给芳芳的信4

李牧

亲爱的芳芳，
我知道我为什么一直都有好心情了，因为每一天我都会遇到很多来自陌生人的微笑。哪怕只是和我擦肩而过的人，哪怕只是一次眼神的相遇，对方都会对你报以善意和友好的微笑。这些，在上海是很难感受到的。
街头艺人就像这个城市里无处不在的涂鸦一样，成为一道文化景观。艺人不是乞讨者，他们能赢得路人的尊重和掌声。每个人都有权利以任何方式展示自己的才华，警察不会驱赶他们。当我遇到街头艺人时，我都会停下来，听他们的演出。很特别的是，他们的声音总是和城市的声音混合在一起，这是一个不可分割的整体，美妙极了。我注意到一个细节，很少有中国人在街头展示才艺，也同样很少有中国人会停下脚步，给钱的大多是白人和黑人。
我忽然想起艾未未当年离开北京去纽约，在去往机场的路上对他母亲说：我要回家了！我特别能理解他说这话时的心情。
窗外是黑压压的乌云，下雨了！ 闪电，狂风，暴雨。
所有人见到我都会谈及艾未未，他们知道的比我们多，我只是听他们讲。他们会谈及**，中国的人权和自由。最后他们会对我强调，**不等于中国人民，就像美国政府不等于美国人民一样。
昨天遇到一个日本的女音乐家，她对我说：”I am so sorry for that war Japan to China.”我没有想到她会这么说，我安慰她说：“It’s history.We are good friends and good neighbors now.” 我的朋友告诉我说，在美国日本人比中国人受欢迎，因为他们比中国人更懂得礼节，他们谦让、尊重别人。
每个周末，我上街的时候都能遇到游行的队伍，少的几百人，多的达数千人。他们举着牌子，喊着口号，有时还齐声唱歌，向路人发宣传单。他们满脸微笑，似乎这是他们的节日。警察聚集在周围，帮着维持秩序。同时，每个警察都是荷枪实弹。
自由是什么？这里真的是一个自由的国度吗？

雨停了，我要出发去一个泰国朋友的家里吃泰国菜。我买了一个蓝莓派带上，因为我在王家卫的电影《蓝莓之夜》里看到过，我一直想尝尝它的味道。

现在是你的凌晨7点，亲亲你！

牧
2011.6.9 纽约

Dear Fangfang,

I know why I always had a good feeling, because I had met a lot of smiles from strangers every day. If the people pass me, even if only once eyes met, the other will give me friendly smile. It is seldom happened in Shanghai.
Street performers like the city's graffiti in everywhere, become a cultural landscape. Artists are not beggars, they can win the respect and applause from passers. Everyone has the right to display their talents in any way, the police will not drive them. When I meet the street performers, I would stop and listen to their playing. Their voice always be mixed with the voice of the city, which is an indivisible whole, it’s wonderful. I noticed a detail that few Chinese artists in the street and very few Chinese will stop and give money to them, they are white and black.
I suddenly remembered that Ai Weiwei leave Beijing to New York that year,he said to his mother: I'm going home! I can understand his mood when he said this.
It is more clouds out the window, it’s rainning! Lightning, strong winds and rain.

Everyone I met will talk about Ai Weiwei with me , they know more than we do, I just listen. They talk about the Chinese government, China's human rights and freedoms. Finally, they told me that the Chinese government does not the Chinese people, just as the U.S. government does not the American people
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Yesterday, I met a Japanese musician, she said to me: "I am so sorry for that war Japan to China." I did not think she would say this, I said: "It's history.We are good friends and good neighbors now. " My friend told me that the Japanese be welcome in America than Chinese. Because they are more politeness better than Chinese.
I can meet the parade on the streets every weekend. Sometimes they are hundreds people, sometimes thousands of people. They held up signs, shouting slogans, sometimes singing in unison. They smiled, it seems that this is their holiday. Police gathered around, helping to maintain order. Also, each police are heavily armed.
What is freedom? This is a really free country?

The rain is stop now, I think I'll go to a Thai friend's house for Thai food dinner. I bought a blueberry pie to bring, because I had seen Wong Kar-wai's film "My Blueberry Nights" , I always want to taste this pie.

Now is your 7:00 in the morning, kiss you!

Mu
June 8,2011 New York

蓝风

好喜欢这个构图，缓缓深垂的瀑布，绿云般的细碎枝叶，一种清淡的美感，一己之感。

灰色的蛾拼命扑扇着翅膀 沿着窗棂
它是想飞进来

屋里的灯很亮

倏地
不见它了

我想：它精疲力竭了
正探头去寻
又见它拼命扑扇着翅膀飞上来

人大抵也是如此，对自由、快乐、爱的渴望与生俱来，不分中国人或纽约人。那，为什么国人难有微笑？面对这样的差异，叹息，是任何一个感官齐全且正常的人都会的吧；思考、探究这现象背后，少许人会做；自问：我能做些什么让国人不再隐藏微笑？有几人？

蓝莓派味道如何？

F. 2011.6.12 夜