Live with kindness.

做個良善的人

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走到路程後半段，某天走著走著，飄出了「Muxia」，
是到了Santiago後，大部分的人會繼續往海岸走的兩個地方，被稱作世界的盡頭，也是象徵重生之地。

看著日期算著回程的時間，或許是要我先到這兩個地方，因此我決定跳過Santiago 先到了Muxia

下午到達庇護所時，旁邊有一個半開的空間吸引了我，可以窺見裡面有一些畫作，在踏入與先將身上的熱氣洗去之間，
我選擇後者，以飛快的速度完成便又走向旁邊的空間，還好門還開著，因著好奇我踏了進去詢問是否可以參觀。
是一位在Muxia 生長與長時間投入家鄉的畫家Alex。

In the second half of my journey, one day as I was walking, the word "Muxía" suddenly came to me.
It’s one of the two coastal towns many pilgrims walk to after reaching Santiago.
They are known as the "end of the world" — places of rebirth.

Looking at the calendar and counting the days before my return,
I felt maybe I was meant to go there first.
So, I decided to skip Santiago for now and headed straight to Muxía.

When I arrived at the albergue in the afternoon,
there was a half-open space next to it that caught my eye.
I could glimpse some paintings inside.

I hesitated — should I explore it first, or wash off the heat and sweat from the day?
I chose the latter, quickly showered, and returned to the space.
Luckily, the door was still open.

Curious, I stepped in and asked if I could take a look.
There I met Alex — a painter born in Muxía who has dedicated much of his life to this town.

之後的一切對話，都是google為我們傳遞的。
簡單的問我哪裡來，分享並翻閱他大量的隨筆，
我問他每天都在這裡嗎？

：「我只有早上在這裡，今天是因為朋友們晚點要來喝酒聊天。接著他又說：如果你沒有事，也可以加入我們。
接近他與朋友約定的時間，我又出現在那裡。

有幾位朋友會講英文，偶爾就與我交談
喝著紅酒，每個人都帶了一些下酒菜，還有一位女士的媽媽自製的漬梨凍

After that, all our conversations were carried by Google.
He just asked me where I was from,
then shared and flipped through a large collection of his notebooks and personal writings with me.

I asked him, "Are you here every day?"

He said, "I'm only here in the mornings. Today I'm staying because some friends are coming later to drink and chat."
Then he added, "If you're free, you can join us too."

Around the time his friends were supposed to arrive, I went back there.

Some of his friends spoke English, so they chatted with me from time to time.
We drank red wine. Everyone brought some snacks to share.
One woman even brought pear jelly that her mother made at home.

之後要散場時，他說如果明天早上我還沒要離開，可以來分享作品給他。
隔天，我又出現在工作室裡，

他問我要畫畫嗎？
空間裡放著用卡帶播放的音樂，在這諾大的工作空間
不曉得要畫什麼的我，就隨意讓畫筆在紙上亂甩，亂點，亂塗，亂移位

我只知道當下的我感到很幸福也有點荒謬

Before we said goodbye, he told me that if I wasn't leaving the next morning, I could come back and share my work with him.
The next day, I showed up at the studio again.

He asked, “Do you want to paint?”
Music was playing from a cassette tape in the large studio space.
I didn’t know what to paint,
so I just let the brush move freely — splashing, dotting, smearing, shifting on the paper.

All I knew was that in that moment,
I felt happy — and a little bit absurd.

接近中午
他說一起吃飯吧，家裡有好吃的雞肉，可以簡單料理

這個小小的鎮上，很容易遇到熟識的人。在走回他家的路上，我們先到一間咖啡廳喝咖啡喝啤酒，
喝著喝著，遇見了一位好朋友，聊著聊著朋友拉著椅子坐下了，眼前端上兩杯新的啤酒。
離開後不久，「啊！你好嗎？」又遇見另外一位好朋友在Bar外面。我們又坐下了，服務生再端上一杯啤酒，開始新的話家常。

Around noon, he said, “Let’s eat together. I have some good chicken at home — we can cook something simple.”

In this small town, it’s easy to run into people you know.
On the way back to his place, we stopped at a café for some coffee and beer.
While drinking, we met a good friend of his.
They talked, and soon the friend pulled up a chair and joined us — two more beers appeared on the table.

Not long after we left,
“Ah! How are you?” — we ran into another close friend outside a bar.
We sat down again,
and the waiter brought over another beer.
A new round of conversation began.

從工作室到他家大概只要2-3分鐘的路程，我們花了1.5-2個小時。
我剛來到Muxia時，中午吃的店家菜單剛好使用他的作品，而這間餐廳就在他家樓下，一切好像隱隱的串起了一條線，
從我的腦袋跑出M開始。

看見他有兩種不同方向的創作方式，問了他一些問題之後，我要離開前，
「當個好人」他說。

It usually takes only 2–3 minutes to walk from the studio to his house, but we spent about 1.5–2 hours on the way.
When I first arrived in Muxía, I had lunch at a restaurant whose menu happened to feature his artwork —
and that restaurant is right below his home.

It felt like everything was secretly connected,
and the letter Muxia suddenly appeared in my mind.

I noticed he has two very different ways of creating.
After asking him a few questions, just before I left,
he said to me, “Be a good person.”

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