“艺术对很多人来说与生活是不相干的。对我而言，音乐，书，画，都是与生活连在一起的。创作的人生是需要不断的在生活体验中，不停的往前行，喜怒哀乐，都是创作灵感的来源，生活的元素造就了创作的感动。
——萧宽志（Edward Shaw）
《Dialogue of the Heart与心对话》是旅美音乐家萧宽志（Edward Shaw）著作的8本心情音乐故事系列书之一，这8本音乐故事书与他创作的8张钢琴专辑完全同名。8张原创心情音乐CD，94首钢琴曲，每一首都是他即兴创作演奏，一气呵成。动听的旋律背后，蕴含着一个个动人心弦的真实心情故事。这些故事是萧宽志老师创作音乐的灵感源泉，记录下他人生成长的经历，也是他在患难中流过泪，忍了痛所结出的果实……
2006年11月我的脚开刀，07年6月中结束了整个治疗。
我的一切在恢复中，生活开始正常化。
07年冬天的一个傍晚，我去朋友家里做客。朋友家里有很大的后院，六角形的凉亭，有花台，人们在烧烤，天渐渐黑了，我去得比较晚，二话不说，我就先吃。
那天来的很多是从大陆来的朋友，在等着我弹琴，一个从凤凰城来的女士是女高音，她点的是大陆的歌《我和我的祖国》，从那以后我开始学唱大陆歌。弹唱了一会儿，我被从游泳池反射出来的星月之光吸引出屋，仰望着满天星辰，我的心融入穹苍中，感到自己太渺小了！每一颗星星都比地球大多了，眼前的一切加深了我对造物主的敬仰。当我又回到房间，开始即兴弹琴，弹弹弹，弹心中的惊叹，人们不断跟我说话，我默默背着刚才即兴弹奏的旋律，但是十招只剩下两招。我就告辞了，开车出去，停车，独自坐在路边，往上看，足足仰望了十多分钟。看着月亮，看着星辰，感受着我刚才弹过的旋律。
回到家里，我开始弹琴，我感觉这次比在朋友家里弹得更好。
我是在咏叹造物者的奇妙。
【The Stars Tonight】
I had surgery on my foot on June 11th,and completed my treatment on July 6th.
Everything in me started recovering and mylife began to go back to normal.
During the winter of 2007, I went to afriend’s house as a guest one night. Their estate had a large backyard with ahexagonal patio and a flower terrace. They had a barbeque that day, but I camelater in the evening when it was getting dark. I barely spoke to him before Istarted to eat.
All of his guests that day were friendsvisiting from China, and they were waiting to hear me play the piano。 A womanfrom the Feng-Huang province was a soprano and requested that I play atraditional song from China named “My Country and I”。 From that time onward, Istarted learning more traditional Chinese songs。 After a while of singing andplaying piano, I became mesmerized with the reflection of the moonlight in thepool and walked outside。 I looked up at the stars, and my heart fused with theheavens。
I felt so small and insignificant! Each star is many times larger thanthe Earth。 All that I saw deepened my respect for the Divine Creator。 When Ireturned inside, I started to improvise on the piano。 I kept playing andplaying, expressing the admiration in my heart。 The guests kept talking to me,but I secretly kept my attention and held onto the improvised melody I had justplayed。 I left the party and started up my car to begin driving。 After a bit, Ipulled off to the side and sat there, alone。 I remained for a good ten minutes,just looking up at the night sky。 The sight of the moon and stars affected themelody I had just played。
When I arrived at home, I immediately went toplay the piano. I felt that the modified melody sounded even better than theoriginal I played at my friend’s house.
I felt as if I was expressing the majesty ofnature.
萧宽志的原创油画作品，2010年12月25日绘于中国 南京
萧宽志原创音乐心情故事系列之
