Why did Marquez choose to begin his autobiography
Why did Marquez choose to begin his autobiography with an unexpected trip when he was 23? "Living to Tell" begins with "My mother asked me to accompany her to sell that house." At that moment, the young law student at a prestigious university had just decided to abandon his enviable studies for an uncertain career in literature. His decision distraught his mother. "To sell that house" was just the mother's excuse for her son to accompany her to her home town. What my mother really wanted...
Why did Marquez choose to begin his autobiography
Why did Marquez choose to begin his autobiography with an unexpected trip when he was 23? "Living to Tell" begins with "My mother asked me to accompany her to sell that house." At that moment, the young law student at a prestigious university had just decided to abandon his enviable studies for an uncertain career in literature. His decision distraught his mother. "To sell that house" was just the mother's excuse for her son to accompany her to her home town. What my mother really wanted...
I want to say
The first thing I want to say is to warn you not to rush things. In the era of globalization of market economy, the logic of capital creates a kind of progressive compulsion, which puts almost everyone into the track of constant competition. It's a hard reality, almost impossible to escape. But since we are graduates of a university with a deep spiritual tradition, we can always impose a freer relation to this outward progress. We have been here before, and we have come to understand tha...
I want to say
The first thing I want to say is to warn you not to rush things. In the era of globalization of market economy, the logic of capital creates a kind of progressive compulsion, which puts almost everyone into the track of constant competition. It's a hard reality, almost impossible to escape. But since we are graduates of a university with a deep spiritual tradition, we can always impose a freer relation to this outward progress. We have been here before, and we have come to understand tha...
In front of a row of trees planted along the river
In front of a row of trees planted along the river, more than ten meters high, and the roadside buildings are high. It must be a hundred or two hundred years old, and its trunk is too strong for one person to hug. In summer, the high branches are left unpruned and spread about, with transverse branches on both sides joining each other in the middle of the road. The whole road was green in the shade of layers of leaves, as if it had added a huge green umbrella. The sun, sifted through the leav...
In front of a row of trees planted along the river
In front of a row of trees planted along the river, more than ten meters high, and the roadside buildings are high. It must be a hundred or two hundred years old, and its trunk is too strong for one person to hug. In summer, the high branches are left unpruned and spread about, with transverse branches on both sides joining each other in the middle of the road. The whole road was green in the shade of layers of leaves, as if it had added a huge green umbrella. The sun, sifted through the leav...
There are steps on both sides of the new bridge
There are steps on both sides of the new bridge, and you can go all the way down to the river. The embankment by the river does not obstruct the relationship between the city and the river. On the contrary, the design of the embankment and ladder everywhere guides people to the water and close to the water. Walk to the river, sit down by the river, or read, or in a daze, or meditation, or quietly watching the sun or moonlight on the water, a wave of slowly passing. The locals call the river L...
There are steps on both sides of the new bridge
There are steps on both sides of the new bridge, and you can go all the way down to the river. The embankment by the river does not obstruct the relationship between the city and the river. On the contrary, the design of the embankment and ladder everywhere guides people to the water and close to the water. Walk to the river, sit down by the river, or read, or in a daze, or meditation, or quietly watching the sun or moonlight on the water, a wave of slowly passing. The locals call the river L...
Rewrite your self-judgment to pick your favorite self-judgment
Rewrite your self-judgment to pick your favorite self-judgment and reduce it to a concise self-belief. For example, I am worthless, I am unworthy of happiness, I am a failure, I am unloved, I am incomplete, etc. Take a hard look back at your life and notice all the things that refute this view. List all your accomplishments, all the people who have expressed love for you, all the invitations you have received, all the people who have been pleased with you, the joy you have felt, etc. Slow dow...
Rewrite your self-judgment to pick your favorite self-judgment
Rewrite your self-judgment to pick your favorite self-judgment and reduce it to a concise self-belief. For example, I am worthless, I am unworthy of happiness, I am a failure, I am unloved, I am incomplete, etc. Take a hard look back at your life and notice all the things that refute this view. List all your accomplishments, all the people who have expressed love for you, all the invitations you have received, all the people who have been pleased with you, the joy you have felt, etc. Slow dow...
