Take a Break 歇息片刻: Penang Butterfly Farm 槟城蝴蝶公园

Visited on July 2013

每一个蝴蝶都是从前一朵花的鬼魂，回来寻找它自己。

——这句话是苏打绿，也是张爱玲。

等有一天我醒了，会告诉你一个暧昧模糊的梦境：是我梦见自己的肉身像蛹一样撕裂，翅膀从内往外张开，美艳的色彩像是打翻水彩随意贱泼而成，我迎向阳光顺应风的触抚感受世间的温度，待起飞的一刻；还是蝴蝶在睡梦中看见自己变成了人，优美的步伐踩着绿荫，在原野赤裸向我走来。咦，那不是我自己吗？

Each butterfly is the ghost of a flower that came back to find themselves back – Soda Green (Group artist) / Eileen Chang (Chinese writer)

我喜欢蝴蝶，而喜欢是不需要理由的。应该这么说，美丽的事物是不需要理由也能让人无条件疯狂的迷恋。高楼耸立的年代，要看见草丛上成群的蝴蝶自由自在飞动，对小孩来说是见难事，你可要求教师在中学美术课让学生画一只记忆里的蝴蝶，我相信大部分学生除了印象中蝴蝶应有的一双翅膀，两个触须，三双腿脚，四个蝶叶，他们真的对蝴蝶一无所知了。

到蝴蝶槟城公园一游，才发现钢骨建成的都市实在是太小了。

Kim love butterfly and he love it without any reason. It also can be explain in this way, beautiful things can make a people obsess with it and love it unconditionally without the requirement of any reason. It this concrete jungle, it is almost impossible for kids nowadays to watch flocks of butterflies flying freely. If you don’t believe it, you can request their teacher to draw a butterfly according to their understanding. We believe that most of the students will just draw a pair of wings, two tentacles, three feet and four leaves. They really do not have any idea about butterfly is at all.

After we pay a visit butterfly farm, we just realize that how tiny and meaningless is a concrete jungle.

大白斑蝶 Paper kite or Rice Paper (Idea Leuconoe)

丽蛱蝶 The Clipper (Parthenos Sylvia)

大白斑蝶 Paper kite or Rice Paper (Idea Leuconoe)

白带锯蛱蝶 New Lacewing (Cethosia Cyane)

今年，我参观三次蝴蝶公园，两次在槟城，一次在吉隆坡。或许你说，这些蝴蝶和你一起被关在大笼子里，你看它，它看你，它们不怎么快乐，参观也没意思。我想，你不是蝴蝶，你又知道它不快乐，你自己都不快乐，你要它如何快乐呢？离开花园，我决定像一只蝴蝶，顺着风飞到花香处，哪里都欢迎你停留，只要你愿意分享你的快乐。

This is the third time Kim visited butterfly farm. Twice at Penang and once at KL. May be you will say that it is not worth to visit butterfly farm since it is just like you and the butterfly are off together in a huge cage and just look at each other there. So, Kim decided to become a butterfly that fly along with the wind to a place that full with flower, stop at any places that he desired after leaving butterfly farm. As long as you are willing to share your happiness, you will be happy too.

Lily with Butterfly.

Kim with Butterfly.

Shi Gang with Butterfly.

Boon Han with Butterfly.

蝴蝶像是我失去一半的灵魂，两条生命线总是不断的交织重叠。我和蝴蝶的故事可以说上一晚，我演过一只粉红色的蝴蝶，和林中的花朵一起盛开绽放，与蟋蟀蚕虫编织交响曲，躲避鸟类的追捕与猎食，没有高潮迭起的剧情，全是和谐的自然生态画面。

Butterfly is like Kim long lost soul where both life are always interval with each other. Kim’s story about butterfly cannot be explained in just a few sentences. He just had too much connection with butterfly.

Our selfie 大头自拍

我和丽莉也做过各式的昆虫标本，美丽而残忍的记录，那时和两位同伴攀山涉水，采蜂捕蝶，在雨中把湿透的肉身交还于自然，提着网支罐子，里面装着蝴蝶蜻蜓，嗡嗡作响碰撞罐子。蝴蝶的生命短暂，那一定格的瞬间是光辉的时刻，美丽得让人心疼。

Kim and Lily also had done all kinds of insect specimen before. It is a beautiful at the same time is also a cruel record. He still remember the entire process of collection all those specimens. Butterfly’s life is too short. We should really appreciate those butterflies.

大学时期参与梁祝化蝶的舞台剧演出，担任舞蹈员与一些幕后的制作，花费了大量的时间，从台前到幕后，练习到演出，蝴蝶这个自古以来文人墨客欣赏的意象离不开我脑海。化蝶凄美的爱情故事，流传千古，也让我对蝴蝶心生喜好与怜悯，说不定我的一对标本就是轮回几世情缘的梁山伯与祝英台。

During Kim’s undergraduate time, he had joined “Butterfly Lovers” theatrical performances. Since he is a backup dancer and producer, he just can’t get away from butterfly. Butterfly poignant love story that spread through ages let Kim love butterfly more than ever. May be Kim’s before life is a butterfly.

在花园里，流水潺潺的小瀑布里有悠闲自在的鱼儿，奇花异草开得正盛，在独木桥中徘徊，邂逅与蝶共舞的人儿。绿色覆盖的大地，是蚕虫蝴蝶昆虫的避风港，远离喧嚣的城市。

Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves. -- Drew Barrymore

蝴蝶挥动翅膀，很轻很轻，还有许多等着我待续的故事。