What's up Hivers! Here are some photos I captured on the streets of people repairing shoes.
The first two pictures were taken in Xijiang, a village in southwestern China where Miao minority groups live. As you can see from the second photo, the local women there had a unique hairdo with camellia flower decorations. They were both repairing fabric shoes with embroidery patterns.
I saw them working attentively under the same tree at the same place but at different times of the day. There was a wooden sign next to the stands saying "by people with disabilities". It might be some kind of local project helping handicapped people.
The third photo is from Santiago, the capital city of Chile.
今天来分享几张街头抓拍到的修鞋照片，前两张在贵州的苗寨，后一张在智利首都圣地亚哥。
上次写到名为“万物无常”的展览，想起一段散文，分享如下：
若无常野露水不消，鸟部山云烟常住，而人生于世亦得不老不死，则万物之情趣安在？
世间万物无常，唯此方为妙事耳！
观夫受命于天之生物，其生命未有长于人者。若蜉蝣之朝生而夕死者有之，若夏蝉之不知春秋者有之。
以舒缓之心度日，则一年亦觉悠悠无尽；以贪着之心度日，纵千年之久，更何异一夜之梦！
于不得常住之世，而待老丑之必至，果何为哉！寿则多辱。至迟四十以前合当瞑目，此诚佳事也。
过此则了无自惭形秽之心，唯思于人前抛头露面，且于夕阳之日，贪爱子孙，更望能及身见彼等之荣达，一味执着于世俗名利，而于万类情趣一无所知，思之实可悲可厌也！
摘自：《徒然草》
作者： 吉田兼好 王以铸译
很喜欢这段妙趣横生的文字。世间万物无常，淡泊名利，以舒缓之心度日‧‧‧‧‧‧ 完全同意。然鹅，世界这么大🌏，如果四十岁就让我瞑目，不够鄙人感受这万类情趣啊~🥰
老丑必至，寿则多辱？来看看你们霓虹同胞怎么说来着（请原谅我戏精附体，吃饱了饭没事干在这里跟古人对话）：
树木希林这位老戏骨在采访中还说：“人一旦有了欲望和执念，就会成为弱点，容易被人趁虚而入。我没有欲望，所以才让人觉得害怕。“ 其实也类似这段的主旨吧。
又想起我之前发过的一张照片，也是智利的老年人：
漂不漂亮没关系，优不优雅也无所谓（我本想说不要太丑就好，但是丑又如何定义呢？），只求让我在万物情趣中健康快活地老去~~