Monday, July 31, 2006

Single Women 1 / 單身女郎 1

她們不為人知的過去

人們看到單身女郎目前的空白,不禁把那解釋成部分的殘缺,有時甚至以為,她們一輩子的愛情生活完完全全繳了白卷,在認識她們之前,我也曾經如此無知的認為。

歡迎來到單身女子俱樂部!往往不是我們主動選擇這樣的感情狀態,但是我們採隨遇而安的態度,決定好好享受輕鬆無負擔的日子。在我認識的單身女郎當中,每個人都有可以娓娓道來的故事,但是我們不看過去,那些往事只有在夏日午後、落日傍晚、不經意的文字書寫中,我們輕輕地道出某個片段,沒有鄉愁般地懷念,倒比較像是在輕描淡寫別人的人生。

如果他們還是執意相信單身女郎什麼都沒有,那只是我們選擇不說。單身女郎也曾經是別人的公主和夢想‧‧‧

Their Well-hidden Past

On seeing the blank state of single women's love life, some people can't help but interpret that as a kind of incompleteness. Sometimes they even presume that the emptiness lasts for a whole life. As a matter of fact, before I met my single gals, I believed so naively.

Welcome to our Single Gal Club! It's not really us that choose such a loveless life, but we do know how to get the most out of our carefree days. Among the single women I know, everyone has beautiful stories to tell. But we choose not to live in the past. On hot yet quiet summer afternoons, at lovely sunsets, in occasional emails, I get a glimpse of their history. They do not recount the stories with nostalgia. It's more like they are narrating other people's life, with a touch of humor and wisdom.

If they still believe that the term "single women" equals no love expriences, that's only because we choose not to say anything. In fact, single women were once some men's princesses and dreams...

5 comments:

Unknown said...

You have posted so many wonderful artworks and postings!!

Weichuen You said...

Thank you so much Alina!

Marc said...

Single women are still in my dreams! :p

What's inside the box, I wonder!

Weichuen You said...

Marc: It was once my watch box, but now I can put anything inside! The only drawback is that the paint doesn't seem to stay on the surface and that kinda bothers me...

纖毛蟲 said...

「單身女郎也曾經是別人的公主和夢想」
哇,這真是一句經典名言啊!