Via Dolorosa by 苦伤道 Via Dolorosa

苦伤道（Via Dolorosa）也叫苦路或拜苦路，是基督教在耶路撒冷重要圣地。自安东尼堡的大祭司庭院，止于耶稣安葬处共为十四站。是耶稣救赎世人,被审判钉上十字架与受难之路。

四圣谛是佛陀成佛之后，在印度鹿野苑初转法轮时所给予的教授。是对人世间困苦的阐释。谛的意思就是真理。即：世间的苦（苦谛Dukkha-sacca）和苦的原因（因谛或称集谛Samuday-asacca），说苦的消灭（灭谛Nirodha-sacca）和灭苦的方法（道谛Magga-sacca）。

叔本华的苦与佛教中的苦都强调了人生的整个基调是建立在痛苦的基础上，但这样明晰的说法都并不是消极的，悲观的。叔本华解决痛苦的方法，还是与佛教有所不同。佛教既然作为一门宗教，就有着自己的宗教性，有着一系列的、系统的摆脱痛苦的修炼法门。而叔本华还并未提出这样的解决方法。

根据康德式定义可知，痛苦产生的原因就在于存在主体与实现欲求客体或欲求行动的能力之间存在一定的张力，其本质是存在主体的主观条件不能使欲求客体或欲求行动变成现实，不幸则代表着自然的不完全合目的性。造成“苦”的根本原因在于人类的有限性这个命题，有限性是人类所共同拥有的固有共同特征属性，“苦”的普遍性乃是人性相同的普遍性。

中国传统“苦文化”内涵的核心就是相互关联的三个概念：“苦为世间必然；苦乐互化自然；苦干求乐当然”。在认识“苦”的基础上，把“苦”与乐，甜，成功，幸福必然联系，注重主动化苦为乐的知行体系。

书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦做舟； ――为学务勤
宝剑锋从磨砺出，梅花香自苦寒来； ――人性需磨
不仅经一番寒霜苦，焉得梅花扑鼻香; ――以苦励志
良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行； ――从谏如流
谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦; ――节俭惜福
吃得苦中苦方为人上人; ――成人耐苦
吃苦在前、享受在后； ――苦干事成
艰难困苦，玉汝于成； ――成事须勤
苦心人、天不负； ――苦心有志

自古雄才多磨难，从来纨绔少伟男。

高尔基说过：“苦难是磨练人格之最高学府。”苦难是人生一笔巨大的人生财富，是一块磨砺人性的磨刀石；对于脆弱者而言是万丈深渊，对于强者的而言却是黎明前的黑暗。

无论是身体力行所受之苦；还是静思冥想所念之苦，也都只是狭隘之苦。当客观事物消失个人之苦也无非是难。个人之苦成就的成功，是无法进入人格之最高学府，磨刀之石也磨砺不出人性。何以为人，是苦难层面的根本。显然这一层面在当下已然消失，无法感受就无从得知，感悟与践行在优越与安稳中瘫痪，人格的屈从与人性的退化显现了对苦与伤的认识。

故天将降大任于是人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为，所以动心忍性，曾益其所不能。
---- 先秦孟子《生于忧患，死于安乐》

现代版
天将降大任于是人也，必先盗其QQ，封其微博，收其电脑，夺其手机，摔其iPad，段其WI-Fi，剪其网线，砸其电视，抢其酒瓶....使其百无聊赖，然后静坐，思过，锻炼，读书，明智，开悟，精技。 ---- 摘自网络

Via Dolorosa, also known as stations of the crosser way or Via Crucis, is an important Christian holy place in Jerusalem. From the court of the high priest at Fort Antony to the burial place of Jesus, there are 14 stops. It is the way Jesus saved the world, he was judged and was crucified.

The four noble truths were taught by the Buddha when he first turned the dharma wheel in the deer field in India after he had became a Buddha. It's an interpretation of the hardships of human life. The meaning is truth, the world’s suffer(Dukkha-sacca),the cause of the suffer(Samuday-asacca)speak of the annihilation of suffer(Nirodha-sacca) and the way to extinguish suffer(Magga-sacca).

Schopenhauer's bitter and Buddhism's bitter had highlighted that the tone of life is established on the basis of the pain, but such a clear statement is not negative, nor pessimistic. Schopenhauer’s solution to the problem of the pain is different from Buddhism. Since Buddhism is a religion, it has its own religious, with a series of system to get rid of the pain and the science of uniting the practice; Schopenhauer still hasn't come up with a solution yet.

According to Kant, the emergence of the suffering is due to existence of the tension between the subject's existence and its ability to realize the desired objects or actions. its essence is the subjective condition of existence subject cannot make object desire or desired action into reality, misfortune is representing the incomplete of natural purposiveness root. The cause of suffering is because of the thesis on limitations in everyone of us. Limitation is jointly owned by the human, common features inherent attributes, the universality of ”bitter“ is the universality of common human nature.

The core of the connotation of Chinese traditional suffer culture is three interrelated concepts: “Suffer is inevitable in the world; joy and pain mingle with nature; surly work harder for pleasure”.on the basis of understanding the suffer, the suffer and joy, sweet, success, happiness must be linked, pay attention to the knowledge and action system of active suffer into the joy.

