美國藝術家呼籲人們分享書籍而非自拍(雙語)

Earlier this year, American artist Shaheryar Malik was about to post a selfie from the Brooklyn Bridge (紐約布魯克林大橋) when he had second thoughts. He wanted to share something different with the world.

       今年早些時候，當美國藝術家沙爾亞·馬利克想發張在紐約布魯克林大橋的自拍照時，突然轉念一想，希望同世界分享些別樣的東西。

       Malik thought social media had become impersonal and he wanted to connect with people in a more meaningful way. His Reading Project was thus born. The artist began leaving piles of his books in famous locations with a card containing simple instructions inside each one: Take a book, read it and share your thoughts with me.

       馬利克認為社交媒體已經不再有人情味兒，而他希望通過一種更有意義的方式將人與人之間聯繫起來。他的閱讀項目由此而生。這位藝術家開始在一些著名的地方留下他成堆的書籍，每本書都夾放著一張寫著簡易指示的卡片：帶走一本書，閱讀它並與我分享讀後感。

       The piles of books themselves are works of art, but so is the process of sharing. Unlike many of the things we share today, Malik likes to keep the project off social media. When he has left his books behind, he prefers email to be the only way that he learns what happens to them. The project has now taken him—and his books—around the world.

       這堆書本身就是一種藝術，同時也是一種分享過程。不像我們現在分享的諸多東西，馬利克喜歡讓這個項目遠離社交媒體。當他留下書時，他傾向於只通過郵件來知悉後續發生的事情。現在，該項目已經將他和他的書推向了全球。

       The artist has received messages from people in more than 30 countries around the world. For Malik, books are 「meaningless and lifeless」 if they gather dust on a shelf and are never read again. He now intends to carry on with the project for some time.

       這位藝術家收到來自全球30多個國家的人發來的消息。對於馬利克來說，書籍如果被束之高閣且無人問津，則毫無意義和生氣。他現在打算繼續將這個項目做一段時間。

       Most of all, Malik loves the connection the books give him to strangers across the globe, something a Facebook post could never achieve.

       最重要的是，馬利克喜歡書將他與其他世界上素未相識的人聯繫起來，這是臉書帖子無法做到的。

       The message is clear: Share books, not selfies.

       這充分說明了：分享書籍更重要，而不是自拍。