文_马泉

沙漠是沙粒们的社会，一颗颗沙尘颗粒，出身各自不同，有的来自高山，有的来自河流，有的来自大地，有的可能来自宇宙，无奇不有各自带着出发地的信息和物质形态，被地球的运动压力和季风，强制般的把它们聚合在特定的区域，形成了壮观的沙漠聚落……

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…

沙漠里的沙子都是移民，一年四季，随风迁移，有的迁到了别出，有的在沙漠里任由狂风翻卷，始终不离不弃，成为常住居民，即使有部分始终处于流动状态。

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，亿万年的尘埃……。

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

亿万年不同时期、不同地点、不同物质的尘埃，先后相聚在某个空间中，翻来覆去，上下翻滚，磨来磨去，交错撕咬，形成此场域的时空交汇，也形成了地球最大的奇观沙海大漠。

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.

其后面最大的推手就是风。

The wind is the biggest director behind the desert.

每一颗沙粒，都带着各自的时间痕迹和物质信息特征和各自的故事，甚至还有来自宇宙繁星的信使，在风的作用下，侥幸的、偶然的汇聚在一起，形成了宏大的场域。

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.

而一粒沙尘的形态和物质特征，其表面构造复杂丰富，充满了时间的磨合痕迹，时间和空间在其表面纠缠。

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

因其来自不同的物质和区域，使得每粒沙尘天然的呈现出巨大的差异性，无论是形态还是物质特征，可以说沙漠的沙尘汇聚了地球的各种物质……. 

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.

沙漠是微观与宏观的集合体，宏观的沙漠场域是一粒粒的沙子所构成，而微小的沙粒自身又隐藏着宏大的构造和时空信息，就像宏观浩淼的宇宙是由微观的粒子所构成的一样。沙漠是微观与宏观，共同造就的时空，也是保留和记录地球乃至宇宙进化信息和线索的地方。

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.