Elegance Against Entropy

I believe that the pursuit of beauty and elegance should begin the moment we become conscious of ourselves, and continue until the day we leave this world.

Beauty and elegance are not merely superficial decorations.

They are, in many ways, a resistance against entropy.

Without conscious effort, people naturally drift toward disorder.

The body becomes loose and neglected.

Appearance becomes careless.

Behavior loses refinement and discipline.

Disorder and decay are the natural direction of things.

Beauty and elegance, however, require continuous maintenance.

For me, the commitment to beauty and elegance is therefore a lifelong discipline.

From the moment I became aware of it,

until the day I leave this world.

我一直認為，

對美與優雅的堅持，應該從我們開始有自我意識的那一刻開始，

一直持續到我們離開這個世界。

因為美與優雅，並不是一種表面的裝飾，

它其實是一種對抗熵增的過程。

如果一個人沒有有意識地維持自己的身體、儀態與外表，

人很容易就會自然滑向混亂與放任。

身體會變得鬆散，

外表會變得不修邊幅，

行為會變得粗魯而失去節制。

混亂與退化是自然的趨勢。

而美與優雅，則是一種需要持續維持的秩序。

所以對我來說，

對美與優雅的堅持，

是一種終身的自我紀律。

從我意識到它的重要性開始，

直到我離開這個世界。