦便可上課,時間安排變得彈性許多,也節省了通勤的交通費用。然而變得方便也意味著打亂公私場域的界線,這也是為什麼我總習慣在上工或上課前維持一些儀式,例如固定時間起床,絕對會更換正式服裝,並且最好與床保持距離,除了讓自己能更快速進入狀況,也有助於心理上從居家模式轉換成工作模式。
疫情下的科技取代了許多人與人之間的互動,少了和同學面對面對談的機會,少了下課後一起去酒吧續攤的樂趣,確實有遺憾,不過也因此發現些趣味,例如看見同學們在遍布世界各地的餐廳、車裡或各種想像不到的地方視訊連線,或是工作時看見同事在家裡較為休閒自在的樣貌,也顯得可愛許多。雖然親身體驗被剝奪,但正因遠端科技,我能和不在本地的教授們交流談話,能在家裡參加遠在美國或德國的影展或學術研討會,這些都是本來難以實現的事。
我仍懷念那個面對面的時代,當人們相處時會有化學作用發生,那是視訊終究無法替代的,但同時我也無法想像回到疫情前的世界,遠端一旦成為人們熟悉的習慣,它就已經是種選擇,提早懂得如何應用不是件壞事──不斷學習,不斷適應,這就是我們都得面臨的世界。
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同時也有1部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過5萬的網紅周國賢 /endy chow jaugwokyin,也在其Youtube影片中提到,"VINCENT - starry, starry night" Songwriters: Don Mclean Starry, starry night Paint your palette blue and gray Look out on a summer's day With eyes t...
30may2021 在 周國賢 /endy chow jaugwokyin Youtube 的精選貼文
"VINCENT - starry, starry night"
Songwriters: Don Mclean
Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy, linen land
Now, I understand what you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now
Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
Now, I understand, what you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now
For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left inside
On that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you
Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn of bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
Now, I think I know what you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will
Source: Musixmatch
Vincent lyrics © Songs Of Universal Inc., Benny Bird Co. Inc.