English version:
This photo was taken at 4:42 pm on May 5th, 2020, during the CPVOD-19 pandemic.
In the past few months, this world is no longer the one that I used to know and understand for the past 19 years. Just like today, very accidentally, I saw the usual big moon again in the afternoon and found this very ordinary building next to it. I captured them together into my lens. Under the sun, their combination suddenly has a surreal taste.
It’s just like the world presented to us recently. So many real things happen every day in every corner of the world. It’s not too strange to look at each thing individually, but it is so unreal when they are combined together. Although this photo was unintentionally taken, it did take a bit of surreal courage to come here to take it.
I finally understand that realism and surrealism both belong to this world. In between them, there is a secret we can never know.
What else shall I do? Yesterday, I was proud of making a delicious meal, and today, I am happy to take this photo. Only with such self-surrealism can we resist the surrealism of this world.
Fortunately, there is still light and warmth. Many precious things in this world are still there. Chen Danqing once said: “Fuck it. Keep on living.” Then, let’s take up the courage and live on bravely.
