Call Of The Red - lee wen 李文
Call Of The Red: The Widow
Oct. 11 2013
Design Cloud
Chicago, U.S.A.
"Re-Imagined Self through living and dying".
i am not yet but can do alright
let's see ok no problem say a b c
not again not attained but just regained
try not die
there still got time
love save all
grant your own faith in leading on to the source
i am not yet but can do alright
let's see ok no problem say a b c
not again not attained but just regained
try not die
there still got time
love save all
grant your own faith in leading on to the source
Widow
she sees him in her dreams
vivid dreams
over years the dreams became less and less
her children became adults but they were still her children
she is old and frail
but so strong will, loyal, character
depth
no lack
fulfilled
she knows her place and she still loves him.
This story is not a ghost story. It's a story of love. Of expectations, longings, patience, resilience. The life that one lives. The tenacity of character that is accumulated through hardship into the refinement of nobility.
On the seventh of July, the Japanese celebrates "Tanabata" based on the ancient mythology of the cowherder and the maiden or weaver girl. Thqsqere are different variations of the story which originates from China. Generally the lovers appear to have violated heavenly dictates and henceforth only allowed to meet once a year pn the 7th day of the 7th month. It had grown to be more significant as more people are forced to seek employment in further afield from where their hometown or original villages. Added to that we find the migration of workers to have led to increasing international couples becoming estranged lovers due to the economic and political and economic shifts of globalisation.
The experience is even more severe for those who loses their loved one by death. For estranged lovers still alive may sometime meet up though only for a short time before being separated again. The song I sing is the voice of the widow who lost her husband while young and nubile. After having single handedly bringing up her children, she suddenly realized age catching up with her. Her song is one of anxiety...
she sees him in her dreams
vivid dreams
over years the dreams became less and less
her children became adults but they were still her children
she is old and frail
but so strong will, loyal, character
depth
no lack
fulfilled
she knows her place and she still loves him.
This story is not a ghost story. It's a story of love. Of expectations, longings, patience, resilience. The life that one lives. The tenacity of character that is accumulated through hardship into the refinement of nobility.
On the seventh of July, the Japanese celebrates "Tanabata" based on the ancient mythology of the cowherder and the maiden or weaver girl. Thqsqere are different variations of the story which originates from China. Generally the lovers appear to have violated heavenly dictates and henceforth only allowed to meet once a year pn the 7th day of the 7th month. It had grown to be more significant as more people are forced to seek employment in further afield from where their hometown or original villages. Added to that we find the migration of workers to have led to increasing international couples becoming estranged lovers due to the economic and political and economic shifts of globalisation.
The experience is even more severe for those who loses their loved one by death. For estranged lovers still alive may sometime meet up though only for a short time before being separated again. The song I sing is the voice of the widow who lost her husband while young and nubile. After having single handedly bringing up her children, she suddenly realized age catching up with her. Her song is one of anxiety...