Nightmare
Video3.14min
2020-2022
A real fly will inevitably die after a painful struggle, but in the new story, the maggot eventually transforms into a fly and flies away, gaining a sense of freedom and liberation. While we cannot change the reality of the pain that has occurred, we can, to some extent, find reconciliation with it.
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Video Link: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1UT4y1i7c5/
Subtitles:
I woke up from a dream.
It was the season of growth, with heavy oleanders falling into the soil, the air filled with the scent of decay. A man leaned against the shattered wall, staring at me with pitch-black eyes, unfathomable. In his pupils, hundreds of maggots wriggled, intertwined, and grew. He turned around, braced himself on the wall, and leapt over it.
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The moss on the wall was cold and sticky. I fell onto the damp soil, holding a few petals in my hand—it was the entrance to the forest. Lush trees pierced the sky, cautious birds hidden in the shadows. Following the footprints in the soil, I moved forward, branches brushing past my ears, and the air carried a faint sweetness of blood. At the end was the legendary Baroque-style building. The wind lifted the heavy curtains; he stood by the window with his back to me. Sensing my arrival, he closed the last light in the castle.
In the moment darkness engulfed me, I opened my palm. The first fly born spread its wings and flew away.
Insecurity embraced me gently, like a lingering nightmare.
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Sweet dreams
Sweet dreams
Sweet dreams
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