Dalam Berjalan
Selalu dan senantiasa sama,
satu kaki di depan yang lain:
suatu tindakan pemberontakan
pada masa emisi karbon:
kau mengklaim kembali waktu
yang telah hilang
ketika kau berjalan.
Demikianlah caranya jarak, hari dan impian dilewati
dengan irama langkah yang pasti,
satu kaki, di depan
yang lain.Aku telah berjalan melewati
sebuah rumah yang tertutup rimbun kebun,
jendela berkilau lindap melewati
gesekan daun-daun yang saling bertumbukan
Seorang ayah bermain kriket dengan anaknya
di taman, di luar waktu, sebuah peringatan
bahwa itulah yang seharusnya kulakukan:
Orang-orang tak bersuara dalam keremangan
gereja yang pintunya terbuka, menunggu
kabar yang tak akan membantu mereka.Berjalan itu semudah menarik nafas, namun lebih penting:
Berjalan menjaga jarak yang sama antara
kelahiran
dan kematian.
On Walking
It is only ever
one foot in front of the other:
an act of rebellion
in the age of emissions:
you claim back time
you’ve lost
when you walk.
In this way,
distances, days and dreams are crossed
in the rhythm of the deliberate step,
one foot, in front
of the other.I have walked past
A house being swallowed by its own garden,
windows glinting defiantly through the
violence of collided leaves:
A father playing cricket with his son
in the park, outside time, a reminder that
that’s what I should be doing:
People quiet in the shadows
beyond open church doors, waiting
for the news that won’t help them.Walking is as simple as breathing, though more important:
Walking maintains an equal distance between
birth
and death.
- 115: SPACE
with A Sometimes
114: NO THEME 13
with J Toledo & C Tse
113: INVISIBLE WALLS
with A Walker & D Disney
112: TREAT
with T Dearborn
111: BABY
with S Deo & L Ferney
110: POP!
with Z Frost & B Jessen
109: NO THEME 12
with C Maling & N Rhook
108: DEDICATION
with L Patterson & L Garcia-Dolnik
107: LIMINAL
with B Li
106: OPEN
with C Lowe & J Langdon
105: NO THEME 11
with E Grills & E Stewart
104: KIN
with E Shiosaki
103: AMBLE
with E Gomez and S Gory
102: GAME
with R Green and J Maxwell
101: NO THEME 10
with J Kinsella and J Leanne
100: BROWNFACE
with W S Dunn
99: SINGAPORE
with J Ip and A Pang
97 & 98: PROPAGANDA
with M Breeze and S Groth
96: NO THEME IX
with M Gill and J Thayil
95: EARTH
with M Takolander
94: BAYT
with Z Hashem Beck
93: PEACH
with L Van, G Mouratidis, L Toong
92: NO THEME VIII
with C Gaskin
91: MONSTER
with N Curnow
90: AFRICAN DIASPORA
with S Umar
89: DOMESTIC
with N Harkin
88: TRANSQUEER
with S Barnes and Q Eades
87: DIFFICULT
with O Schwartz & H Isemonger
86: NO THEME VII
with L Gorton
85: PHILIPPINES
with Mookie L and S Lua
84: SUBURBIA
with L Brown and N O'Reilly
83: MATHEMATICS
with F Hile
82: LAND
with J Stuart and J Gibian
81: NEW CARIBBEAN
with V Lucien
80: NO THEME VI
with J Beveridge
57.1: EKPHRASTIC
with C Atherton and P Hetherington
57: CONFESSION
with K Glastonbury
56: EXPLODE
with D Disney
55.1: DALIT / INDIGENOUS
with M Chakraborty and K MacCarter
55: FUTURE MACHINES
with Bella Li
54: NO THEME V
with F Wright and O Sakr
53.0: THE END
with P Brown
52.0: TOIL
with C Jenkins
51.1: UMAMI
with L Davies and Lifted Brow
51.0: TRANSTASMAN
with B Cassidy
50.0: NO THEME IV
with J Tranter
49.1: A BRITISH / IRISH
with M Hall and S Seita
49.0: OBSOLETE
with T Ryan
48.1: CANADA
with K MacCarter and S Rhodes
48.0: CONSTRAINT
with C Wakeling
47.0: COLLABORATION
with L Armand and H Lambert
46.1: MELBOURNE
with M Farrell
46.0: NO THEME III
with F Plunkett
45.0: SILENCE
with J Owen
44.0: GONDWANALAND
with D Motion
43.1: PUMPKIN
with K MacCarter
43.0: MASQUE
with A Vickery
42.0: NO THEME II
with G Ryan
41.1: RATBAGGERY
with D Hose
41.0: TRANSPACIFIC
with J Rowe and M Nardone
40.1: INDONESIA
with K MacCarter
40.0: INTERLOCUTOR
with L Hart
39.1: GIBBERBIRD
with S Gory
39.0: JACKPOT!
with S Wagan Watson
38.0: SYDNEY
with A Lorange
37.1: NEBRASKA
with S Whalen
37.0: NO THEME!
with A Wearne
36.0: ELECTRONICA
with J Jones