“親愛的提奧－梵高書信集”讀後感

讀高中時，我在一天之內像讀懸念小說一樣讀完了歐文·斯通的“渴望生活”，但卻花了很長的時間讀完“親愛的提奧　－梵高書信集”。記得我每次翻了一頁都聽見自己說：慢下來，不要著急，慢慢消化每一個字，每一句話。似乎，我越早讀完此書，就會越早地失去和梵高同在的喜悅。 

梵高以他的畫猛擊這個世界，他以他的語言深深打動我的內心。如果我們承認語言是思想的媒介，梵高應該當之無愧地是一個偉大的思想家。通過他的語言，我看到的是一個沉思的靈魂，一個和自然生生相息的靈魂　－　樹木，山，天空，以及每一寸農田。 

如果梵高把他的熱情注入在他的所有藝術作品中，他的思想便記錄他的這些書信中。在他的畫上我們看到的是狂熱的色彩，但在他的書信中我們卻會看到一個清醒的頭腦。梵高沒有瘋，像許多他的同時代人相信的那樣，他隻不過是一個比較“特殊”的人，有著一份這個世界不能給以他的一些非常簡單的需要。換句話說，瘋了的，是這個世界，而不是梵高。然而，凡高卻給這個世界創造了一筆巨大的精神財富。世界給他的是悲傷，他還回給世界的，卻是陽光的燦爛與灼熱。 

讀這本書已經是25多年的事了。“親愛的提奧”是我最珍貴的收藏之一，它更塑造了我對藝術和生活的看法：一個藝術家在“偉大”之前，首先要真實。我認為，梵高可能不是曆史上最有才華的藝術家，但他卻是第一個真實地描繪自己的藝術家，他的作品沒有任何“裝飾” - 如技巧，概念等等。也就是說，凡高在他的畫中是完全赤裸的一個人。 
我相信，如果這個世上的人都想凡高一樣的真實，這個世界會變得美好一些。

I finished reading Irvine Stone'sLust for Life within one day like finishing a page turner, but I finished reading Dear Theo - letters of Van Gogh after a long time reading - each time I turned the page, I heard myself saying: slow down, take time, and digest every word slowly, as if the sooner I finished reading, the quicker the joy of being with him would vanish.

Van Gogh struck the world with his paintings, he also touched my heart with his words. If we take language as a vehicle of thoughts, Van Gogh deserved to be remembered as a great thinker. Through his words, I saw a man with deep contemplation, a soul that had a close connection with nature by every visible detail: trees, mountains, sky, and every inch of crop field.

If Van Gogh instilled his passion in all his art works, he recorded his thoughts in his words. We see frenzy colors in his paintings, but we will meet a lucid mind in his writings. He was not crazy, like many his contemporaries believed, he was just a special being with some simple needs that the world failed to give. In other words, the world was/is sick, not Van Gogh. Yet he offered to the world a tremendous amount of treasure. The world gave him grief, but he returned with the brilliance of Sunshine.

It has been over 25 years when I read this book. Dear Theo was one of my precious collection, and it shaped my view on art and life: an artist has to be true to him/herself before to be "great". By my opinion, Van Gogh may not be the most talented artist in history, but he was the first one who depicted himself without any "decoration" - such as techniques or concepts. He was completely naked in his works.

And I believe, the world would be different if we all naked like he was.

[tony4321]

沒有如果，世界上不能假設的

[雲易]

回複揮一揮手的評論:
我以前看的是譯著。２０多年了，不記得是誰翻譯的。英文的名字叫：Dear Theo: Autobiography of Van Gogh
http://www.amazon.com/Dear-Theo-Autobiography-Vincent-Gogh/dp/0452275040

另外，剛看了一部電影："Vincent" by Paul Cox。　是根據梵高的書信編輯的。很不一般的。很感人。

[揮一揮手]

好文。
請問樓主書信集是哪個出版社出版的、原著還是譯著、在那裏能買到？
謝謝，並希望得到信息。我想得到這本書很久了。記得好像是兩年前新出版的吧。