Back to the days of online surfing and MSN, I need to remember to set my IE browser to about:blank otherwise it will be hijacked to spam portal sites. A book will always be cut into multiples of two; folded once and open again, faint creases reveal themselves: visibly at the juncture of the arm and forearm, visibly at tight sealed lips that struggling to articulate something. From the main body to metaphorical bodies, from the Antarctic to the Arctic, spectators to the cage... As far back as 1880, the "A record of the statesmanship and political achievements of Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, regular Democratic nominee for president of the United States," was birthed, a four-page blank book concealed within a pastel blue cover, a mockery of pristine emptiness. It's definitely not forgetting what to say; if language could take form, it would regurgitate. Even without content, a cross must be drawn on the page to dispel doubts; absolute clamor and relative quietude, what matters is not the quietness itself, but its significance.

This page is blank, it is not an accident.

记得还是网上冲浪和MSN的年代得把IE浏览器设置成about:blank不然会被垃圾门户网站劫持。一本书的切割方式怎么都是二的倍数；一折为二之后打开淡淡的折痕可以在大臂和小臂的交界看到，在抿紧试图张开说些什么的嘴唇上能看到。主体喻体，南极北极，观众牢笼……早在1880年就诞生了《美国总统之民主党提名候选人温菲尔德·斯科特·汉考克将军的政治才能及成就纪录》的四页空白书，精美的蓝色封面里面是干干净净的讽刺。才不是忘了该说什么，如果语言可以具像化收回反刍。哪怕没有内容也要在页面上画一个叉来排除疑问；绝对吵闹和相对安静，在意的不是沉默本身，而是沉默的意味。




此页留白，不是不小心的。