Language operates between literal and metaphorical signification.

  • -- Robert Smithson 罗伯特·史密森

语言在字面意义和隐喻意义之间运作。

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In workshopping short stories I learned how to get character down, and how to work with ratios of literal to fantastic to make a world that people can believe in even if it's a little wild or out there.

在工作购物的短篇小说中,我学会了如何塑造人物性格,以及如何运用文字与幻想的比例,来创造一个人们可以相信的世界,即使这个世界有点狂野或狂野。

But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.

但人类的行为有时是一种防御,一种隐藏动机和思想的方式,因为语言可以是一种隐藏思想和阻止交流的方式。

I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it.

我的父母都很文笔,我想用隐喻和艺术来生存,这让我感到非常羞愧。

I have never designed a language for its own sake.

我从来没有为语言本身而设计过一种语言。