赋形（太妃椅）

第四维在空间上的投射

给时间赋形，是接近对时间之认识的方式，它同时受制于人的知识器官自身的属性。环状的时间观与线性向量的时间观同样普遍为人所接受，一种往复的时间观也并非不能被构造出来。必须探讨的不是赋形的结果，而是赋形行为本身所体现的结构，作为对时间的认识的再认识。

“隐喻”构成赋形的另一个连接点，多重的形象被引入对时间的理解：河流、钟表、天球的运行……当抛开抽象/具象的空间比喻，时间似乎便成为了不可理解之物。若说这是源于它除此便无法被言说，则也可以认为语言缺少第四维的概念——时间只能以投射于空间/隐喻的方式被认识，它并且决定于与其成对/关联出现的空间事物之间的关系。

―摘自《飞形火花》書第二章

时间的意义 第八篇

Endowing Shape (toffee chair)

The space projection of the fourth dimension

Endowing shape to time is close to the way to understand time. It also is limited by the properties of humans’ brains. Cyclical concepts and linear vector concepts of time are commonly accepted. An iterative concept of time is not infeasible to be constructed. What needs to be explored is not the result of endowing shape to time, but the structure revealed by the action itself, and also the recognition of the understanding of time.

A "metaphor" constitutes another connection point for endowing shape. Multiple images are introduced to understand time: river, clock, celestial run, etc. When put aside, abstract/figurative spatial metaphors, time seems to have become incomprehensible. If we say that this is due to its unspeakable quality aside of these, you can also think that language lacks the concept of the fourth dimension: Time can only be understood in the way of projection in space/metaphor. It also determines the relation among special things which appear in pairs or are associated.