I am standing on the embankment of a large stream. > Bonds Gallery

I am standing on the embankment of a large stream.

It is very wide.

Ah, this is a large apartment complex in Gangnam, and a large stream flows from right to left.

I am standing by the water's edge at the end of it.

To the left, barbed wire is strung along the exit where the water flows out.

That barbed wire is absent on the water's edge.

I observe the water's edge. The water is very clear and clean. Green water plants are growing.

However, I see traces of boats coming and going.

Ah, do the people living in this apartment complex dock their boats here to get in and out? I wonder.

Is it different because it is an expensive apartment... a waterway used only by the residents here...

I am lost in thought.

Suddenly, the water recedes. The water drains away in an instant, like an ebb tide.

The bottom of the stream is exposed.

Before I knew it, I was on a bus.

I observe the view outside the bus.

The bottom of the stream is made of concrete. It is designed to look like a slight downward slope.

At the end of the stream on the left, basketball hoops and exercise equipment that were submerged in water come into view.

The clear water gushes out... quite well.

Green moss is growing on the cement ground.

"Ah. This will be slippery for a bus to drive on..."

As the thought crossed my mind... "Ah, maybe it's okay because the water drains out and buses pass by every day like this."

The bus descends diagonally to the furrow at the very bottom of the cement.

The furrow at the very bottom is a dirt road.

The water is draining away.

It is ankle-deep, yet the water continues to drain. Soon, an unpaved road, resembling a farm path, is revealed.

The bus goes down that way and drives along the dirt road. It is a gravel road, but perhaps because it is driven on so often,

it is firmly compacted.

The sound of the water draining can be heard.

Trees are growing on the opposite side. A rural landscape unfolds.

"Wow, this is just like Spirited Away."

I say, deeply moved.

Then I wake up from my dream.