牆上的斑點（英文原版）The Mark on the Wall

意識流小說代表作家伍爾夫的作品，想當初在大學時期第一本精讀的小說就是它，如今十多年過去了，再讀，依舊覺得很難讀。但不是說寫得不好，而是作家對文字的處理方式，表達方式以及各種意向的交織，這種寫法對一個非母語的人閱讀來說並不友好。

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高中時候特別喜歡這篇，現在看原文也很好看\(//∇//)\

I loved that Woolf gives us the freedom to think without obligation. To stare at a wall, and see the entire universe behind it. What struck me most was the raw subjectivity of perception. We only see the world through our own shifting lens. Oh! dear me, the mystery of life; The inaccuracy of thought! The ignorance of humanity! Woolf's experiment of psychological realism felt both liberating and unsettling, as it celebrates the freedom of interiority while exposing the inescapable chaos of the world outside & inside the mind. The notion of thought, as Woolf suggests, can become a spiral, disconnected from action. I found that so relatable. Interestingly, the "full stop" becomes the text's, as well as our thoughts' ironic admission that reality will always intrude. Still, there's no harm in putting a full stop to one's disagreeable thoughts by looking at a mark on the wall. Wow