for an installation by Christian Sardet & Shiro Takatani
(P) 2017 Milan Records USA
誠者,天之道也;誠之者,人之道也。 ( Chéng zhě, tiān zhī dào yě; chéngzhī zhě, rén zhī dào yě. ) ---- 子思 《禮記·中庸》22:7 _____ Der bestirnte Himmel über mir, und das moralische Gesetz in mir. ---- Immanuel Kant (KpV: AA 05: 161.33–36) ________________________ ἃ γὰρ δεῖ μαθόντας ποιεῖν, ταῦτα ποιοῦντες μανθάνομεν (What we have to learn to do we learn by doing.) ---- Ἀριστοτέλης (Nic. Eth. 1103a33)
Michael Radford (1994) Il Postino (The Postman) 일 포스티노
based on Antonio Skármeta (1985) 네루다의 우편배달부
Pablo: Here on the island, the sea... so much sea. It spills over from time to time. It says yes, then no... then no. In blue, in foam, in a gallop... it says no, then no. It cannot be still. My name is sea, it repeats... striking a stone but not convincing it. Then with the seven green tongues of seven green tigers... of seven green seas... it caresses it, kisses it, wets it... and pounds on its chest, repeating its own name. Well? What do you think?
Mario: It's weird.
Pablo: What do you mean, weird? You're a severe critic.
Mario: No, not your poem. Weird... Weird... how I felt while you were saying it.
Pablo: How was that?
Mario: I don't know. The words went back and forth.
Pablo: Like the sea then?
Mario: Exactly. Like the sea.
Pablo: There, that's the rhythm.
Mario: I felt seasick, in fact.
Pablo: Seasick!
Mario: Because ... I can’t explain it. I felt like ... like a boat tossing around on those words.
Pablo: Like a boat tossing around on my words? Do you know what you’ve done, Mario?
Mario: No, what?
Pablo: You’ve invented a metaphor. Yes, you have!
Mario: Really? But it doesn’t count because I didn’t mean to.
Pablo: Meaning to is not important. Images arise spontaneously.
Mario: You mean then that... for example, I don't know if you follow me... that the whole world... the whole world, with the sea, the sky... with the rain, the clouds...
Pablo: Now you can say etc., etc.
Mario: Etc., etc. The whole world is the metaphor for something else? I'm talking crap.
Pablo: No, not at all. Not at all.
Mario: You pulled a strange face.
Pablo: Mario, let's make a pact. I'll have a nice swim... and ponder your question. Then I'll give you an answer tomorrow.
Mario: Really?
Pablo: Yes, really.
그렇지만 배달하러 자전거 타고 가는 길이 제일 좋았다. 화이자 맞고 괜히 놀고 있음.
cf. Ilan Stavans · Ivana Bosnjak · Thomas Johnson (2017) Romance and revolution: The poetry of Pablo Neruda
뛰어난 애니/강의. 어릴 때 가장 가고 싶은 나라였는데.
어쩜 그리 놀래키니?사고날 뻔 했잖아.너 때문이라고 해도 되겠지,숨어야 했던 건.그런데 꼭 오늘이어야 했어?발이 땅에 닿지 않아.날아가 버리지 않으려고 얼마나 애쓰고 있는데.그렇게 잔인할 필요가 있었어?나는 바라만 볼 뿐이야.네가 보이지 않아도 불평하지 않아.너에겐 내가 보이지 않아.알고 있어. 잊지 않아.너무 작아서. 너무 멀어서...그렇게 너무 많은 이유가 있니?모두가 알고 있는데. 그래서 나도 아는데.왜 자꾸 말하니?감싸 주기를 바란 적 없어.어쩌다 남은 온기라도 구걸할 생각조차 한 적 없어.그런데 왜 그렇게 무서운 얼굴을 하니?들리지도 않게 했는데.너에겐 내가 보이지 않아.맹세코 그건 괜찮았어. 넌 너일 뿐이니까.널 견딜 무엇도 남아 있지 않아.마지막 재까지 소진했어.그냥 사실을 말하는 거야.왜 괜한 짓을 하는 거니?보이지 않아서 믿기지 않니?네게 보이길 바라는 게 아니야.네가 보이길 바라는 게 아니야.그렇지만 매일 거기에 있어 줄래?