สวัสดีอีกรอบค่ะอาจารย์,

 

ขอส่งคำตอบภาคภาษาอังกฤษจากนักเรียนอินเตอร์อาวุโสของอาจารย์จากวิทยาเขตกรุงเทพค่ะ

 

พอรู้ว่าอาจารย์พิชัยมีรูปใหม่ก็ขมีขมันรีบลุกขึ้นมาดูเลยค่ะ  ขนาดลงนอนไปแล้ว (หนูบาปหรือเปล่านี่)

 

ถามก่อนเลยว่ารูปหมาอีกหรือเปล่า แหะ ๆ

 

คำตอบค่ะ

 

1. What do you see?

 

• Different stages of life.

 

• "..You'd only start living when the flame is on..."

 

• "...I think the fresh, unlit match could even indicate the one that is still in the womb, not born yet, or the baby that yet has to start its life...."

 

• "....The unlit match could mean the starting points in many more ways than one, too.  Like, it could mean the starting point when you finish school, university, or entering a new job...."

 

2.  What does that remind you of?  What kind of impression does it have on you?

 

• "...Uncertainty.  The unlit match could mean the healthy state of young person.  Once lit, it could mean being triggered by a sudden hit of chronic disease or illness and his/ her life quickly deteriorates...."

 

• "....The only thing that is permanent is impermanence itself.

 

• "....Another concept of this match-burning is that the time on earth is quite limited...."

 

• Why?  Because the flame burns, doesn't it?    It needs resources to burn.  The longer it stays on, the more it becomes like carbon...."

 

• "...And time is also a limited resources.  Most of the time, we do not realize it...."

 

• "...And by going to Chiangmai Vipassana Center, most people would realize it....Some more, some less.  But I think everybody's eyes are open, in general, basically...."    (ป๊ะปะหนูพูดเองนะคะอาจารย์  หนูเปล่าบอกบทนะคะเนี่ย  โห...ปลื้ม ๆ)

 

• "....It's only in the environment of meditation that you can see very clear what is happening in your life, what you are going through...."

 

• "....So, to see these burning matches is to see your life's time frame in super-fast motion...Everything is so compressed in a very short-time"

 

• "....I like it that he puts here these 5 matches as the examples...."

 

•  "...Why?   If you burns the match long enough, it would bend over as if it is showing an older person, an older life....."

 

• "...You could not convey the same message if you just light 5 candles..."

 

• "...I wonder if Ajarn Pichai made the photo himself?  The photo is so clear and vivid.  Like something real in front of me...."

 

• "....I think he must have used the Super Macro mode...."

 

3.  Why?

 

•  "...Because the only thing that is permanent in this world is Impermanence itself...."

 

4.  What title would you give to this piece of art?

            

          "The Impermanence of Life"