FŪDO 084 · 1992 · Middle Jeju · poem

A Long, Long Longing

길고 긴 그리움

Basic information

Identifier	FŪDO 084
Title	A Long, Long Longing길고 긴 그리움
Date	1992

Short commentary

Longing goes as far as it can and looks as far as sight permits, before finally stopping in place.

Artwork text · poem

Text by Byun Joung Hoon

A person and a horse
stop where the road runs out
and gaze at the horizon.
A place where one can go no farther,
and come no closer.
Longing is
to go as far as one can go,
to gaze as far as one can see,
and in the end to stop in one place.
The person and the horse do not turn back.
The bodies remain here,
and only the heart that cannot reach
follows the sea
and goes beyond the horizon.