文_馬泉

沙漠是沙粒們的社會，一顆顆沙塵顆粒，出身各自不同，有的來自高山，有的來自河流，有的來自大地，有的可能來自宇宙，無奇不有各自帶著出發地的資訊和物質形態，被地球的運動壓力和季風，強制般的把它們聚合在特定的區域，形成了壯觀的沙漠聚落……

The desert is an enormous society of sand grains, with each grain a unique individual. Grains may form from the mountains, from the rivers, from the earth, or from outer space, but all of them carry material and seasonal information regarding their birth. Individual sand grains are forced to aggregate by the pressure from the monsoon and the movements of the earth. When massive sand grains are gathered, the deserts are formed…

沙漠裏的沙子都是移民，一年四季，隨風遷移，有的遷到了別出，有的在沙漠裏任由狂風翻捲，始終不離不棄，成為常住居民，即使有部分始終處於流動狀態。

Sand grains that are in the desert are all immigrants; they migrate with the wind every season. One grain may move to another place, while one may travel through the desert with the fierce wind but still remain a permanent resident of the desert field.

浩瀚的沙漠，億萬年的塵埃……。

The expansive desert, dust from hundreds of millions of years…

億萬年不同時期、不同地點、不同物質的塵埃，先後相聚在某個空間中，翻來覆去，上下翻滾，磨來磨去，交錯撕咬，形成此場域的時空交匯，也形成了地球最大的奇觀沙海大漠。

Throughout different periods, as they travel through places and materials, sand grains have been gathering in an exclusive space. During this process of gathering, they turn over and over, roll up and down. Finally, they form a staggered field, the most amazing wonder: desert.

其後面最大的推手就是風。

The wind is the biggest director behind the desert.

每一顆沙粒，都帶著各自的時間痕跡和物質資訊特徵和各自的故事，甚至還有來自宇宙繁星的信使，在風的作用下，僥倖的、偶然的匯聚在一起，形成了宏大的場域。

Each sand grains has its characteristics from time and material. Unsurprisingly, some grains are messengers sent from the stars. Under the influence of the wind, sand grains are fortunate to have gathered to form such a grand field.

而一粒沙塵的形態和物質特徵，其表面構造複雜豐富，充滿了時間的磨合痕跡，時間和空間在其表面糾纏。

The shape and material characters of sand grain are represented by complex and rich surface structures, which are valuable traces from time and space.

因其來自不同的物質和區域，使得每粒沙塵天然的呈現出巨大的差異性，無論是形態還是物質特徵，可以説沙漠的沙塵匯聚了地球的各種物質……. 

Each sand grain is born from different materials and regions, and they reveal significant differences among one another. Grains from the desert have gathered various substances of the earth regardless of their characteristics.

沙漠是微觀與宏觀的集合體，宏觀的沙漠場域是一粒粒的沙子所構成，而微小的沙粒自身又隱藏著宏大的構造和時空資訊，就像宏觀浩淼的宇宙是由微觀的粒子所構成的一樣。沙漠是微觀與宏觀，共同造就的時空，也是保留和記錄地球乃至宇宙進化資訊和線索的地方。

The desert is both microscopic and macroscopic. The macroscopic desert field is composed of grains of sand as a whole, but each tiny little grain carries with it abundant information regarding the structure of space and time. The macroscopic universe is composed of microscopic particles, same as the desert. Desert is a space of time that preserves the evolutionary clues of the earth’s and the universe’s development.