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　　至今出國過三次。新加坡那次年紀太小了，其實沒什麼印象；其他兩次都是去日本，分別是五年前的京都與兩年前的北海道。

　　如果包括到紫金山謁靈的話其實是四次。

　　無論如何，以前都是短程飛行，並多半都是五到七天的旅遊時間，從未像這次出國這麼長的時間──6/29-7/14。而且並非家庭旅遊。

　　嚴格說起來，我有一點飛機恐懼症；畢竟四次的搭乘經驗，有三次都不太好受。所以比起出國本身，搭機這件事最讓我不安。

　　而這次來回要耗上幾乎一天半都在飛機上，可以想見我心中的惶恐。

　　除了搭機之外，這次到歐洲去，畢竟是半自助的形式。

　　簡單來說是學校出了機票錢之後，其餘都要自行負責；沒有預約旅館，也沒有專業導遊，並且只有機票是免費的，其他一切都要自掏腰包。

　　當然，跟學校拿錢出國，總是要有一些名目──

──事實上，我打從一開始就沒有抱持著出去玩的心態。

　　「海外學術參訪」──也就是，回來是要交報告的。

　　不僅如此，行程上也幾乎沒有自由的時間；從下飛機後就是一直線地跑博物館、藝術機構，直到搭機返國。

　　這次主要活動範圍是在倫敦、阿姆斯特丹、巴黎以及牛津。在曼谷轉機、在布魯塞爾轉車，另外還有一天是去凡爾賽。所以總共會經過七個城市。雖然好像出國很多天，但算起來其實行程非常緊湊。

　　所以我才說，我的暑假是7/15才開始。到歐洲的這段時間，大概會精神緊繃地跟準備期末論文一樣吧。

　　明天一早要進行最後一次行前會；主要是提出自己的學習計劃。

　　講稿我就附在下面了：

Ms. Hsieh and Dear fellows:

　　Now I would like to report my personal focus of this visit to Europe.

　　Even the main purpose of this trip is to visit museums and other institutions for art exhibitions, besides to see the artwork and performance, I also have high interest in visitors themselves. I want to observe what kind of attitude the visitors have, comparing with tourists from abroad, local visitors who live nearby those institutions may be more attractive to me, I want to observe their attitude when they visit museums, and how they see these artwork.

　　In Taiwan, among all of the museum and gallery, the National Palace Museum, is always full of people, especially, by mainland China tourists, but, except it, people have little or no interest in most of the other art centers which are smaller and special. Unless on some occasions, there are promotion in particular way, such as coupons in the newspaper, lucky draw, or to arrange activity with other different popular institutions. Generally speaking, most of the cases, galleries and museum are likely to become specific places for certain groups, including students who have to prepare reports for some exhibition or performance, or general public, say, they just look for a air conditioned place, may spend more time in souvenirs shop than in exhibition space. I doubt.

　　In Europe, they treat art festivals as part of their tradition, I am curious to know how will local people see the precious artwork which were kept in nearby museum, such as the Mona Lisa, and the other similar works, when we look at the Jadeite Cabbage with Insects, perhaps some people may treat it as a kind of cultural cash cow? Will European local people think this way too? Or perhaps, because of their artistic baptism via good education, most ordinary people also can understand the aesthetic implications of these works ? I am quite curious about it.

　　Our government just set up the Ministry of Culture this year to declare the determination to boost the national culture. In my opinion, I really wonder if there was a great accomplishment in art education from primary school to university in the past, especially, after my work as teaching assistant in the undergraduate course this year.

　　In this trip, I want to observe if Europe already successfully implemented the aesthetic education to general public by these arts festivals, is it true that the museum become one the means for the art marketing?

　　However, in Taiwan, the museum tends to sell the art products, rather than cultural promotion; it is my intention to know the interaction between the European art institutions and the general public, does it looks like teacher and students, or store to customer? Or each of them already become part of the other one’s normal life? Just as frequent as we go to theater, restaurant, department stores in daily life.

　　I believe, I can only feel it and try to understand this point in Europe by myself, it is hard to understand it via network or paper.

　　Thank you.

　　不過我的英文發音如今已經跟日文差不多了……真擔心明天的情況。

　　總之暫時先這樣吧。

　　2012/6/26 23:22‧我現在已經非常期待回臺灣了。