During t days Goldmund lived in ter, in one of t cells. t , rative buildings t surrouplace.

        t onis. Outside t no one krees of tyard kneed rosebusorks s on tory and granary roofs. From every er of , t of oo ream bets narroone floors, t to lock up. Beside toters, into ory, till sprouting, es-bill and plantain, and tree in till s far-reac more tinkling of ttle sc    er students came tumbling doairs into tyard. ty too, once really been so young, so clumsy, so pretty and childish?

        Beside ter    ruck tention and became more and more important to il it sloself to t udent days, and a ,    udent.    ts of tings, of tone and ars, in tals, and alt    been ty of t ed to, and , but only noiful it     and most successful . t placed t ood bets natural    , ced, lived, t and taugs, from t, and everytogetree.

        Goldmu very small in t migy, and never did    Jo quietly friendly order. t be tremendous differences of cer bet Jo Daniel, but eacy, t, tence, received y from it, sacrificed o it. t made to one anotly robes.

        In ter of er, Narcissus greall in Goldmunds eyes, alt a cordial friend and . Soon Goldmund hardly dared call him Narcissus any more.

        "Listen, Abbot Jo; o ;Ill o get used to your neually. I must tell you t I like it very muc feel like making a general fession to you and, after penand absolution, asking to be received as a lay brot you see, t and I a lay brot I o longer bear to live o you like t be or do anytoo o    you    see if it c;

        "Im glad to ," said Narcissus, pronoung ;You may set up your er at your disposal immediately. Please use any material you find    of all t brougside. And no you and your iions! You must give me a little time to express myself: I am a sco try to illustrate tter to you from my o; I en did so patiently in earlier years."

        "Ill try to follow you. Go a;

        "Recall udent days, I sometimes told you t I t you ist. In t you mig; in your reading and ing you ain dislike for tangible and tract, and a special love for    ic qualities,    appealed to tion."

        Goldmund interrupted. "Five me, but arent ts and abstras oo? Or do you really prefer to t imagine anyt    o imagining anyt;

        "Im glad you ask! Yes, certainly one    t imagining anytsoever in on. t in images but s and formulae. At t point    of our frequent quarrels as young men; for you, told you t you    made to be a told you t ter iion and Ill explain it to you. If, instead of immersing yourself in t ed evil. Because you ics are, to express it briefly and some detac t all. t artists: poets    verse, painters    brus sound. ted, noble minds among t t exception unoo, migead of    and aken possession of tor and a master, instead of being stranded in diste as a t;

        "Im afraid," said Goldmund, "Ill never succeed in grasping t ;

        "O ries to determine and to represent ture of t reason and its tool, logic, are inplete—telligent artist kno o express perfectly t nature of an angel or a saint. Still try, tist, ead may not do otries to realize s ure    and only meaningful ts o you: dont try to imitate ti, but be yourself, try to realize yourself."

        "I uand somet you say, but    mean to realize oneself?"

        "It is a p, I t express it in any ototle and St. t is t of all cepts: perfect being. God is perfect being. Everyt exists is only , is being, is mixed, is made up of potentialities. But God is not mixed. entialities but is total, te reality. ransitory, entials; tion for us, no plete being. But ial to deed, from possibility to realization, icipate in true being, bee by a degree more similar to t and divi is    means to realize oneself. You must knoist and atues. If suc it to pure form—tist, realized t;

        "I uand."

        "You see me, friend Goldmund, in a plad fun o realize myself. You see me living in a unity and a tradition t corresponds to me and furter is no    is filled ions. Still, a detly run cloister life is infinitely more o men of my nature t    from a merely practical point of vieid teacask, offers a certain prote from t e of ty, you found a o bee an artist, and I admire t a great deal. Your life ;

        t, and also o c, errupted ;Ive been able to uand most of ed to tell me. But till t get t images, and t imagine anyt;

        "ell, youll be able to uand it ics.    kind of images do figures tain? Or t kind of images does aion tain? None. ic ebra, no image e a formal task    t you ;

        "ts rig using my imagination, I    let myself be guided by plus and minus, square roots, and so on, and    solve t is—I once could, today I could no longer do it. But I t imagi solving suts brain. Its all rigo learn o t. But Id find it meaningless and g and c paper ;

        "You are    tinuously solves problems a teas; t itious space matically before be    risk fag tself."

        "ell, yes. But attag t does not strike me as an occupation on     unless I    imagine real space, say tars; noudying and measuring star space does not seem an unask to me."

        Smilingly, Narcissus interrupted: "You are actually saying t you    a ration of t to tical, visible uo apply our to do so. tance, applied ts of imes to o eac every instant. But o apply somet learned and practiced it before? And tist also stantly exercises ion, and raining, even if it finds realization only in a fe dismiss tion only its application! tradi is obvious. So let me go on ts by ts, as I s by your less noable because till obstacles bet of t to omatically t ;

        Goldmund er.

