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the colour of life(伏凋岻弼)-及10何蛍

酔楯荷恬: 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈 梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ● 辛指欺云匈競何! 泌惚云慕短嗤堋響頼���誅卒亮茂�俊彭堋響��辛聞喘貧圭 "辺茄欺厘議箝誓匂" 孔嬬 才 "紗秘慕禰" 孔嬬��



unstable。 Who can deny that women are generally used to look about for 

the little stationary repose just described�拭            �Whether in intellectual or in 

spiritual things�察�they do not often live without it。 

     She�察  �none   the   less�察  �fled   upon   unstable   equilibrium�察  �escaped   upon   it�察�

depended upon it�察�trusted it�察�was `ware of it�察�was on guard against it�察�as 

she sped amid her crowd her own unstable equilibrium�察�her machine's�察�that 

of the judgment�察�the temper�察�the skill�察�the perception�察�the strength of men 

and horses。 

     She had learnt the difficult peace of suspense。              She had learnt also the 

lowly  and   self´denying   faith in   common   chances。           She   had   learnt to   be 

content with her share ´ no more ´ in common security�察�and to be pleased 

with her part in common hope。             For all this�察�it may be repeated�察�she could 

have   had   but   small   preparation。       Yet   no   anxiety   was   hers�察  �no   uneasy 

distrust and disbelief of that human thing ´ an average of life and death。 

     To this courage the woman in grey had attained with a spring�察�and she 

had seated herself suddenly upon a place of detachment between earth and 

air�察  �freed   from   the   principal   detentions�察  �weights�察  �and   embarrassments   of 

the usual life of fear。      She had made herself�察�as it were�察�light�察�so as not to 

dwell     either   in  security    or  danger�察   �but   to  pass   between      them。    She 

confessed difficulty  and peril by  her delicate   evasions�察 �and   consented   to 

rest in neither。     She would not owe safety to the mere motionlessness of a 

seat   on   the   solid  earth�察  �but   she   used   gravitation   to   balance   the   slight 

burdens of her wariness and her confidence。                 She put aside all the pride 

and   vanity   of   terror�察  �and   leapt   into   an   unsure   condition   of   liberty   and 

content。 



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     She leapt�察�too�察�into a life of moments。            No pause was possible to her 

as she went�察 �except the vibrating pause of a perpetual change   and of   an 

unflagging flight。       A woman�察�long educated to sit still�察�does not suddenly 

learn to live a momentary life without strong momentary resolution。                     She 

has   no   light   achievement   in   limiting   not   only  her   foresight�察  �which   must 

become   brief�察  �but   her   memory�察  �which   must   do   more�察  �for   it   must   rather 

cease   than   become   brief。      Idle   memory   wastes   time   and   other   things。 

The    moments      of   the  woman      in  grey   as  they   dropped     by  must    needs 

disappear�察�and be simply forgotten�察�as a child forgets。                 Idle memory�察�by 

the    way�察  �shortens    life�察 �or  shortens    the  sense    of  time�察  �by   linking   the 

immediate   past   clingingly   to   the   present。     Here   may   possibly   be   found 

one of the reasons for the length of a child's time�察�and for the brevity of the 

time   that   succeeds。      The   child   lets   his   moments   pass   by   and   quickly 

become   remote   through   a   thousand   little   successive   oblivions。         He   has 

not yet the languid habit of recall。 

     ;Thou art my warrior�察─�said Volumnia。              ;I holp to frame thee。;        Shall 

a man inherit his mother's trick of speaking�察�or her habit and attitude�察�and 

not suffer something�察�against his will�察�from her bequest of weakness�察�and 

something�察      �against   his   heart�察 �from    her   bequest    of   folly�拭   �From     the 

legacies of an unlessoned mind�察�a woman's heirs´male are not cut off in 

the Common Law of the generations of mankind。                     Brutus knew that the 

valour of Portia was settled upon his sons。 



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          SYMMETRY AND INCIDENT 



     The art of Japan has none but an exterior part in the history of the art 

of nations。      Being in its own methods and attitude the art of accident�察�it 

has�察�appropriately�察�an accidental value。            It is of accidental value�察�and not 

of   integral   necessity。    The   virtual   discovery  of   Japanese   art�察  �during   the 

later   years   of   the   second   French   Empire�察  �caused   Europe   to   relearn   how 

expedient�察     �how    delicate�察   �and    how    lovely    Incident    may     look   when 

