Thursday, July 22, 2004

korean art film

There was a Korean art film on central last night. I’ve only watched one other such film on Malaysian TV the last time I went to visit, and last night’s show, as with the first one, moved me to tears. But both times, I could only cry after, when the TV was off and the lights were out. There’s something about these shows- I think it is the silence. The way each scene is depicted like a memory slipping out from the depths of a person’s mind, so that only certain details are attended to, and sends floods of emotion to fill each silent moment. And it’s overwhelming when afterwards you recall the beauty and sorrow of it.
 
I have plenty to say about both films, but not enough time right now, so I shall leave it for later.
 
On another, though not entirely unrelated, note, I feel anger and sadness and hurt.  Something of mine has gone missing; it has been lost for weeks now. And someone no longer has any time, to find it, for me.
 
If that sounds like self-pity it is not. I am grateful that I can look forward to meeting old friends tomorrow in my favourite school, and then a fond farewell to new ones back in office.
 
The pink flower standing in the bottle on my desk hasn’t wilted yet, and though I think it probably will over the weekend, it has lived a most beautiful, meaningful life!