现代社会无论价值观的持有还是生活方式的选择都充满了矛盾。而最让现代人感到尴尬的是,面对重重矛盾,许多时候你却别无选择,匆忙与休闲是截然不同的两种生活方式。但在现实生活中,人们却在这两种生活方式间频繁穿梭,有时也说不清自己到底是“休闲着”还是“匆忙着”。譬如说,当我们正在旅游胜地享受假期,却忽然接到老板的电话,告诉我们客户或工作方面出了麻烦——现代便捷先进工具在此刻显示出了它狰狞、阴郁的面容——搞得人一下子兴趣全无,接下来的休闲只能徒有其表,因为心里已是火烧火燎了。
People always spend their earthly existence in shuttling between haste and leisure—two distinct lifestyles, though sometimes even hardly conscious of which way they are on. For instance, while still vacationing at the resort, we receive a call from the boss all of a sudden, knowing that there are some troubles with our clients or work. At this moment the handy cell phone is exposed as an evil and dismal device more than a modern and advanced tool. The subsequent leisure is merely superficial as such a call has shadowed our leisure tour and made us restless with anxiety.