別人可以在顧盼笑談間

輕輕帶過的印象與感覺，

不但在他心中長駐不去，

而且在他的寡言靜默中

更顯清晰強烈、

意義豐盈，

進而轉化為生動熱烈、

親臨現場的經歷。

孤獨帶來不從流俗的

原創性、大膽又不協調的

美感與詩意。

Images and perceptions that

might easily be dismissed

with a glance, a laugh,

an exchange of opinion

occupy him unduly;

they are heightened in silence,

gain in significance,

turn into experience, adventure,

emotion.

Solitude begets originality,

bold and disconcerting beauty, poetry.

文：Thomas Mann

譯：Platero

圖：朱恩伶