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“Rise up, Lazarus, from the dust….”

Author : Odelia Wang

Please allow me to tell you a long journey in a short version……

請讓我告訴您有關於一漫長旅程的極短篇……

This studio unit is located in the community of Łazarz in Poznań. It was quite ruined and without utilities turned on for years. At the first glance, it appeared very cold and desolate; however, “Rise up, Lazarus” immediately came to my mind (“Oh, how suitable!” for its physical location) when I finally got to enter and saw this unit in 2015.

這間公寓位於波茲南的Łazarz社區。這公寓裡面相當地毀壞淒涼， 水電多年沒有開啟。一時乍看，它顯得非常寒冷和荒涼; 然而，當我終於在2015年有機會進入並看到這間公寓時，“起來，拉撒路”立即浮現在我的腦海中（“哦，這個描述也太….合適了！” 因為這間公寓就是正位於Łazarz社區）。

Obtaining this property for me as a foreigner is utterly similar to the story of Lazarus rising from the dead–There was this excruciating waiting before Jesus arrived in this famous biblical story. During such waiting, I was both “Mary and Martha” — It’s a trial for my own personal faith, perseverance and diligent work. Dear readers, please believe me when I say that I often and still think of having such studio renovation as “Mission Impossible”. However, I simply could not allow myself to give up such hope which has been in fact sustaining my efforts in pursuit–

我身為外國人，為了取得這個公寓擁有權而經歷的過程，與拉撒路從死裡復活的故事也有點相似 — 這個著名聖經故事描述在耶穌到達之前也有令人難以忍受的 等待。在這折磨人的等待中，我既是“瑪麗又是瑪莎” — 這是對我個人信仰和勤奮毅力的考驗。哦，親愛的讀者，請相信我，我仍然經常認為翻新這樣的工作室是 “不可能的任務”。但是，我就是不能讓自己放棄這份希望，而實際上也就是這份希望一直在維持我的追求。

Turn ashes into beauty.

將灰燼變成美麗 。

“Turn ashes into beauty” is one very common saying I often share with my students from various unfortunate disadvantaged backgrounds. “Turn” is a verb; it takes action. Let’s act in faith, hope and love. There is indeed beauty hidden in all miseries and in waiting to be discovered.

“將灰燼變成美麗”是我常常與來自各種不幸的弱勢背景的學生分享的一句話。 “變成”是動詞，是需要採取行動的。我常說就讓我們以信仰，希望和愛心來行動。因為在所有的苦難中確實隱藏著等待被發現的美麗。

This renovation project has just started. What I have always planned to do within this space later simply could not be described in one “blog”. As a matter of fact, I also don’t want to do so [blogging]. I’d rather continue to call in like-minded people–such as Aga, Bartek, Kaja, Kasia, Piotr and Steven who participated in the planning and executing the team effort on Feb. 9, 2019–to keep working on this process.

這個工作室翻新改造計劃正要開始。我計劃以後在這個工作室空間內做的事情也無法以一博客博客文章中詮述完整。事實上，我也不想在這裡筆墨。我寧願繼續召集志同道合的人 – 比如這個工作室清理行動中的Aga，Bartek，Kaja，Kasia，Piotr和Steven，他們參與了2019年2月9日的工作室清理計劃和行動。我們會繼續努力!

Let’s call this process the “Lazarus Effect” if we may. Indeed, “Rise up, Lazarus, from the dust. You shall have a new life once again.”

如果可以，我想稱這個翻新改造過程稱為 “拉撒路效應”。 的確 — “從塵埃中升起，拉撒路。你將再次重獲新生。”

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