4/25 Dahu/Forest Church

by | Apr 24, 2019 | keywords

WU Ming-Yi, The Man with the Compound Eyes
  1. Bunun people
  2. Millet
  3. mountains
  4. search and rescue team
  5. And there were still other moths with eyespots on their wings, like innumerable eyes staring at him.
  6. Every thread of rain was glowing, as if the moon itself had turned to rain, like the moon was falling all around him.
  7. anything that’s been thrown away has its own tale to tell
  8. “What can you do?” he asked me back. I discovered his eyes weren’t like human eyes. They were more like compound eyes of countless single eyes, the eyes of clouds, mountains, streams, meadowlarks and muntjacs, all arranged together. As I gazed, each little eye seemed to contain a different scene, and those scenes arranged to form a vast panorama the likes of which I had never seen. (p.186)
  9. Forest Church
  10. a vessel that could contain her
  11. Only after meeting Sara did he begin to think that maybe, just maybe he did not have to drill all they way through when there was a sound he did not understand, that some sounds could only exist if they were left alone, undrilled, intact.

SUN Dachuan, “The World of Mountains and Seas”
  1. aboriginal literature
  2. mountains and seas
  3. Nonindigenous writers will use indigenous subject matter in their writing, whether it is positive or critical. Those writers who have an indigenous “identity” can engage any kind of subject matter.
  4. We deeply believe that a solely Han Chinese-centered historical narrative or cultural discourse is not only incomplete but will suffocate the life force of national culture.