Chapter 99 Gibran and May's love letter

Gibran and May's love letter Gibran was a poet, essayist, and painter.He studied painting at the Paris Academy of Fine Arts. There are many illustrations in his booklet, all of which are his own works. Gibran was a disciple of the great sculptor Rodin.The characters in his works all have a strong romantic feeling. Dan sketch style.His portrait of Christ, it seems to me, is almost using his teacher as a model. of.Those dreamlike landscapes and figures were also influenced by Rodin's sketches.no wonder rodin They praised him very much, saying that his talent is a bit like William Blake, a British poet and painter.

Gibran was born in Lebanon in 1883.When he was twelve years old, he left the story with his family He went to the United States from his hometown, lived in Boston, and later returned to Lebanon to study and travel around. At the age of nineteen, he left his hometown again.Since then, I have never gone back. He has a girlfriend named Messeyade, a writer and Lebanese. The relationship between the two is a poetic romance.An article once said that the two of them human relationship: "It's a little unimaginable that a man and a woman can communicate in addition to correspondence on paper.

Besides, they never knew each other, nor met each other, and fell in love with each other.But the artists themselves They have their own way of life that is different from ordinary people, which only they can understand.great This is the case with the love affair between the great Lebanese female writers Messaiade and Gibran. " After Gibern's death in 1931, Messaiard sent some of the books between them to The letter was made public.This matter is definitely known to the world.There is a letter from Messaiard The letter was sent to Gibran from Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 1912.At this time

Burren published his novel "The Cracked Wing" and sent a copy to May for criticism.Mei read After that, he wrote back a letter in which he raised different questions about marriage and women's fidelity. Opinion.One of them says this: "... Gibran, I cannot agree with you on the question of marriage. I respect your thoughts, I respect your opinions, because I know that you The defense given by the principles laid down by God is serious and solemn.i totally agree with you fundamental principles of women's emancipation.Women should be as free as men to choose choose her own husband.This should not be swayed by the advice and help of her neighbors and relatives,

It should be her own personal choice to decide.When she chooses her life partner, A woman should completely accept the bondage of this duty of living together.you say These are the heavy chains of the times.Yes, I agree with you, these Heavy chains indeed, but remember that these chains are from the hand of nature, and he It is also the maker of today's women. " Gibran continued to answer May's inquiry in the letter. Naturally, the words he used were a little Symbolically: "...As for the clothes I'm wearing today, it's customary to wear two sets at the same time

of two: one set was woven by the weaver and sewn by the tailor; the other was made of flesh and bone. But the suit I'm wearing today is a voluminous robe sprinkled with different Broken dots of color ink.This robe is not much different from that worn by wandering monks. It's just cleaner.When I go back to the East, I don't wear anything but old fashioned oriental clothes. "...As for my office, it still has no roof and no walls, but It is a sea of ​​sand and a sea of ​​air, both similar to those of yesterday, with great waves, and without Yaan.But the ships we use to navigate these seas are mastless.you see you are

Do you think you can supply the masts for my boat? " Gibran described himself to May in a symbolic way: "What shall I tell you about this man whom God caught between two women? One of them turned his dream into waking; the other turned his waking into dream.I for What would this man whom God had placed between two lamps have to say?is she depressed or hapiness?Is he a stranger in this world?I have no idea.but i would like to ask You, would you like this man to remain a stranger in the world, whose words are The world doesn't need any of them.I do not know either.But I still want to ask you, would you like to use

The language that this man uses speaks to him, for you know better than anyone better solution. "There are many in this world who do not understand the words of my soul; in this world, There are also many who do not understand the language of your soul.May, I am life that gave One of those people of many of our friends and confidants.But please tell me: in these serious Is there anyone among our friends to whom we can say: Give us our cross, How about a day on your back? "Does anyone know of another song behind our singing, which is What cannot be sung by voice, nor expressed by quivering strings?is there anyone

Can we see joy in our sorrow, and sorrow in our joy? "...May, do you remember that you once told me that a journalist wrote Give you, ask for what every journalist asks for -- your picture?I used to Thinking of the reporter's request again and again, but every time I always ask myself Say: I'm not a journalist, so I can't ask for what a journalist asks.yes Yes, I'm not a reporter.If I am the boss or editor of some publication or newspaper, I will Will frankly and not shyly ask her for her picture.But I'm not a reporter, what do you call me? What to do? "