을친구삼아지내고있다들었습니다. 건강하게지내고있다하니다행입니다. 무척반가웠지만, 나는아직당신을만나고싶지않습니다. 언제가될지모르지만더좋은시기를기다리는중입니다. 다만나의이름을빌려글을쓰고싶다는부탁에대해선기꺼이받아들일생각입니다. 저역시기대하고있겠습니다.
졸음 / DROWSE
과라나:
또다시지하를만나게될거야. 빙글돌았더니핑돌더라. 산뜻했던어깨가다시조금가라앉는기분이들면맞게찾아온거야. 그래, 우리아이가잠투정이심했거든그래서가급적해를많이보고, 스트레칭도세시간간격으로해주고, 잠깐이라도문화생활을가져야정신이버티더라고. 나닮아서그런지잠보다는맛있는것예쁜것을보는걸좋아하더라. 항시주변을청결히하고, 수분섭취를자제하며사랑하는이에게림프선마사지를부탁하는거야.
다영:
기억이가물가물하다. 그전시가바닥에있었는지, 벽에붙었는지, 천장에서내려왔었는지. 어두웠는지, 밝았는지. 흐릿하게떠오르는건식물같은것, 가족같은것, 구름같은것, 평상같은것, 만하탄같은것. 색색이그린것도, 바닥에구르는것도, 빛나는화면도, 앉을곳도, 읽을것도있었던것같은데. 그리오래머물진않았을거다. 그앞과뒤는선명하니까. 빈곳을더듬어보면대략알수있다. 좋았나? 미웠나. 올해만해도여러번이다. 마치뜬눈으로꾸던꿈을이어서꾸려고노력하는모습같아서그만두기로했다.
종이에싸인동전하나를주워왔던것같은데. 언제였지. 불길한기분이들어서한강에버렸다.
댄스타임:
아무래도좋다고생각했다.
(positive) Dance time / ポジティブ☆ダンスタイム
“A place, between 밤과낮, between 꿈과현실
두세계가섞인문턱.
침실은 a place where 너가누워놓아버릴수있는.
이것은또한하나의방 within the mind,
마침내생각들이쉬고자유로이부유하는.
어쩌면너의눈이열려있을지도모를 tipping point,
정신은아직머물러고민하고있어,
to go back to the fabric of dreams 할지
to enter the waking world 할지.”
Contributing text by 김대환
…I heard you’ve been living with … as a companion.1 I’m relieved to hear you’ve been well. I was very glad to hear from you, but I still don’t wish to see you yet. I don’t know when; I’m waiting for a better time. Still, as for your request to write under my name, I would gladly accept. I’ll be looking forward to it as well.
졸음 / DROWSE
Guarana:
You’ll meet the underground again. I spun around and got dizzy. When you feel your once-light shoulders begin to sink a little again, you’ll know you have come to the right place. Right, our child used to have a hard time sleeping, so we made sure they got plenty of sunlight, stretched them out every three hours, and made time for them to experience a little culture, even briefly, and that was how we managed to keep going. Maybe because our child takes
after me, they like good food and looking at pretty things more than sleep. Always keep your surroundings clean, cut back on fluids, and ask someone you love for a lymphatic massage.
Dayoung:
My memory is hazy. Was that exhibition on the floor, mounted on the wall, or hanging from the ceiling? Was it dark, or bright? What comes back faintly are things like plants, things like family, things like clouds, things like a pyeongsang (wooden bench), things like Manhattan. I think there were things painted in different colors, things rolling around on the floor, a glowing screen, a place to sit, things to read. I probably didn't stay very long. What came before and after is clear, after all. If I feel around the empty space, I can more or less make it out. Did I like it? Did I hate it? It’s happened several times just this year. It felt as though I were trying to continue a dream I’d been dreaming with my eyes open, so I decided to stop.
I think I once picked up a coin wrapped in paper. When was that? It gave me an ominous feeling, so I threw it into the Han River.
Dance Time:
I decided it didn't matter either way.
(positive) Dance time / ポジティブ☆ダンスタイム
“A place, between 밤 과 낮 (night and day), between 꿈 과 현실 (dream and reality)
두 세계가 섞인 문턱 (a threshold where two worlds mingle).
침실은 (bedroom) a place where 너가 누워 놓아 버릴 수 있는 (where you can lie down and let go).
이것은 또한 하나의 방 (it is also a room) within the mind,
마침내 생각들이 쉬고 자유로이 부유하는 (where thoughts finally rest and drift freely).
어쩌면 너의 눈이 열려 있을지도 모를 tipping point (perhaps where your eyes might still be open),
정신은 아직 머물러 고민하고 있어 (while the mind still lingering, wondering),
(whether) to go back to the fabric of dreams 할지
(or) to enter the waking world 할지.”
Contributing text by Dahwan Ghim
