Dislocation between psychological distance and physical distance
-Appreciation of "Far and Near"
Wang Tongliang
far and near
Gu Cheng
You, | look back at me, | look back at the clouds. || I think, | You see I'm far away, | You see the clouds are close.
Appreciation: At first glance, Gu Cheng's Far and Near has a particularly "naive" feeling, which can even be said to be absurd. However, when you enter this country, you will experience a maturity in childishness and a profundity in superficiality.
Far and Near is a somewhat obscure poem expressing specific psychological and aesthetic interests, with subtle and refined expression and profound content. The first section, you, look at me for a while, look at the clouds for a while. It is the act of writing "you" looking around. The second section is the unique feeling of writing "I". "When you look at me, it is far away from you. When you look at the clouds, it's very close. On the surface, this feeling is abnormal. Because you and I are on the same ground, since you can see me, it means that I am in your sight, and the distance between the two sides is not far. And the "cloud" is in the sky, out of reach with people. The poet reveals a psychological distance through appearances. Although people are close at hand, there are various psychological barriers and insurmountable gaps, so they feel "far away". And people and clouds, people and nature can exchange feelings, so they feel "close"-close and harmonious. The poet used symbolism to show the disharmony between psychological distance and physical distance, and expressed his pursuit and yearning for a good relationship between people.
In a word, the poem "Far and Near" gives people a fairy-tale aesthetic feeling, which deeply implies the seemingly absurd but practical and reasonable phenomenon. After reading it, the "lingering sound" is memorable.