2024-11-13

夢醒皆楚門

世上本無我
我本非世人
人間一幻夢
夢醒皆楚門
    —— 試想有一天楚門(Truman)拿著手機在追劇,看得津津有味,原來看的是《開羅紫玫瑰》(The Purple Rose of Cairo)。這是一場超日常的實境秀,我們都想知道接下來會有什麼新鮮事。有些結局我們早已心知肚明,有些結局則永遠在沒有盡頭的時間迴圈裡。
我們看,也被看。
我們是觀察者,也是被觀察者。

(*The following is an English translation of the poem)
《And when I awaken, I am all Truman》
In this world, there was originally no "me."
I am not inherently a person of this world.
Life is but an illusory dream,
And when I awaken, I am all Truman.
      — Imagine one day, Truman picks up a phone to watch a show, engrossed in it. It turns out he’s watching The Purple Rose of Cairo. It’s a hyper-realistic reality show, and we’re all curious to see what surprises await next. Some endings we already know in our hearts, while others remain in an endless loop of time.
We watch, and are watched.
We are the observers, and also the observed.