Reflections of Dream

洞喻夢鏡

你睜開眼

意識到自己在一個巨大的洞窟前

你記得這個地方

他們說這裡是預言家的洞窟

你不知道為什麼自己會出現在這

也記不起在來到這之前的所有回憶

如同做夢般

事情就這麼發生了

預言家的洞窟中

有花形的四面鏡子

他們說你無法在其中看見真實世界

只能看到現實世界

四面鏡子呈現的都是你曾經幻想過的自己

「鏡子對面是我的夢嗎？」你問預言家

「不。」預言家回答

他接著說：「你知道嗎？對面的人也問過我一樣的問題。」

你問：「然後呢？」

預言家回答：「我說：『是』。」

然後你飛走了

幾隻花瓣般的羽毛緩緩落地

You open your eyes.

You become aware that you are standing before a vast cave.

You remember this place.

They say this is the Cave of the Oracle.

You do not know why you have appeared here, and you cannot recall anything before arriving.

As if in a dream, things simply happened.

Inside the Oracle’s Cave there are four flower-shaped mirrors.

They say you cannot see Truth in them, you can only see Reality.

What the four mirrors present are all the versions of yourself you once imagined.

“Is the one on the other side of the mirror my dream?”
you ask the Oracle.

“No,” the Oracle answers.

Then adds, “Did you know? The one on the other side
once asked me the same question.”

You ask, “And then?”

The Oracle replies,
“I said, ‘Yes.’”

And then you fly away.

A few petal-like feathers
settle gently onto the ground.

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oil on linen
72.5 x 60.5 cm