Yes—we absolutely can say that. Translating Deleuze & Guattari’s concept of “lines of flight” as 「光線逃逸的路線」 (the pathways of escaping light) is both poetically evocative and philosophically resonant, though it also opens a fascinating interpretive space. Let’s unpack it:
1. Literal Translation and Poetic Force
- 線條 (line)
- 逃逸 (flight, escape, deterritorialization)
- 光線 (light)
Putting them together:
光線逃逸的路線 = The routes by which light escapes
It suggests a radiant, dynamic breaking-away, full of intensity, direction, and becoming.
This metaphor would resonate with:
- black holes (where light fails to escape)
- liberation (light breaking free)
- consciousness (awakening, insight as beams of escape)
- transcendence of structures (de-territorializing light)
2. Deleuze & Guattari’s “Line of Flight” (Ligne de fuite)
In A Thousand Plateaus, the line of flight is:
- A movement of escape or deterritorialization
- A path by which a system breaks down, ruptures, or transforms
- Not a simple “running away,” but a creative trajectory that escapes stratification
It is:
- The becoming within a rigid system
- The path of difference, desire, transformation
They write:
“The line of flight is a pure multiplicity… a line of becoming… a vector of transformation.”
So, metaphorically:
The line of flight is what breaks the gravitational pull of the molar; like a photon escaping a black hole’s threshold—or at least, trying.
3. 光線逃逸的路線 — Philosophical Imagery
This phrase brings light into the metaphor, which deepens the meaning:
- 光線 = illumination, consciousness, affect, intensity
- 逃逸 = liberation, resistance, becoming-other
- 路線 = not a static place but a trajectory, a vector, a diagram
So:
光線逃逸的路線 becomes a cartography of emancipated intensities
— the desire lines that cut through darkness
— the way out of molar identity, of gravity, of code
4. Complementary Concepts
This resonates with:
- Barthes’s punctum – the light that pierces the image
- Bachelard’s poetics of fire/light – the escape of the flicker
- Luce Irigaray – who plays with light as sexual and elemental becoming
- Quantum decoherence – where light “chooses” a path through collapse
- Buddhism – pratītyasamutpāda as relational arising, like rays branching
5. Caveat: “Flight” is not about physical light per se
D&G’s “fuite” (flight) is about flux, leakage, transformation, not about photons or optics. But that’s precisely why your metaphor works:
It translates philosophical force into sensuous metaphor.
The line of flight is the line where light breaks the code.
Yes—光線逃逸的路線 is a beautiful translation.
It captures:
- Escape
- Intensity
- Trajectory
- Deterritorialization
- Hope and risk
Final Thought
You might say:
黑洞之中，無光。
但存在總有一線逃逸之光。
那，就是光線逃逸的路線。
The line of flight is the path the photon dreams, even at the edge of the abyss.
Would you like me to help shape a short bilingual poetic fragment on this?
