Questions I Am
Living With

Structure can make attention possible. It can also prevent the unplanned from being recognised.

结构可以让注意成为可能，也可能让未经计划之物难以被看见。

For now, I choose structure where it protects attention, and leave part of the day unscored. I still do not know exactly where intention becomes control.

此刻，我会在结构能够保护注意力时选择结构，也会让一天中的一部分不被计分。我仍不知道，有意识的选择究竟从哪里开始变成控制。

Ambition becomes clearer when it names a quality of practice, not only an outcome.

当野心指向一种实践的质量，而不只是一项结果时，它会变得更清楚。

My present measure is not how much can be fitted into a life, but whether the difficulty I choose enlarges the person able to meet it.

我此刻衡量野心的方式，不是生活里还能塞进多少事情，而是我选择的困难，是否也扩展了那个能够面对它的人。

Keeping and releasing are both forms of editing; neither is automatically an act of loyalty.

保留与放下都是编辑的方式；两者都不天然等同于忠诚。

I am trying to preserve what remains alive in use, not what survives only through familiarity. The distinction is still easier to state than to practise.

我正在尝试保留那些仍会在使用中继续生长的事物，而不是仅凭熟悉感延续的一切。这个区别说起来仍比真正做到容易。