Transforming of Art Forms Series
「水晶紗衣」之蛻變
8/20/2020
藝術作品有多重生命，不同形式的藝術，彼此之間往來頻繁
歷史長河中可資借鏡或轉移的文章、音樂及藝術品
如恆河之砂，任君擷取『註一』
借用或是變身的轉移，估謂之「蛻變」的過程
這和不告而取，拿別人的東西當做自己的不同
轉變或轉型的過程，準備及醖釀可以很快，也能長久延續下去
『註一』：莫扎特的作品 KV 265 “ Zwölf Variationen “ （1778）
即我們都很熟悉的 “小星星變奏曲” ，借用了在當時流傳很廣的一首法國兒歌 “Ah, vous Dirai-je, Maman” (媽媽，你聽我說）的主要旋律寫成的
一串串雨珠
一閃一閃暗夜中
滿綴水晶
一襲霓裳紗衣
是誰遺落在這空林？
點點星光，墜入人間
斷缐珍珠，灑落林蔭
尋尋覓覓，冷冷清清
昨夜風雨，今晨朝露
物換星移日東升
點滴浮遊大氣間
水晶珍珠和星光
恰似春夢了無覓處
這是首我在 YouTube 上發表的一首歌
「水晶紗衣」
它有一段發展的過程：
最初只是一張照片 (如上），攝影師是居家美國東岸一位友人
獲得他本人同意，當時寫了幾行文字如下
和照片一同寄出和友人分享：
圖與文之三
（11/5/2017)
一串串晶瀅如珠的雨滴，綴成一襲閃亮的水晶纱衣，是誰遺失在這綠䕃間？記得回頭來時路，恰似春夢冬雪無覓處!
**（照片為友人魏君所攝）
這是兩年多之前的事。
下面這一頁 影印自自己在 Google Photo 印製的圖文集：
昨夜風雨聲
今晨葉面朝露
晶瑩的水珠
滾動如生
只待太陽露面的一刻
幻化成另一種生命浮游大氣之間
其中一張照片為某個清晨
攝得露珠猶滴的葉片
和當時所寫的文字
這是一年前的事。
再下面是今年春天在台北
居家避疫之際，串在一起幾件事
竟成為這首歌及其他音樂創作的催化劑
（from a letter to friend) I was here in Taipei early spring for more than two months. Waiting for my brother who was to replace me on my post to serve his full 14 days quarantine. Then 4 of my flights got canceled in late April and May I couldn’t leave until mid May. During the last few weeks, I was terribly bored. I couldn’t go anywhere and then when I got the opportunity to try my hands on music composition, I simply grabbed the opportunity to do such simply to keep sane.
You probably didn’t know the arranger of my music (編曲) and project manager ( a nicer term for this tiny group ) is my brother Frank.
While he was locked in on the third floor of our apt. building I heard piano music coming through the window routinely during those days. I know he was just as bored as I was since he couldn’t even step out of the door. In listening, I understood he’s either composing something or did music arrangement for other people.
So I began to get busy on the endeavor. First by picking up a music phrase he’s working on, trying to make something out of it. Being my first try in life in music composition yet it never dawned on me I should do this even though music is something I hold dearly to my heart. What I wrote was named「不再織夢」, using a well-known American song’s lyric “ When I grow too old to dream “ translated into Chinese for the song. It is now available on YouTube as well.
And the rest is history. I have since
composed several pieces of songs and
wrote most of the lyrics with this piece
translated into Chinese from English (不再織夢）years earlier
這首「水晶紗衣」作於今年五六月之間 （May, 2020)
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/8Gen3HPcE1c
No comments:
Post a Comment