一定是忘了把速寫本拿出來。
it must be that I forget to take out my sketchbook.
維也納
Vienna
內在的旅行：
這個夏天一個人去奧地利，想要挑戰不同的速寫形態，所以我不用平常習慣的Moleskin札記本，而是單張的水彩紙，但我又擔心沒有寫字的空間，於是買了價美物廉的無印良品筆記本，它成為了我旅行的良伴。
我說：這是一趟很安全的旅行。雖然一路上是真的很安全，不過我的重點其實是，沒有太多驚豔的心情，可是很放鬆，同時也讓我有機會回想過去在歐洲的生活，朋友說聽起來是一場很內在的旅程。
旅行中，我待過很多間小房間，總覺得似曾相識，我問自己：所以我又回到這裡做什麼？我現在的心境和四年前有什麼不同？
The significance of this trip:
I went to Austria alone this summer. Desiring some change, I chose not to use my beloved Moleskine journal. Instead, I went for single sheets of watercolor paper. Also, desperate for the sense of safety that only writing can give me, I brought along a really convenient and inexpensive journal of MUJI, which greatly soothed me along the way.
I told others, "This is a safe trip." Instead of emphasizing personal safety, I focus more on the meaning that there weren't great adventures, but on the other hand, it was very relaxing, which I needed at the moment. Meanwhile, I got to look back on my life in Europe before. One friend said this was a very "deep" journey. Yes, it was.
I stayed in several small rooms in different cities, but they always felt kind of dejavu to me. I couldn't ask myself, "What did I come back here for? What difference do I feel now compared with four years ago?"
我在新城市裡的位置：
在旅館裡定義這一刻在我人生裡的意義，出了旅館，我一邊尋找自己在這個城市的位置，混在大群的觀光客裡，這個任務特別有挑戰，雖然我也是其中之一，卻反骨地想證明自己不一樣。
大太陽底下，躲在Sisi Museum有陰影的大門後面畫著不確定的線條，打掃的阿姨說我的腳不能放在大理石上。
My place in the new city:
I was defining the significance of my trip in my life inside the hotel room. When I walked out of the hotel, I was looking for my niche in this city. It was especially challenging when I knew that I was just one of the tourists, but I wanted to prove my difference so much.
Before I found the answer, I hid in the shade behind the door of Sisi Museum. My lines were indefinite, and I had no idea what I was doing. The cleaning lady said I should put my legs down the marble ledge, but I could sit there drawing.
因為帶著太多媒材，一下要用本子，一下要用水彩紙，同時還要遮陽，常常覺得自己很忙碌，羨慕Schoenbrunn動物園裡這個很自在的大隻仔。
It was distracting to bring so many sorts of media with me. I had to choose between the journal book and sheets of paper. And of course, there was the scorching sunshine to worry about. I found myself so busy that I really envied the big guy in the Schoenbrunn Zoo.
觀光還是畫圖？
有時買了套票，激起了我的好勝心，告訴自己沒有時間畫圖，在大太陽底下跑來跑去，雖然有許多學習上的收穫，不過最後都覺得有些空虛。
前一天錯過的風景，第二天我會再跑回去記錄，我發現，只有坐下來安靜畫圖的時候，才感受到微風。
Sightseeing or sketching?
The purchase of a package with one ticket could blind me. To visit as many museums as possible, I would persuade myself that I had no time to sketch, so I ran around like a madman under the sun. Much as I had learned, I couldn't help feeling kind of empty.
I would go back to the same spot to make up for the view that I had missed. I realized that only when I sit down to draw peacefully will I feel cool breezes.
關於寂寞這件事：
離開維也納的早上，天氣變糟了，拉行李出旅館時，我還想：和從前比起來，我一點都不寂寞。想不到過沒幾個小時，上帝便把這個大禮送給我。
從維也納到格拉茲的沿路風景很美，我卻越來越寂寞。
About loneliness:
The day when I left Vienna, the weather took a downturn. The moment when I pulled my gigantic luggage out of the hotel, I thought to myself, "Well, at least now I don't feel lonely, if I have to list a difference from the past." Interestingly, as if to prove I was wrong, within a few hours, God bestowed the big gift on me.
On my way from Vienna to Graz, I felt more and more lonely despite the lovely scenery.
格拉茲
Graz
危機即轉機：
每搬進新的旅館，我的寂寞感特別強烈，剛習慣上一個小房間，又移入陌生的新房間，一個人，不免感覺某種程度的淒涼。還赫然發現，我沒有帶轉接插頭是件嚴重的事，沒有iPad，我要如何和熟悉的世界保持連絡？
A crisis is also a turning point:
I feel especially lonely when I change hotels. Right when I feel used to one little room, I have to adapt to another room. It feels bleak. It came as a blow when I found that I didn't have an adaptor with me. "How can I stay in contact with the world I know without my iPad?"
旅行時只盯著眼前的風景：
別人羨慕我的假期、我的勇氣，但是我的內在有很多小劇場，還好我總是能找到答案─如果感到寂寞，一定是因為我忘了把速寫本拿出來。
那一天是週日在格拉茲，觀光客特別少、店家幾乎都關門，我卻找到我最忠實的旅伴─速寫本。
Live at the moment when you travel:
Others envy me for my holidays, for my courage to travel alone, but truth be told, there was a lot going on inside of me. Fortunately, I always manage to find an answer: If I feel lonely, it must be that I forget to take out my sketchbook.
That Sunday in Graz, tourists all left for somewhere else, most shops were closed, yet I found my most loyal partner--my sketchbook.
從等公車開始畫到搭公車。
I sketched while waiting for the bus, while taking the bus.
畫到城市裡的漫步之旅。
While walking in the city.
畫到有感覺的作品。
While encountering artworks that I really adore.
畫到真的找到合適的位置畫圖，然後路人就來和我說：「你擁有特別的旅行記錄。」我在心裡接著說：「和很平靜的心。」
Until I found a perfect spot for sketching. Then the passer-by would tell me, "You have a special record of the trip." I went on to say, "And a very calm feeling."
不一定要有意義：
我學著不去賦予每件事或每張圖意義，從純粹的觀察裡會產生全新的了解。
There's no need to give everything meaning:
I learned not to give everything or every picture meaning. New understanding will arise from pure observation.
米滕泉
Bad Mitterndorf
時時會有變化：
在安靜的鄉間車站等火車，卻發現火車不會來了，但我畫了一張圖，畫完之後接駁巴士出現了。
Be prepared for change all the time:
I was sketching while waiting for the train in the quiet countryside only to find that the train wouldn't come. However, the shuttle bus came after I finished a sketch.
聖沃夫崗
St. Wolfgang
下雨天坐在咖啡館裡是必要的選擇：
並不是走來走去才叫旅行。
It's a must to sit in a cafe on rainy days:
Traveling is more than moving around...
MUJI筆記本小而美，到這一點必須收起來，作每天的旅行文字記錄了。我帶了一堆顏料，最後畫出來的都是黑白作，這也是我始料未及的心境改變使然吧！
I had to stop drawing in the journal at this point because not many pages were left for my text record. I actually brought paints and colored pens with me, but to my surprise, I ended up drawing in black and white. That was what I hadn't expected beforehand!
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