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Wasting Away 致命的厭食症
When the quest to be thin crosses the line and becomes deadly
當過度減肥危及生命時
Open the pages of any fashion magazine and images of thin models and underweight actresses can be seen. Tall and skinny, the women on these pages have become representative of beauty in many parts of the world. While the majority of women outside of the fashion and entertainment industries are not nearly as thin, this doesn't stop millions of women from trying to fit this image. This goal can be extremely unhealthy and even dangerous when it develops into a condition known as anorexia.
Anorexia nervosa, as it is called in medical terms, is a type of eating disorder. People with the disorder have a distorted vision of their bodies. Sufferers may falsely believe that they are overweight and begin to diet to change their figures. Unnecessary dieting is a problem that is common enough, but for some, the desire to lose weight becomes an obsessive fear of gaining any weight. In most cases, individuals with anorexia use voluntary starvation, vomiting, excessive exercise, or other weight control measures like diet pills to control their weight. In severe cases, anorexics even restrict their food intake to levels that can barely sustain life.
Although anorexia nervosa occurs in a small number of men, ninety-eight percent of anorexics are women. Most come from affluent countries, where the condition appears in one in 100 young girls and is more common among wealthier portions of society.
While it may seem normal that looks inspired by thin stars are what many young girls strive for, anorexia has proven to be a serious danger. One of many examples is from 2006, when a 172-centimeter-tall Brazilian model died as a result of the disorder. At her death, the 21 year old weighed a shocking 39 kilograms. This condition is a sad reflection of cultures in which advertising and popular entertainment demand that only one body type be attractive and acceptable.
翻開任何一本時尚雜誌，都可以看見苗條的模特兒及骨瘦如柴的女星們的模樣。書頁上這些高挑又纖瘦的女性成為世界上許多地方美女的代表。雖然大多數時尚圈和娛樂界外的女性並非如此苗條，卻不能阻止無數的女性試圖符合這種形象。這種想變瘦的目標有時極度不健康，演變成厭食症時更是危險。
厭食症的醫學名稱是 anorexia nervosa，這是一種進食障礙。患有這種疾病的人對自己的身體有種扭曲的錯覺。患者可能會誤以為自己過重，於是開始節食以改變體型。不必要的節食已經是普遍的問題，但對有些人來說，想要減重的渴望會轉變成強迫性害怕體重有任何些微增加。大部分的情況下，患有厭食症的病人會自行挨餓、嘔吐、過度運動或以服用藥物等其他方式來控制體重。在極度嚴重的案例中，厭食症患者甚至將自己的進食量控制到幾乎無法維持生命的程度。
雖然厭食症也發生在少數男性身上，但 98% 的患者為女性。大多數患者來自富裕的國家，100 名年輕女性中就有一名患有這種疾病，而這種疾病在社會上較富裕的階層中更為普遍。
年輕女性想追求女星纖瘦的模樣並不奇怪，但厭食症已被證實相當危險。其中一項例子就是在 2006 年，有位 172 公分的巴西模特因為厭食症而死亡。這位 21 歲的模特去世時，體重只有驚人的 39 公斤。這種現象反映出可悲的一面，那就是廣告界和娛樂圈只認同一種體型才吸引人，才會為人所接受。
Dust to Dust 沙的極致藝術
Some forms of art can't be transported to museums around the world or recorded and reproduced like music and movies. These forms of art seem to have a magical quality that arises partly from their rareness. Sandpainting is certainly one of these extraordinary forms of art because it is uniquely delicate.
Sandpainting, as the name suggests, is an art form in which sand is used to make pictures and designs. The beautiful and tragic part is that the paintings are made without adhesives; therefore, they are only temporary pictures that will be destroyed before long. This impermanence certainly adds to their power, and the temporary nature of the paintings often has a spiritual meaning in the cultures that make them.
There are a few different sandpainting traditions. One is Native American, and in this culture, sandpainting is mainly a spiritual ritual for healing. In the ceremony, a medicine man creates a sand painting on the ground by carefully letting the sand sift through his fingers. When the painting is finished, the patient sits on it and chanting is performed. Within 12 hours of the creation of the sand painting, it is destroyed.
In Tibetan culture, Buddhist monks use metal funnels to pour out colored sand like liquid. With these instruments, they painstakingly cover a piece of wood on which a design has been drawn. Their paintings include geometric shapes and spiritual symbols. Not long after, the beautiful, meticulously detailed paintings are destroyed to represent the impermanence of life. The same message appears in the Mexican tradition that takes place on the Day of the Dead. On this day, sand paintings are created in the streets and then simply swept away. If you ever have the chance to see these magnificent paintings, don't miss out.
有些藝術品無法運送到世界各地的博物館，也無法像音樂及電影一樣被錄製或複製。這些藝術品帶有某種神奇的特質，有部分原因是物以稀為貴。沙畫由於特別精緻而絕對有資格名列這些藝術品之一。
沙畫如同其名，是一種用沙子設計作畫的藝術形式。因為沙畫不使用任何黏著劑，所以它的美麗帶點悲劇性；因此，沙畫只是短暫的畫作，很快就會被摧毀。這種短暫性無疑增添了它的魅力，而且沙畫短暫的本質通常在創作的文化中具有精神層面的意義。
沙畫具有一些不同的傳統。其中一種是美國印地安文化，對他們而言，沙畫主要是用來治療疾病的心靈儀式。儀式中，巫醫小心地讓沙子從指縫漏下在地上創作沙畫。畫作完成時，病人會坐在畫上，巫醫開始吟誦咒語。沙畫在創作完成的 12 小時內就會被摧毀。
在西藏文化中，佛教僧侶會用金屬制的漏鬥倒出如液體般的彩色沙子。他們用這些器具費力地在事先畫有圖案的木頭上作畫。沙畫上包含幾何圖案和宗教符號。不久之後，這些美麗且極度細緻的沙畫就會被摧毀，以代表生命的短暫。在墨西哥文化中，沙畫在亡靈節時也傳達同樣的信息。這一天，人們會在街上創作沙畫，然後再掃掉它們。如果你有機會欣賞沙畫這種了不起的畫作，千萬別錯過。