https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net When the Virus Dies in Sealed Packages Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:16:55 +0000 https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net en https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/1-COWGATE Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:20:09 +0000 When the Virus Dies in Sealed Packages https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/1-COWGATE &nbsp;&nbsp; #1 COWGATE After every storm, there is a rainbow <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34b02f8404d61c3b811dc2620d189d662198e1cedf93af25d16e1d850196ec46/Cowgate_1.png" data-mid="80197234" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34b02f8404d61c3b811dc2620d189d662198e1cedf93af25d16e1d850196ec46/Cowgate_1.png" /> <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e344736687875354f642eb19644fe6e7b12bcb18513335543d8e6c07a0627a3/Cowgate_2.png" data-mid="80304552" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e344736687875354f642eb19644fe6e7b12bcb18513335543d8e6c07a0627a3/Cowgate_2.png" /> Cowgate is where I started collecting texts during lockdown in Edinburgh. After weeks of following the rule like a good citizen, I needed a real walk, which means the destination can’t be supermarket. When I walked through empty street at Cowgate, these words came to view. Suddenly I stopped feeling alone, I knew we are all in the storm together even though there was not a trace of any rainbow. - 封城後一陣子，我開始放膽走到買菜路線以外的地方，其實也都是以前常走的路，只是想看看這些地方在疫情期間有沒有什麼變化。 走到牛門時（愛丁堡舊城區的酒吧街，「猜火車」著名場景）曾經最熱鬧的地方變得異常冷清，無所適從地走著就發現這一排又鮮豔又醜的字被噴在以前去過的酒吧圍牆上，忽然覺得被不認識的人鼓勵的感覺很不錯。 的確無需認為自己孤身一人，因為所有人都在這場看不見盡頭的風暴當中。 <img width="3637" height="2433" width_o="3637" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3e72750f817cb3f674dc3d3e36c3dfb71b64097655647205e4973220a162335/Cowgate_1.JPG" data-mid="80304589" border="0" data-scale="23" data-draggable src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d3e72750f817cb3f674dc3d3e36c3dfb71b64097655647205e4973220a162335/Cowgate_1.JPG" />&nbsp;<img width="3637" height="2433" width_o="3637" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d40cacb595f8de00528d98d9de16bf7c6389e87145b3396f03ea923485cb325/Cowgate_2.JPG" data-mid="80304615" border="0" data-scale="23" data-draggable src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d40cacb595f8de00528d98d9de16bf7c6389e87145b3396f03ea923485cb325/Cowgate_2.JPG" />&nbsp;<img width="3637" height="2433" width_o="3637" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e648b4c40b20ebd9e5c0da34bf2806ed15017c4b21d02a6e094763695082d96f/Cowgate_3.JPG" data-mid="80304616" border="0" data-scale="23" data-draggable src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e648b4c40b20ebd9e5c0da34bf2806ed15017c4b21d02a6e094763695082d96f/Cowgate_3.JPG" />&nbsp;<img width="3637" height="2433" width_o="3637" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91e4d0269a1faf42d023ba87ccae958df59448f318edf396e9bff4e46115c6f8/Cowgate_4.JPG" data-mid="80304622" border="0" data-scale="23" data-draggable src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/91e4d0269a1faf42d023ba87ccae958df59448f318edf396e9bff4e46115c6f8/Cowgate_4.JPG" /> ︎︎︎Next Back to MAP About the Project https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/2-TOLLCROSS-FIRESTATION Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:25:39 +0000 When the Virus Dies in Sealed Packages https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/2-TOLLCROSS-FIRESTATION &nbsp;&nbsp; #2 TOLLCROSS FIRESTATION Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for others <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/297d25af31de4bf8ef958b95d0dc0060c8f801c7d669a91e411b448591011732/Firestation_1.png" data-mid="101571104" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/297d25af31de4bf8ef958b95d0dc0060c8f801c7d669a91e411b448591011732/Firestation_1.png" /> <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b63f4182aa890dbdfb007f666801d0f330990c3bc566b524b17d8bf8d9104253/Firestation_2.png" data-mid="101571273" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b63f4182aa890dbdfb007f666801d0f330990c3bc566b524b17d8bf8d9104253/Firestation_2.png" /> Sometimes I walked to Evolution House (where our studio was) just to take a look at the empty building, and this fire station was on my way home. One day I noticed there were some bouquets with cards on the floor. It’s for a firefighter who sacrificed himself for saving people in 2009. I stood there, couldn’t talk for ages. Not for the noble act of that firefighter but for the unchanged love from his family and friends that kept them putting flowers and words in front of the fire station for over ten years, even during pandemic and lockdown. - 有時候我會特別走到學校工作室窗外晃一晃，回家路上便會經過這個消防站。 有一天我發現地上有花束，實在太好奇所以偷看了一下卡片內容，才知道原來消防站牆上的黃銅紀念牌上寫著2009年有一位消防員在火災中犧牲了，卡片裡面都是對他的思念與愛。 我駐足良久、無法言語，這個消防員的親友超過十年來不間斷的寫信送花給他，即使封城期間也不曾停止。 有些事情並不會因為疫情而改變。 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="3637" height="2433" width_o="3637" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1827f8f2210784bef9c9cfb044368bf0338b16b573c8b11872b5164c5735694/Firestation_1.JPG" data-mid="101571064" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1827f8f2210784bef9c9cfb044368bf0338b16b573c8b11872b5164c5735694/Firestation_1.JPG" /> ︎︎︎Previous ︎︎︎Next Back to MAP About the Project https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/3-4-GEORGE-SQUARE Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:46:02 +0000 When the Virus Dies in Sealed Packages https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/3-4-GEORGE-SQUARE &nbsp;&nbsp; #3 GEORGE SQUARE They pay one hour for work that in reality takes at least twice as long #4 GEORGE SQUARE The enemy doesn’t arrive by boat. He arrives by limousine <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/638b9441fb2198bb421d486b9ba5e8e656f7ee3e97c80ccb739c913aa45c4742/GeorgeSquare_1.png" data-mid="101572399" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/638b9441fb2198bb421d486b9ba5e8e656f7ee3e97c80ccb739c913aa45c4742/GeorgeSquare_1.png" /> <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0354e1584d30c19933000f3fb879b84d7682d0a6fd04bf2d9d41e0809dd05a0/GeorgeSquare_2.png" data-mid="101572616" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0354e1584d30c19933000f3fb879b84d7682d0a6fd04bf2d9d41e0809dd05a0/GeorgeSquare_2.png" /> <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/999529a0ccbfd28563eaf1462487c7eb357305e333a887e8d7c71b54707711ab/GeorgeSquare_3.png" data-mid="101572620" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/999529a0ccbfd28563eaf1462487c7eb357305e333a887e8d7c71b54707711ab/GeorgeSquare_3.png" /> <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/474b3d660b5d47de6d2bb2c39c9b2ac226824585a7a852d400e441831c98dd28/GeorgeSquare_4.png" data-mid="101572624" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/474b3d660b5d47de6d2bb2c39c9b2ac226824585a7a852d400e441831c98dd28/GeorgeSquare_4.png" /> University staffs and teachers started a strike since 2020 spring. However, the whole striking movement was forced to pause because lockdown arrived so soon and unexpectedly. When I walked around campus in June, all the slogans and flyers were still on the walls (and the sarcastic little sticker), just like the time had been frozen. At the time, people stopped protesting about unfair wages and working hours because they needed to focus on surviving, but it didn’t mean the unfairness no longer exist. - 好像是二月左右開始，學校的教職員發起了罷工，抗議薪資不公以及工時過長，傳單上寫的許多例子都非常具體，用力傳達出這些人對生活的無奈與憤怒。 熱烈的罷工在三月底封城後只能煙消雲散，而我在六月的初夏散步到主校區時，發現一張張抗議傳單依舊黏在牆上（還有一張講話頗酸的小貼紙），像是時間被凍結了一樣。 在當時大家應該都覺得先活下去、不要感染才是最重要的，不過這些事情其實一直沒有消失，只是我們不再討論而已。 <img width="3637" height="2433" width_o="3637" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7a80b0fee74282e701c2ccc4d25bf6786792073b1dc4b83cf9d41ebe384aafb/GS_2.JPG" data-mid="101572071" border="0" data-scale="60" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7a80b0fee74282e701c2ccc4d25bf6786792073b1dc4b83cf9d41ebe384aafb/GS_2.JPG" /><img width="3637" height="2433" width_o="3637" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c77809d8367c90fdcf5e874ed2120c9f9baad3b0df70d95541a9760c4905704/GS_0.JPG" data-mid="101572077" border="0" data-scale="60" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c77809d8367c90fdcf5e874ed2120c9f9baad3b0df70d95541a9760c4905704/GS_0.JPG" /> ︎︎︎Previous ︎︎︎Next Back to MAP About the Project https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/5-6-TELFER-SUBWAY Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:57:28 +0000 When the Virus Dies in Sealed Packages https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/5-6-TELFER-SUBWAY &nbsp;&nbsp; #5 TELFER SUBWAY Live through this and you won’t look back #6 TELFER SUBWAY If art is a crime may god forgive me Art is not a crimeBeing a pretentious tosser should be <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/148f033b5a9f418dc6e9048d60692cdb028a9dd1655af1ec570716eb701ce919/Subway_1.png" data-mid="101574554" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/148f033b5a9f418dc6e9048d60692cdb028a9dd1655af1ec570716eb701ce919/Subway_1.png" /> <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31b6bacdc24443f14caf2801da07d67ca6eccf3f286ec1e90f1636d71d8e1c47/Subway_2.png" data-mid="101574583" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31b6bacdc24443f14caf2801da07d67ca6eccf3f286ec1e90f1636d71d8e1c47/Subway_2.png" /> <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f98438e61b9ee4f17161582b519493ee542f48f77d0f362095b4d2a9c8ae1610/Subway_3.png" data-mid="101574698" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f98438e61b9ee4f17161582b519493ee542f48f77d0f362095b4d2a9c8ae1610/Subway_3.png" /> <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5a5f3522b4803cbb5f85761dbf6d1bc0b55da9a7ad4f822da3f3bc5656677b6/Subway_4.png" data-mid="101574965" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b5a5f3522b4803cbb5f85761dbf6d1bc0b55da9a7ad4f822da3f3bc5656677b6/Subway_4.png" /> I like to go through a short tunnel from my flat to supermarket. The graffiti on tunnel wall had always caught my attention. Some of them were political and some are both humorous and kind of philosophical. I noticed the first one because it is a lyric from one of my favourite band Stars. The song started playing peacefully in my head every time I saw it. But I wondered, would we actually not look back after we lived through this? The second text just made me laugh from my heart. Couldn’t agree more. - 我非常喜歡經過一條地下道去超市買菜，地下道裡總是充滿塗鴉，但多半不是那種很精美的噴漆藝術，而像是隨性噴上的一些潦草的字。內容很多元，有激烈的政治控訴，也有一些莫名其妙、怪得很可愛的留言。 我選的第一句話與我喜歡的加拿大樂團Stars某一首歌詞相同，每次走過看到這句話，那首歌都會在我腦中響起，溫柔平靜的旋律加上跳動的節奏讓我的腳步輕盈不少，不過我總是會一邊想著： 當我們度過這一切之後，真的能夠走出過去嗎？（或者說應該就這樣走出去嗎？） 第二句則是讓我久違地舒爽大笑一番。太同意了，不需要多作解釋。 <img width="3637" height="2433" width_o="3637" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1ad7ab6206b612366d3922378185d5b16bddcece8739dc738cc1007ba1041b6/Subway_2.JPG" data-mid="101574282" border="0" data-scale="60" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1ad7ab6206b612366d3922378185d5b16bddcece8739dc738cc1007ba1041b6/Subway_2.JPG" /><img width="3637" height="2433" width_o="3637" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83caef88b4f3d5c59e432d81f4ae1be6666b750b0722df1bd334130bb9e89113/Subway_1.JPG" data-mid="101574326" border="0" data-scale="60" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/83caef88b4f3d5c59e432d81f4ae1be6666b750b0722df1bd334130bb9e89113/Subway_1.JPG" /> ︎︎︎Previous ︎︎︎Next Back to MAP About the Project https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/7-LAURISTON-CAMPUS Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:16:55 +0000 When the