FŪDO 050 · 1988 · Middle Jeju · essay

Landscape with an Ox

소가 있는 풍경

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This is not an abandoned house, only a house briefly unoccupied: an ordinary noon without departure or farewell.

Text by Byun Joung Hoon

A thatched house in the middle of a field. A pine stands straight, laying shade on the roof. The ox in front of the house quietly waits for someone.

It is not an empty house. Its people are only away for a moment.

The sun is bright. It spreads its rays over the house.

No departure, no farewell: noon on an ordinary day. Once they have passed, these are the days we miss most.

Memory after the storm, the way home, longing, solitude and light.