賞析/禾搖
Excerpts
WhenaBabyFallsAsleeponYou
You’reahumanpillow.
Feelthattinyheartbeatingonyourchest,thatstrawberrysizedhandgrippingyourfinger,andthosebabypowderbreathssoftlywhisperinginandout...
Whenyouwerealittlebabyyoufellasleeponpeopleallthetime.Nowthatyou’reallgrownupyou’rehelpinganotherlifeonitsway.Andjustthink:Onedaywayoffinthedistancethissoftlysleepingsnugglerwillbedoingtheexactsamethingforsomeoneelse.
AWESOME!
WatchingCreamGointoCoffee
Swirlingseasofmilkywhitetwistandtwirllikestrangeanddistantgalaxiesinthefarcornersofouterspace.Asyougrabarushedcoffeebreakinthechattyworkplacecafeteriaorcutlery-clinkingdininghall,juststaredeeplyintoyourchippedceramictelescopeandenjoythetwo-secondescapefromrealitytowatchthosefloatingcloudsmixandmeltdeepintotheswirlingdarkness.
AWESOME!
ThatOnePersonWhoLaughsWhenYouTellaReallyBadJoke
ThisisalsoknownasThePityLaughanditsomehowmanagestosaveyourterriblejokefrombeingacompletebomb.See,nowyoudidn’tserveupadudthathitdeadair.No,no,yourhumorisjustalittlehighbrowandhardtounderstand,that’sall.
AWESOME!
尼爾·帕斯理查(NeilPasricha),加拿大知名博主、作家及演說家。尼爾于1979年9月出生于加拿大安大略省,父親為印度裔移民,母親為肯尼亞裔移民。他曾就讀于加拿大頂尖學府女王大學(Queen’sUniversity),工作幾年後又去往哈佛商學院(HarvardBusinessSchool)攻讀MBA。然而,讓尼爾成名的并不是其光鮮的履曆,而是他于2008年創立的全球第一個記錄美好生活瞬間的博客——1000AwesomeThings(www.1000awesomethings)。該博客在極短的時間内席卷歐美國家,并使尼爾在2009年至2010年間三次獲得有“互聯網奧斯卡”之稱的威比獎(TheWebbyAwards)最佳博客獎。同時,尼爾基于博客内容相繼出版了《美好的事》(TheBookofAwesome)、《生命中最美好的事都是免費的》(TheBookof[EvenMore]Awesome)、《假期中美好的事》(TheBookof[Holiday]Awesome)等作品。這些作品出版後常常登上《紐約時報》暢銷書的榜單。