Diligence is the path to the mountain of knowledge, hard-working is the boat to the endless sea of learning.
The sword from sharpening out, plum blossom from the bitter cold.
Not only after a cold frost bitter, how to get plum fragrance.
Bitter medicine cures sickness; unpalatable advice Benefits conduct.
Every grain comes from hard and laborious foil.
You will hike upper after suffered of bitter ancideces.
To be the first to bear hardship and the last to enjoy comfort.
Adversity makes one stronger; just as polishing makes jade finer.
Painstaking, day meet.

Since ancient times, great men have suffered more than dandies.

Gorky once said: suffering is the highest institution to temper the personality. Suffering is a great wealth of life. It is a grindstone to hone human nature; for the weak is the abyss, for the strong is the darkness before the dawn.

Whether it shall be through physical or meditation, this kind of suffer is in a narrow sense. When the objective things disappear, the suffer of the individual is no more than just calamity. Success through personal hardship is not an entrance into the highest institution of personality, grindstone also could not sharpen the shape of humanity. “what makes humans human” is the origin of suffering, and obviously this criterion has disappeared at present, you can't know it without feeling it. Perception and practice are paralyzed in superiority and comfortable, yield of personality and degeneration of humanity shows understanding of suffer and wound.

Therefore, when heaven will descend great task to people, it must first afflict their hearts and minds, labor their bones and muscles, starve their bodies and skin, empty their bodies, and make a mess of their actions. Therefore, it is of great benefit to them to be moved and tolerant.
---Mencius, Pre-Qin period, 《Born in sorrow, died in joy》

Modern vision:
Therefore, when heaven will descend great task to people, it must first steal their We Chat , band their block, take away their computer, seize their mobile phone, throw away their iPad, switch off the Wi-Fi, cut off their network cable, smash the TV, and rob their wine bottle... Therefore, Let him be bored, then sit, meditate, exercise, read, be wise, be enlightened, be skilful.




减法摇滚

苦难显才华，好运隐天资。---贺拉斯
从简显才华，过剩隐天资。—苦伤道

摇滚乐队基本编制与配置的音乐表现最大化。在电影艺术创作中尤为明显，一张纸一支笔不是没有精彩。

独立摇滚/艺术摇滚

独立摇滚往往是基于对嘈杂、扭曲、异样的吉他、激进、沉重、多变或硬核式的节奏以及其他可能与音乐之美相冲突的声音元素的应用。

“苦伤道”是在吉他、贝斯、鼓和声乐之间寻找一种属于自己语言的尝试，将独立摇滚丰富的次类型加以揉合，避让典型的地域性风格类型，再将地域性文化整合到音乐中，以表达什么，怎么表达为思路进行突破。摒弃纯粹的拿来主义。将可能性渗透到音符、音色、乐句、乐段、织体，结构，组织、配合、延伸、扩展及情绪中。展现没有不可用而是怎么用的创作理念。在声音艺术观念下拓展器乐的表现力、张力、及感染力，将音乐情绪归位再加以衍生。统一中求变化，变化中存统一。 在曲式的层次与变化加之整张专辑听感的差异上追求其艺术性。再以与队名相对应的表现主题—苦伤道不同文化背景中所赋予的不同意义，加以深化。

* 后话
试着换副耳朵来听“苦伤道”，不要更换听音设备，更不要快进。没有什么是容易或不容易的，想看的远就得站的高，站的高就摔的狠，摔的狠才看得透。人们想要鸡汤，“苦伤道”却呈上了苦药？

Minimal Rock /Subtraction Rock

Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. --- Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Simplicity/Austerity reveals genius; excess conceals it --- Via Dolorosa

As a rock band, we suppose to maximize music expression based on minimum elemental instruments and staff. This is especially evident in the artistic creation of low-budget/ Independent films, simplicity doesn’t means mediocrity.

Indie Rock/Art Rock

Indie rock is often based on the apply of loud, noisy, distort guitar, radical, heavy, varied, or hardcore-ish rhythms and other dissonance sound elements that may conflict with the beauty of the music.

“Via Dolorosa” attempt to find our own musical language based on guitar, bass, drum and vocals, blending various indie rock sub-genre, avoid typical western traditional style, integrate ethnic cultural of the region into our music. By emphasising on express what, how to express, to make a breakthrough. Abandon merely “take-ism”. Infiltrate the possibility into the note, timbre, phrase, passages, texture, structure, organisation, coordinate, extension and emotion. To reveal the idea of "how to use" rather than “can’t used". Under the concept of Sound Art, expanding instrumental expression, tension and appeal, letting the musical emotions onto its place and improve it. Seeking for changes in unity, and being unified in changes. Seeking artistry by means of the layers and variation of music forms, in addition to the difference in listening sense of the whole album. Furthermore, the theme presenting corresponding to our band’s name — the different meanings of “Via Dolorosa” ascribe to different cultural backgrounds, deepen the theme through it.

*Afterword
Try to wear another pair of ears to hear the “Via Dolorosa”, don’t change your listening device, don’t play fast forward. Nothing is easy or not easy, if you want to see further, you have to stand higher; stand high to fall hard, fall hard to understand thoroughly. People want chicken soup when getting sick, but “Via Dolorosa” presents bitter pills?

Daybreak is a record label based in Lanzhou.