It’s the dawn of a new day. The morning breeze and warm sunshine raptures my body. I cannot loathe reality because I love it so much. My uncontrollable reason prompts me to rely on hallucination and oblivion. The new dawn makes me feel the exhilarating beauty of everyday life.
A new day has begun. I got up, switched on the computer, looking for the TV remote control that is somewhere around here. I browse news about some accidents, gossip, same old news overnight; they are only the fragments of the boredom. Like yesterday, I just let the whole day pass by watching TV. I’m thirsty. I go to a convenience store across the street. I look at the various brands of bottles in the cooler: alcohol, coffee, soda, juice, mineral water. One of these will quench my thirst today, hopefully.
A story of a dog - A big eared but small dog is running, and running. It’s very tired yet still running. It is in and out of my sight, running. It comes and goes, running. It falls to the ground, maybe exhausted.
A story of XX Bottle - I am enjoying the truck ride. I am full of XX. The journey never ends, and I wonder where today? After a big tumble, the truck stops. The truck driver puts me into a cool refrigerator and I am happy to take a good rest after the long journey. Two days later, I am standing in the middle of nowhere.
The dog and XX bottle are resting together with their own stories.
It is almost impossible to describe my everyday life in a condensed and succinct way. It is difficult to share these things with others. But, on the other hand, all people have identical occurrences. Maybe, someone whom I know nothing of is feeling the same way I am, at the same time.
Life in the big city and life in the country surely have different perspectives. The difference in perspective can be perceived differently in time flow because of our reality of everyday life and situations flow differently in time. The flow of time and perspective between city and country is, obviously, different; and the borderline of such a discrepancy has complex and subtle features. The physical distance creates a gap of time, as found in different civilizations and cultures. Note this, there stand identical objects set within identical situations but in different backgrounds; they arouse subtle differences in the sentiments of such objects.
Today’s media productions further bring about the confusion in the differences and identity. TV dramas, movies, or other media productions are poured out and absorbed by people with a lack of distinction between true and false. They only convey the obscure experience and ambiguous artificiality that we experience in everyday life.
By Yongsik Park / Artist
