「離開台灣」這個念頭在我心中湧起很多次,2008年時我也真的去到澳洲,但當時我只是很迷惘很無助很想離開熟悉的環境,重新去看清楚自己。7個多月後充飽電後滿心期待地回到台灣。然而每到一個階段遇到不合理的工作條件,積非成是的過時社會價值觀,腦中又會響起澳洲回台幾個月遇到重大衝擊後,當我思索著是否離開台灣又不捨時,美國教授給我的一句忠告:Follow your bliss.
基本上,考得進政大都是很會背書的,但這是一堂沒辦法用非凡記憶力或臨時抱佛腳過關的課,同一個議題下,老師提供各家論點,他明說沒有標準答案這種東西,必須從各家觀點中去學習自己分析思辯的能力,試著長出自己的觀點。每堂抽問預習資料,無敵刺激,老師休息時,同學偷偷跑去看點名表,上面有g跟b的記號,同學都在猜說應該是回答課堂抽問Good or Bad的意思。最妙的是他全班都抽問過,整堂課唯獨放我一馬。首度大考,考卷發下後,老師很帥氣地拿起粉筆寫下 You Cheat You Die.
這次的奧斯卡得獎感言非常精采與感人,最佳原創歌曲得主Common & John Legend透過馬丁路德金的精神,鼓勵世界各地為民主人權奮鬥的人們,呼籲美國警覺黑人人權依然受到威脅;<模仿遊戲>編劇得主獲獎感言激勵許多曾經走到生命邊緣的孩子Stay Weird, Stay Different!堪稱本屆奧斯卡最動人的感言。最佳女配角Patricia Arquette (年少時代)大聲疾呼美國爭取每個人平權如此之久,現在應該是推動同工同酬的時刻,美國女性應該獲得同等權利保障,連梅莉史翠普都大表贊同;最佳男主角Eddie Redmayne(愛的萬物論)在感言中將這個獎項獻給全世界各地和漸動症奮戰的人們和史帝芬霍金及其家庭成員;最佳女主角Julianne Moore (我想念我自己)希望這部電影可以帶給所有受阿茲海默症所苦的人一絲希望,感受自己並不孤單,阿茲海默症的患者應該被世人看見,如此一來,我們才能找到治癒的方式。這幾位得主都透過榮耀的時刻與自己獲獎的創作,來傳遞美好的精神與提高世人對重大議題的重視,這才是奧斯卡每年最精采動人的篇章。
BE A MAKER - 探索人生的無限潛能
Steve Jobs 鼓勵年輕人
Find What You Love, For Work and Lover, Keep Looking, Don't Settle.
Follow Your Heart.
許多受邀到美國名校演講的講者有不少沒從大學畢業,甚至沒上過大學,
像是Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Ellen DeGeneres
台灣希望每個年輕人都上大學,但是越來越少來理解大學的價值到底是什麼?
到底為什麼要上大學?這四年在人生中應該有什麼樣的重量?
導致很多學生上大學進到不喜歡的系,某種程度半放棄地得過且過地覺得總之拿到文憑就是了,但是真正的才能不是「文憑」或「學歷」能夠掛保證的,找到自己的熱情所在,那個讓你忘記時間流逝並在過程中能夠不斷地激勵自己前進的事物,無論是興趣或是想持續追求的專業,當你做著自己熱愛的事物,能展現一個人最美好的潛能。即便現在念的不是喜歡的科系,一所大學裡有非常多的課程可以去旁聽去認識,去找到自己喜歡什麼?持續地尋找,不要太早就停頓下來。
"For what it’s worth, it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit... start whenever you want... you can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that stop you. I hope you feel things that you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."
這首Dear Mr. President 懇切地指出一國總統如何遠離人民的期望並背棄人民的寄託。美國政權雖然總是把全球政治搞的亂七八糟,然而美國人民在艱困時刻展現出對於自由人權的堅定總是讓人動容,像是911受難者家屬出來遊行反對開戰以暴制暴。台灣離落實民主還有好長的路要走,離人權保障還有好大一段距離,這不是要靠某個人、某群人的努力,不是去追隨某些有理想的人物,不是去神化任何公眾人物,不是等著去收割別人的努力,更不是躲在螢幕後面打打字說風涼話,在全球化、數位化的時代裡,已經沒有任何人能夠只靠自掃門前雪就能偏安於任何角落,該是停止活在自己的世界裡,而是盡你覺得所能付出的最大極限。這世界有很多不公平,我認為唯一公平的是夢境,無關任何外在條件或社經地位,在深夜的夢境裡,每一個人都是孤獨的,所有白天未盡的慾望與遺憾都會滲入夢境裡,沒有人可以解救你,天堂和地獄之間徘迴不在死後的世界裡,而在每個人每天晚上的夢境裡,所有的努力不過求個問心無愧。
One day, when the glory comes
It will be ours, it will be ours
Oh, one day, when the war is won
We will be sure, we will be here sure
Oh, glory, glory
Oh, glory, glory
Hands to the Heavens, no man, no weapon
Formed against, yes glory is destined
Every day women and men become legends
Sins that go against our skin become blessings
The movement is a rhythm to us
Freedom is like religion to us
Justice is juxtaposition in us
Justice for all just ain't specific enough
One son died, his spirit is revisitin' us
Truant livin' livin' in us, resistance is us
That's why Rosa sat on the bus
That's why we walk through Ferguson with our hands up
When it go down we woman and man up
They say, "Stay down" and we stand up
Shots, we on the ground, the camera panned up
King pointed to the mountain top and we ran up
One day, when the glory comes
It will be ours, it will be ours
Oh, one day, when the war is won
We will be sure, we will be here sure
Oh, glory, glory
Oh, glory, glory glory
Now the war is not over
Victory isn't won
And we'll fight on to the finish
Then when it's all done
We'll cry glory, oh glory
We'll cry glory, oh glory
Selma's now for every man, woman and child
Even Jesus got his crown in front of a crowd
They marched with the torch, we gon' run with it now
Never look back, we done gone hundreds of miles
From dark roads he rose, to become a hero
Facin' the league of justice, his power was the people
Enemy is lethal, a king became regal
Saw the face of Jim Crow under a bald eagle
The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful
We sing, our music is the cuts that we bleed through
Somewhere in the dream we had an epiphany
Now we right the wrongs in history
No one can win the war individually
It takes the wisdom of the elders and young people's energy
Welcome to the story we call victory
Comin' of the Lord, my eyes have seen the glory
One day, when the glory comes
It will be ours, it will be ours
Oh, one day, when the war is won
We will be sure, we will be here sure
Oh, glory, glory
Oh, glory, glory glory
When the war is done, when it's all said and done
We'll cry glory, oh glory