Image, Poem & Music, Part I, ® 2005 Expose yourself to Life.

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這張圖是Hal Foster在第一場演講“班雅明和他的野蠻人”中引用的的簡報文字，摘錄自班雅明“經驗與貧乏”一文。試譯如下，作為“我喝了要命的混合飲料”譯文的補充。
錄影檔請看：Walter Benjamin and His Barbarians

Barbarism? Yes indeed. We say this in order to introduce a new, positive concept of barbarism. For what does poverty of experience do for the barbarian? It forces him to start from scratch; to make a new start; to make a little go a long way; to begin with a little and build up further, looking neither left nor right. Among the great creative spirits, there have always been those who begin by clearing a tabula rasa…
In its buildings, pictures, and stories, mankind is preparing to outlive culture if need be…
                                                

                                                — Walter Benjamim, “Experience and Poverty”(1933)

野蠻主義？的確沒錯。我們這麼說是為了引介一種新而積極的野蠻主義概念。我們看看，經驗的貧乏對野蠻人有何影響？喔，它迫使他從胡亂塗寫開始；著手新的開端；在漫長的路程上邁上一小步；從小處開始建構起遠景，既不左也不右。在偉大的創造靈魂中，總不乏從清理白板開始的＊⋯⋯
在這樣的建築、繪畫、和小說故事中，人類準備必要時得活(贏)過文化(活得比文化更長久/熬過文化而活下來)⋯⋯
                                                           
                                                                         —— 班雅明，《經驗與貧乏》(1933)

＊白板，Tabula rasa，拉丁語：是一個認知論主題，認為人的個體生來沒有內在或與生俱來的心智，亦即：是一塊白板，所有的知識都是逐漸從他們的感官和經驗而來。(維基百科)