Poetry Vanishes
: A Rainy Reverie
As rain cascades down a window pane, a city night scene unfolds on the other side, the droplets tracing paths like tears down the glass. In this poignant tableau, the silhouette of a poetic phrase emerges, hinting at its impending disappearance. This scene, reminiscent of Yun Dong-ju's iconic "Prologue", encapsulates the essence of modern Korean history, its zeitgeist, and the cultural soul of its people. In a metropolis teeming with commercial billboards, the presence of poetry amid the cityscape is a surreal, almost impossible sight.
The artwork poignantly depicts a longing for the era embodied by poetry, symbolizing a thirst for literary imagination and the profound depths of a bygone time. The merging of rain droplets and poetic lines serves as a metaphor for the ephemeral nature of cultural memories, suggesting that the values and emotions once encapsulated in classic poems are slowly melting away in the modern era. "Poetry Vanishes" is more than a visual piece; it's a melancholic ode to the diminishing presence of poetry in our urban lives, reminding viewers of the profound weight carried by words and the collective memories they enshrine.