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Sunset · 1975
Byun Shi-Ji, Sunset, 1975

100 Works/FŪDO 071

FŪDO 071 · 1975 · Early Jeju · poem

Sunset

일몰

Basic information

IdentifierFŪDO 071
TitleSunset일몰
Date1975

Short commentary

Depth appears when several times are allowed to remain together within one pale light.

Artwork text · poem

Text by Byun Joung Hoon

The sea and the sky
spread into a single faint light.
There is pink,
there is yellowed light,
there is blue.
The coolness of dawn,
the thin heat of midday,
the sinking light of dusk
are all there together.
As a single ink
holds many shades,
within one faint color
the time of a whole day seeps in.
Many colors
have grown quiet inside one light.
Fullness
does not come only from many things.
When many times remain together
within one faint light,
only then does depth begin.
Where the day draws to a close,
the whole day
quietly gathers.

Map of relations · Early Jeju, 1975–1979

Return at fifty, blue Jeju, horses and boats, labour and absence.

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