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1、AliceWalkerInSearchojOurMothers'GardensIdescribedherownnatureandtemperament.Toldhowtheyneededalargerlifefortheirexpression....Ipointedoutthatinlieuofproperchannels,heremotionshadoverflowedintopathsthatdissipatedthem.Italked,beautifullyIthought,aboutana
2、rtthatwouldbeborn,anartthatwouldopenthewayforwomenthelikesofher.Iaskedhertohope,andbuildupaninnerlifeagainstthecomingofthatday....Isang,withastrangequiverinmyvoice,apromisesong.-]eanToomer,"Avey,"CaneThepoetspeakingtoaprostitutewhofallsasleepwhilehe'st
3、alking-WhenthepoetJeanToomerwalkedthroughtheSouthintheearlytwenties,hediscoveredacuriousthing:blackwomenwhosespiritualitywassointense,sodeep,sounconscious,thattheywerethemselvesunawareoftherichnesstheyheld.Theystumbledblindlythroughtheirlives:creatures
4、soabusedandmutilatedinbody,sodimmedandconfusedbypain,thattheyconsideredthemselvesunworthyevenofhope.Intheselflessabstractionstheirbodiesbecametothemenwhousedthem,theybecamemorethan"sexualobjects,"moreeventhanmerewomen:theybecame"Saints."Insteadofbeingp
5、erceivedaswholepersons,theirbodiesbecameshrines:whatwasthoughttobetheirmindsbecametemplessuitableforworship.ThesecrazySaintsstaredoutattheworld,wildly,likelunatics-orqUietly,likesuicides;andthe"God"thatwasintheirgazewasasmuteasagreatstone.WhoweretheseS
6、aints?Thesecrazy,loony,pitifulwomen?Someofthem,withoutadoubt,wereourmothersandgrandmothers.Inthestillheatofthepost-ReconstructionSouth,thisishowtheyseemedtoJeanToomer:exquisitebutterfliestrappedinanevilhoney,toilingawayThisessayfirstappearedinAliceWalk
7、er,InSearchojOurMothers'Gardens(NewYork,1972).InSear402AliceWalkertheirlivesinanera,acentury,thatdidnotacknowledgethem,exceptas"the.cis?Orwasherbodybrokenandforcedtmuleoftheworld."Theydreameddreamsthatnooneknew-nottenthannotsoldawayfromher)-eightthemse
8、lves,inanycoherentfashion-andsawvisionsnoonecouldhenheronejoywasthethoughtofmodel-stand.Theywanderedorsataboutthecountrysidecrooninglullabiestooneorclay?ghosts,anddrawingthemotherofChristincharcoaloncourthousewalls.Howwasthecreativityof
