Mime is the art of re-creating the world by moving and positioning the human body.

默劇是透過身體的移動及定位，去重新創造這個世界。

Re-creating the world is a quick yet comprehensive way to say that Mime transposes reality from one mode to another. Mime cannot create reality; it is a part of reality. Mime can only create a shape, a focus, for a substance that already exists. The water poured from a vase into a flat pan does not change; the quality and amount are the same. Mime provides a new mold for what we already know.

默劇將現實以另一個模式去展現人前，它不能創造現實，因為它是現實中的一部份。默劇只能創造現實既有的形狀、焦點、以及實體。例如將花瓶中的水倒進一個平底鍋上，表面上有所不同，但其實水是沒有變，因為其質量是一樣的。默劇為我們所認知的東西，提供一個新的模子。

(摘自Claude Kipnis的《The Mime Book》一書)

(翻譯：Eric Chan)