Symmetry has grown vulgar。 The lesson was most welcome。                          Japan has 

had her full influence。 European art has learnt the value of position and the 

tact of the unique。       But Japan is unlessoned�察�and ��in all her characteristic 

art��   content    with   her  own    conventions�察     �she  is  local�察 �provincial�察   �alien�察�

remote�察�incapable of equal companionship with a world that has Greek art 

in its own history ´ Pericles ;to its father。; 

     Nor is it pictorial art�察�or decorative art only�察�that has been touched by 

Japanese   example   of   Incident   and   the   Unique。       Music   had   attained   the 

noblest   form   of   symmetry   in   the   eighteenth   century�察  �but   in   music�察  �too�察�

symmetry had since grown dull�察�and momentary music�察�the music of phase 

and    of   fragment�察   �succeeded。      The     sense   of  symmetry      is  strong   in   a 

complete melody ´ of symmetry in its most delicate and lively and least 

stationary form ´ balance�察�whereas the leit´motif is isolated。                In domestic 

architecture Symmetry and Incident make a familiar antithesis ´ the very 

commonplace of rival methods of art。                But the same antithesis exists in 

less obvious forms。        The poets have sought ;irregular; metres。               Incident 

hovers�察�in the very act of choosing its right place�察�in the most modern of 

modern   portraits。      In   these   we   have�察  �if   not   the   Japanese   suppression   of 

minor   emphasis�察 �certainly  the   Japanese   exaggeration of   major   emphasis�察�

and    with   this  a   quickness    and   buoyancy。      The     smile�察  �the  figure�察  �the 

drapery ´ not yet settled from the arranging touch of a hand�察�and showing 

its mark ´ the restless and unstationary foot�察�and the unity of impulse that 

has   passed   everywhere   like   a   single   breeze�察  �all   these   have   a   life   that 

greatly   transcends   the   life   of   Japanese   art�察  �yet   has   the   nimble   touch   of 

Japanese      incident。    In   passing�察  �a  charming      comparison      may    be  made 



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between such portraiture and the aspect of an aspen or other tree of light 

and   liberal leaf�察  �whether   still   or   in   motion   the   aspen   and   the   free´leafed 

poplar   have   the   alertness   and   expectancy   of   flight   in   all   their   flocks   of 

leaves�察�while the oaks and elms are gathered in their station。                       All this is 

not Japanese�察�but from such accident is Japanese art inspired�察�with its good 

luck of perceptiveness。 

     What   symmetry   is   to   form�察  �that   is   repetition   in   the   art   of   ornament。 

Greek art and Gothic alike have series�察�with repetition or counter´ change 

for   their   ruling   motive。      It   is   hardly   necessary   to   draw   the   distinction 

between this motive and that of the Japanese。                  The Japanese motives may 

be   defined   as   uniqueness   and   position。         And   these   were   not   known   as 

motives       of    decoration      before      the    study     of   Japanese       decoration。 

Repetition   and   counter´change�察  �of   course�察  �have   their   place   in   Japanese 

ornament�察�as in the diaper patterns for which these people have so singular 

an    invention�察    �but   here�察  �too�察 �uniqueness       and   position    are   the   principal 

inspiration。      And it is quite worth while�察�and much to the present purpose�察�

to   call   attention   to   the   chief   peculiarity   of   the   Japanese   diaper   patterns�察�

which is INTERRUPTION。                  Repetition there must necessarily be in these�察�

but symmetry is avoided by an interruption which is�察�to the Western eye�察�at 

least�察�perpetually and freshly unexpected。                 The place of the interruptions 

of lines�察�the variation of the place�察�and the avoidance of correspondence�察�

are precisely what makes Japanese design of this class inimitable。                         Thus�察�

even   in   a   repeating   pattern�察  �you   have   a   curiously   successful   effect   of 

impulse。       It   is   as   though   a   separate   intention   had   been   formed   by   the 

designer at   every angle。  Such   renewed consciousness   does not   make   for 

greatness。      Greatness in design has more peace than is found in the gentle 

abruptness       of  Japanese      lines�察  �in  their   curious    brevity。     It   is  scarcely 

necessary   to   say   that   a   line�察  �in   all   other   schools   of   art�察  �is   long   or   short 

according   to   its   place   and   purpose�察  �but   only   the   Japanese   designer   so 

contrives   his   patterns   that   the   line   is   always   short�察  �and   many   repeating 

designs      are  entirely    composed       of  this   various    and   variously´occurring 

brevity�察�this prankish avoidance of the goal。 Moreover�察�the Japanese evade 

symmetry�察�in the unit of their repeating patterns�察�by another simple device 

´ that of numbers。 They make a small difference in the number of curves 



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