Virus Dies in Sealed Packages https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/7-LAURISTON-CAMPUS &nbsp;&nbsp; #7 LAURISTON CAMPUS The biggest secret of my life is that: I don’t exist <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a319efe94ccb39808731cdb03c0ddde6748ac1d72e0e31856981a719908bc8a3/ECA_1.png" data-mid="101577152" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a319efe94ccb39808731cdb03c0ddde6748ac1d72e0e31856981a719908bc8a3/ECA_1.png" /> <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1652125078f2e49a0dfe54c025cfef16988faf8ec9aea01494f6ee2ee156dab4/ECA_2.png" data-mid="101577163" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1652125078f2e49a0dfe54c025cfef16988faf8ec9aea01494f6ee2ee156dab4/ECA_2.png" /> For quite a while, I was not in the mood for anything. There was nothing changed in my lockdown life, just stayed at home day after day. I started losing the sense of passing time, losing the connection to real world (and not yet built a satisfying connection with the virtual world). While making this project, I saw this message on the gate of Lauriston Campus. Maybe it was left by a person who was afraid of losing their own trace of existence, just like I was. - 封城剛開始的一個月左右，不知為何我就是提不起勁做任何事情（尤其是藝術），然後我一成不變、日復一日的生活似乎更助長了這種狀況。 我開始有點感覺不出時間的流逝，跟真實世界的連結也變得微弱，同時還莫名地抗拒新流行的各種線上社交活動（總之就是很脫節）。 過一陣子後，我到處散步時，發現這句話被寫在藝術學院的大門上。 我在想，這個人或許也跟之前的我一樣，覺得沒有在任何地方留下什麼痕跡的自己，好像已經快要不存在了。 <img width="3637" height="2433" width_o="3637" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5756ba38692d42a713a69608ffc4c3599768188a0583d86e7d2360965776ab2/ECA.JPG" data-mid="101576968" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5756ba38692d42a713a69608ffc4c3599768188a0583d86e7d2360965776ab2/ECA.JPG" /> ︎︎︎Previous ︎︎︎Next Back to MAP About the Project https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/8-GRANTON Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:11:10 +0000 When the Virus Dies in Sealed Packages https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/8-GRANTON &nbsp;&nbsp; #8 GRANTON I come with my will to survive <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7b9cb83d087a1180dbfec7ecb135a7f1bdec3ef76cd8990658237c690017158/Granton_1.png" data-mid="101576525" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7b9cb83d087a1180dbfec7ecb135a7f1bdec3ef76cd8990658237c690017158/Granton_1.png" /> <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7644b0b5cc39d6f8d8db7bf4e14310dd76886425f5701ff2cfadcf7fb8dff5c/Granton_2.png" data-mid="101576530" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7644b0b5cc39d6f8d8db7bf4e14310dd76886425f5701ff2cfadcf7fb8dff5c/Granton_2.png" /> While I was playing flâneur in the city, my flatmate went for long therapeutic walks to Granton beach time after time. The two hours walk from our flat to the beach made one’s body exhausted, and one’s mind calm and clear. She stepped into the sand, picked up a branch and wrote this sentence down. It was like a silent shouting. Just like her temporary message would eventually be erased by waves, we were just passengers to this place, but at the moment, we were indeed a part of Edinburgh. - 當我在城市裡到處觀察的時候，我的室友經常走上一段長長的路到北端的海邊。 從我們家到海邊大約需要走兩小時的路程，身體的勞累達到某種程度後，似乎能夠讓心靈安靜下來，變得澄澈。 我跟著她一路到車道的盡頭，看著她跨出步伐踩進沙灘，拾起一根樹枝然後留下了那一句話，彷彿是無聲的吶喊。 就像沙灘上的字跡總是會被打上來的波浪抹去一樣，我們對這個地方來說也只是過客而已，但是在那個時空當中，我們確確實實是愛丁堡的一份子。 <img width="3637" height="2433" width_o="3637" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f7b7e914d69cffda74da48fd584c3c21f5887832706dbd0ad74818d34698ce4/Granton.JPG" data-mid="101576472" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f7b7e914d69cffda74da48fd584c3c21f5887832706dbd0ad74818d34698ce4/Granton.JPG" /> ︎︎︎Previous ︎︎︎Next Back to MAP About the Project https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/9-TOLLCROSS Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:15:31 +0000 When the Virus Dies in Sealed Packages https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/9-TOLLCROSS &nbsp;&nbsp; #9 TOLLCROSS If you are neutral in situations of injustice you have chosen the side of oppressor <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb27bb244dbe82cfa67dab84bbc8e8dc5ca73bc823766a8a870249168c212a87/Tollcross_1.png" data-mid="101567500" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb27bb244dbe82cfa67dab84bbc8e8dc5ca73bc823766a8a870249168c212a87/Tollcross_1.png" /> <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e61d6b28dc1ae166df2f420d77c53198c6a285b445ef200a62845ac871c8218/Tollcross_2.png" data-mid="101567524" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e61d6b28dc1ae166df2f420d77c53198c6a285b445ef200a62845ac871c8218/Tollcross_2.png" /> I found this sentence near a primary school, on a colourful handmade poster. It was the wise word from Desmond Tutu, and it struck me of how I was burying my head in the sand that even a poster made by school children had more courage than me. It was the time when people started calling “Black Lives Matter,” but I almost never expressed opinions because I told myself it was not my place to say. The truth was, I used that as an excuse to avoid touching serious and sensitive issues and never truly faced myself. - 我在常經過的一間小學對面發現這張看來是學童做的小海報，內容文字引用自南非諾貝爾和平獎得主戴斯蒙·屠圖（又譯涂德民）。 當時正值「Black Lives Matter」的抗議浪潮興起，街頭巷尾經常看見手工的聲援看板，不過看見這張海報時我有一種被重重打臉的感覺，我想著跟這個孩子比起來，我真是非常不勇於表達自我——不僅如此，我總是下意識地遮住眼睛不去關注敏感或較爭議性的議題，原因究竟是什麼呢？ 或許我該先鼓起勇氣好好面對怯懦的自己。 <img width="3637" height="2433" width_o="3637" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13fd8a0e1c8e2c36e611b32b8bf51d28c17a1bd2ce3b8d8f33c9e10edfb5539b/Tollcross.JPG" data-mid="101567099" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/13fd8a0e1c8e2c36e611b32b8bf51d28c17a1bd2ce3b8d8f33c9e10edfb5539b/Tollcross.JPG" /> ︎︎︎Previous ︎︎︎Next Back to MAP About the Project https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/10-UNION-CANAL Tue, 09 Mar 2021 18:49:24 +0000 When the Virus Dies in Sealed Packages https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/10-UNION-CANAL &nbsp;&nbsp; #10 UNION CANAL Can you educate me? They’re not convincing <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6832a1ba2cc313af15a5229ebba32b3ba8acbd0ee92ed28cf96e80f23162ffb4/Canal_1.png" data-mid="101413877" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6832a1ba2cc313af15a5229ebba32b3ba8acbd0ee92ed28cf96e80f23162ffb4/Canal_1.png" /> <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8509ad50c5daffab5d7c67a17c5a24c1937f52d1794473d0d5134cf786b27c24/Canal_2.png" data-mid="101413962" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8509ad50c5daffab5d7c67a17c5a24c1937f52d1794473d0d5134cf786b27c24/Canal_2.png" /> As this pandemic seemed to be endless, doubt and restlessness had been spreading in people’s mind. All kinds of messages gradually filled up the wall beside our peaceful Union Canal. Most of the texts on that wall were opinions or emotional expressions, while this one was more of a crying for help in desperate. Sometimes most people could only follow, without enough information to judge anything. However, the idea of believing a small group of people should have real solution for this huge ciaos was even more unsettling. - 隨著疫情似乎永無止盡，懷疑與焦慮自然在人群心中不斷滋長。 我家後面運河邊的一大片磚牆也逐漸成為民眾發表各種意見與情緒的平台，以往安寧輕鬆的氣氛變得激昂卻也算是令人振奮。 我每次走過都會對這個在絕望中尋求出口的問句多看一眼，一方面提醒自己： 的確倘若沒有管道獲取足夠的資訊，大部分的人只能盲目跟從，這也是教育最重要的意義之一；另一方面，光是想到「將希望放在一小群人負責提出的解決之道」，就讓人覺得不大對勁。 <img width="3637" height="2433" width_o="3637" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/abaf3fcb5045077f8260e4fa64f0d269de089a812aaac7a704fec414c008883d/Canal.JPG" data-mid="101413680" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/abaf3fcb5045077f8260e4fa64f0d269de089a812aaac7a704fec414c008883d/Canal.JPG" /> ︎︎︎Previous ︎︎︎Next Back to MAP About the Project https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/11-EDINBURGH-CASTLE Tue, 09 Mar 2021 18:35:04 +0000 When the Virus Dies in Sealed Packages https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/11-EDINBURGH-CASTLE &nbsp;&nbsp; #11 EDINBURGH CASTLE NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b22d9d86d0bcd7f3d04103782317f08185cc93e5c90a17a761370ec5a291706b/Castle_2.png" data-mid="101415250" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b22d9d86d0bcd7f3d04103782317f08185cc93e5c90a17a761370ec5a291706b/Castle_2.png" /> <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76c6b83a484d76493df057e6fa05e32844bea5db032554d469cffca6bd33af3f/Castle_1.png" data-mid="101415403" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76c6b83a484d76493df057e6fa05e32844bea5db032554d469cffca6bd33af3f/Castle_1.png" /> Edinburgh Castle was on a rock hill higher than almost entire city, and I loved to stay there for hours just trying to recognize all the buildings I knew. The motto of Scotland on castle gate meant “No one can harm me unpunished” in Latin. It was far from any motto that I’ve seen in my own culture; therefore, I was intrigued. This sentence certainly reflected the history of this tough land. However, seeing it at the peculiar time of pandemic, I was caught by mixed feelings from the complicated contradiction in human nature. - 愛丁堡城堡在封城後不再擁擠，變成俯瞰城市的好去處，我總是一待數小時，使勁從遠處找出我認識的每一棟建築物。 望遠望得累了，我注意到城門上有一行看不懂的字，是以拉丁文寫成的蘇格蘭王國的格言，意思大約是「犯我者必受懲」。 由於與自身文化會出現的格言實在相去甚遠，我一開始有點錯愕；其實這句如同蘇格蘭國花薊花一般帶刺而強悍的格言，只不過是忠實地反映出這塊土地過去的艱難生活。 複誦著這句古老的話語，忽然使我對現今的混亂及人性的矛盾感到更加百感交集。 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="3637" height="2433" width_o="3637" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52215e53c2d9be829332a280c2093dae49b8d3231475c0bfbfa8395e76e4fc9b/Castle.JPG" data-mid="101411407" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/52215e53c2d9be829332a280c2093dae49b8d3231475c0bfbfa8395e76e4fc9b/Castle.JPG" /> ︎︎︎Previous ︎︎︎Next Back to MAP About the Project https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/12-GRASSMARKET Tue, 09 Mar 2021 17:53:05 +0000 When the Virus Dies in Sealed Packages https://whenthevirusdiesinsealedpackages.net/12-GRASSMARKET &nbsp;&nbsp; #12 GRASSMARKET Eat well, save money, look after the planet <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46d3955053a3e453480f8c794de2737aa648e4344826d482978c192715f547ea/Grassmarket_1.png" data-mid="101407816" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/46d3955053a3e453480f8c794de2737aa648e4344826d482978c192715f547ea/Grassmarket_1.png" /> <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7234c1bf153e7f4075475d499d881ec61f0d5301060a734d083a4c3e42ed9e44/Grassmarket_2.png" data-mid="101407649" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7234c1bf153e7f4075475d499d881ec61f0d5301060a734d083a4c3e42ed9e44/Grassmarket_2.png" /> Of all the words I collected from this city, this one made me think most. It was a slogan on community notice board. I thought it reveals that the ultimate (also the most basic) things we human beings pursued were so very simple, at least very simple in the beginning. To survive, we need food, we need money (because we are living in modern world) to keep us safe and secure, and we need our world continue to be a suitable environment for living. What else do we really need? - 在我從這個城市收集來的所有文字當中，這句話讓我深思最久。 它其實只是社區佈告欄一張公告裡的小標題，但我卻覺得它反映出人們活在世界上最終也是最初的目的。 芸芸眾生，當那些看似值得追求的事與物都隨著世界而消失時，只有生存還深埋在本能裡。 為了活下來，我們需要溫飽；需要金錢或任何可以在現代社會維持安穩生活的東西；需要適合棲居的環境條件。 人類真正不能拋棄的東西，似乎就這麼簡單而已。 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="3637" height="2433" width_o="3637" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/552d9319ce02283cd664ffe2cf2a90b9c46cf1ad74387a3cabb093ee1af28ed4/Grassmarket.JPG" data-mid="101407831" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/552d9319ce02283cd664ffe2cf2a90b9c46cf1ad74387a3cabb093ee1af28ed4/Grassmarket.JPG" /> ︎︎︎Previous Back to MAP About the Project