        Beside tyard gate    y and suitable for a er, all to be made after precise plans    of terials ers    ies, a long list. ed all timber at ters and in t, co t beo dry under a roof    o do ely cogetood    trougstone, making all t or straigting k of almost ty, became Goldmunds frie and curiosity. Goldmund promised to teaco play te, ry    carving. If at times Goldmu rater and in Narcissuss presence, o recover in timidly and admired en asked o tell    Master Niklaus and ty. Sometimes Goldmund o tell stories. toniso find ting like an old man, talking about travels and adventures of t,    to begin.

        Retly ly and aged far beyond    to no one, sinly one man tled life may already rengt ts many ivity at ts residend t gruesome nigle cellar o s, and several signs of tayed ain fatigue i, a slaing of desire and curiosity, a gray sions for ions s at t ters,    at otimes    for ed, smiling and dreaming, giveo apathy and indifference.

        tion of ant to    o make ed to pay for ters ality,    to be an arbitrary piece t one placed just any o bleure and life of ter and bee part of to make an altar or per, but tead. tory, from . Goldmund decided to carve for teps to tern and for tern itself a set of ,    free-standing. o t, .

        mas ook on anoto er; nobody saudents at ted trolled uook     ten visited as a student. And    ant Eriter ain days Eric    of him.

        For t    t o be in ts, one representing t, tairs, gro of a sturdy oak trunk and , o represent creation, images of nature and of triarcs. t, t, ures of tles. One of ts o raits of blessed Abbot Daniel; anotin, atue of Luke o eternalize Master Niklaus.

        obstacles, greater ticipated. And tacles gave    t ant ruggled    as firmly aly as a fisruggling    pike, and eace taugive.    everyt ter;    fot Narcissus. Narcissus came a number of times, but was only shown drawings.

        t t he hear his fession.

        "I could n myself to fess before," ted. "I felt too small, and I already felt small enoug of you. Noo submit myself to t;

        Noo task and did not    to    a moment lo meditative    ter, t of all tories Erico see ain order and clarity.

        it solemnity Narcissus received    lasted about teo tures, sufferings, and sins of ions, never interrupted, and listened passively also to t of tted t id goodness ruck by many of terrified, imes e to periso smile, touc ure ,    because of impious ts wo .

        to Goldmunds surprise, to ment even, t take ual sins too seriously, but reprimanded and punis in praying, fession, and union. o live moderately and cely for a monto o say thers and one hail Mary every evening.

        After to take tly. I dont knoill remember t text of to follo o its meaning. I icles oday, and give you instrus as to to    your particular attention. You are to speak and    time you catc reeling off ten t, you are to remember tation, and you are to begin all ain and speak to let ter your , as I am about to s;

        iful ce, or    enougo ac, a period of fulfillment and peace came foldmund from t made ensions, isfas of    stiously executed spiritual exercises, relaxed after tements of tire being submitted to a    lifted    of tion of tor and included tles of o be overe in solitude, and o give it all tatio urn to innoce again and again. Still    ience of o ecstasy, o to deep, cool er t washe arrogance of despair.

        It did not alimes    bee calm and relaxed in ter burning imes    times, as ried to immerse ortured by t t saying prayers er all, perriving fod    or could not    it to his friend.

        "tinue," said Narcissus. "You promised; you must keep your promise. You are not to t s pletely during to speak ticles, and give yourself up to t te or sing. You dont pursue clever ts and speculations te one finger position after anotly as possible.    s o pray."

        And once more it , avid ego extinguisself in ed ain ted above ars.

        it satisfa, t sainue er er s.

        In time Goldmunds airs: creatures, plants, animals, and people. In t stood Noaure book of praise for tion of ts beauty, free in expression but directed by an inner order and discipline. During all t Erico execute small tasks and t of not being an artist    oain days not eveer took ime    ry, o urned out successfully,    ask Erico release t rained as    assistant.

        tatues of ts on    days,    t seemed to     successful    bore traits of Abbot Daniel.    very muced kindness and purity. isfied atue of Master Niklaus, even t most of all. t seemed to be brimming over y plans for creation ae aility of creating, and m for a lost unity and innoce.

        Daniel ues under a clot one figure in t. t to Narcissus, aly until t day. At took o see tatue.

        Narcissus stood and looked. ood taking ime, examining ttention and care of tood berying to domiempest in . "O; , "if one of us does not pass test, it    good enoug uand it, all my s value. I sed longer."

        Minutes felt like o    of time    of ing.

        Narcissus turo ely    relieved. In     flo timid smile on t faind and    a    full of joy.

        "Goldmund," Narcissus said very softly,    expect me to bee an art expert all of a sudden. You kno. I    tell you not your art t you    find ridiculous. But let me tell you o first glance I reized our Abbot Daniel in t, and not only    also all t to us: dignity, kindness, simplicity. As blessed Fatood before our yoution, ands    o us t makes ttable to us. You , my friend, and not only    Daniel bae; you ely, to me for t time. No it no longer; I ot. O t;

        It    in t o t. Goldmund sa g.

        "Yes," ly, "I am    nos time to go a."
请记住本书首发域名：966xs.com。966小说手机版阅读网址：wap.966xs.com