花的美在于它的無中生有,在于它的窮通變化,有時,一夜之間,花拆了,有時,半個上午,花胖了,花的美不全在色、香,在于那份不可思議。我喜歡慎重其事地坐等曇花(epiphyllum)開放,其實曇花并不是太好看的一種花,它的美在于它的仙人掌身世給人的沙漠聯想,以及它猝然而逝所帶給人的悼念,但曇花的拆放卻是一種扎實的美,像一則愛情故事,美在過程,而不在結局。
The beauty of the flower lies in its emergence from nothing, and its inexhaustible changes. Sometimes, the flowers bloom overnight, and sometimes, the flowers plump up in half a morning. The beauty of flowers lies not all in the color and fragrance, but in its incredibility. I like to wait for the epiphyllum to bloom with consideration. In fact, the epiphyllum is not so beautiful a flower. Its beauty lies in the association of desert as a member of Cactaceae family and the mourning that it brings to people over its sudden death. However, the epiphyllum in blossom is a real beauty that we can feel, like a love story whose beauty lies in the process, not the end.