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After completing a painting, I like to take it out from time to time to admire the work.
People say that the purpose of a painting is to capture the beauty of a moment for eternity. But even the highest quality paints will crack with time, and that moment's beauty will long have begun to fade.
However, I don't mind this change at all.
When I find that the paint has begun to dry and flake, I will often brush over the fissures with new strokes, and the new piece thus created is one I can continue to cherish.
Just as people enjoy regular gatherings, seeing the wrinkles left by long years of hardships, worries, and lament on one another's faces thickens the bonds between friends.
Or perhaps for a painting, time itself is a kind of pigment.
Should you have time to come for one such gathering, we will be able to add a few more brushstrokes to the painting called "You and I."
精讀如下：
After completing a painting, I like to take it out from time to time to admire the work.
完成一幅畫作之後，每隔一段時間我就會將它取出，再次欣賞一番。
People say that the purpose of a painting is to capture the beauty of a moment for eternity. But even the highest quality paints will crack with time, and that moment's beauty will long have begun to fade.
人們說，作畫的目標就是將一剎那的美景化作永恆。然而質量再好的顏料也會乾裂，那一剎那的美景早已老去。
However, I don't mind this change at all.
不過，我並不反感這種變化。
When I find that the paint has begun to dry and flake, I will often brush over the fissures with new strokes, and the new piece thus created is one I can continue to cherish.
發現舊作的顏料乾裂時，我偶爾會循著裂紋補上幾筆，如此竟能得到一幅新的得意之作。
Just as people enjoy regular gatherings, seeing the wrinkles left by long years of hardships, worries, and lament on one another's faces thickens the bonds between friends.
就像人們喜歡的定期小聚，確認了歲月在彼此臉上留下的風霜後，心生慨嘆，卻也讓彼此的情誼更加醇厚。
Or perhaps for a painting, time itself is a kind of pigment.
或許對於畫作來說，時間本身也是顏料的一種。
Should you have time to come for one such gathering, we will be able to add a few more brushstrokes to the painting called "You and I."
如果你有時間前來一聚，這副名為「你我」的畫作，也可以新添幾筆了。
詞彙：
eternity 永恆
crack 乾裂
flake（成小薄片）脫落，剝落
fissure 裂紋
stroke 一筆；（比較常用的意思是 中風）
piece （藝術、音樂、戲劇、文學的）一部作品
wrinkle 皺紋
pigment 顏料；色素
brushstroke 一筆