Frida Kahlo,不論你對她的名字熟不熟悉,一定會對她的艷麗花冠與招牌一字眉有印象。
Frida 是女性主義者也是才華洋溢的藝術家,以自畫像聞名,流淌墨西哥血液的她,作品充滿繽紛色彩,但卻可以在其中看到不少針筒和血液,因她六歲得到小兒麻痺,導致雙腿一長一短,後來遭遇嚴重車禍,經歷三十八次手術後,仍面臨截肢。
除了身體的痛苦以外,她不斷承受愛情的折磨,墨西哥知名畫家 Diego 是她的繆思與摯愛,卻在婚後不斷偷腥,一直到與 Frida 親生妹妹發生關係,Frida 才黯然結束這段婚姻。
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看她的一生,你會震驚她怎麼有能耐承受這般極致的痛苦。如果妳也同樣為生活感到苦痛,讀讀 Frida 的人生箴言,事實上,人生還有無限可能,每次痛,都是讓自己更美麗的過程,而且你會發現,你並不是孤單一人。
#1
相信自己,你就不會被打倒
Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?
如果有翅膀可以飛,我何必需要腿?
#2
不要覺得自己怪,這個世界上一定有人懂你
I used to think I was the strangest person in the world, but then I thought, there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels flawed and bizarre in the same…
I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too.
Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this, know that, yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you.
以前,我總認為自己是世界上最奇怪的人,但現在我想,世界那麼大,一定有人和我一樣覺得自己有缺陷或很詭異 …。
我可以想像她的樣子,而且想像她一定也在世界某個角落,想著這樣的我。
如果你讀到這段話,請你明白,對,我在這,就和你一樣奇怪。
#3
撐下去,最後你會發現自己做得到
At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.
最終,我們會發現自己能承受的,遠遠超乎原先所想。
#4
相信自己會幸福,只要你問心無愧
You deserve the best, the very best, because you are one of the few people in this lousy world who are honest to themselves, and that is the only thing that really counts.
你值得最好的,最最最好的。因為你是這個污濁世界裡,少數肯對自己誠實的人,而這才是真正有價值的事。
#5
生命裡的每次挑戰,都會讓你更接近智者
Pain, pleasure and death are no more than a process for existence. The revolutionary struggle in this process is a doorway open to intelligence.
痛苦、快樂和死亡,都不過是活著的過程。在這個過程中,革命性的抗爭將能領你通往智慧的大門。
#6
你要相信死而後生,否極會泰來
What doesn’t kill me, nourishes me.
殺不死我的那些事,都是我人生的養分。
#7
不放膽去做,怎麼知道什麼是人生?
Life is a daring adventure or nothing.
人生,就是要大膽冒險,否則不如死去。
#8
放寬心,人生會有痛苦是必然
The pain is not part of the life, but can be converted into life itself.
別把痛苦想成人生的一部分,你可以把它轉成生命的一種模樣。
#9
痛讓我們成熟,讓女人更美麗
You have to be honest; we woman can not live without pain.
你必須承認,沒有痛苦,我們女人也活不下去。
#10
給真愛一點時間,他總會到來
You deserve a lover who makes you feel safe, who can consume this world whole if he walks hand in hand with you; someone who believes that his embraces are a perfect match with your skin.
你值得一個給你安全感的情人,當他牽起你的手,就彷彿吞噬整個世界;一個相信他的擁抱能和你的肌膚融為一體的人。
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