Oct 14, 2023
but you are not made for saltwater; it is getting harder to breathe (金鱼/鲸鱼/晶鱼/惊鱼）
#something about gifted kid burnout and big fish small pond; in blurry quality#tagwhatnot; personal art archive#translation of the chinese: the first thing is that they are all 相音字 and sound like jīn yú or jīng yú#金鱼 for goldfish; 鲸鱼 for whale; 晶 for crystal/treasure/precious (鱼=fish);#惊 as in startled/frightened/scared. <similar to in 打草惊蛇>#i made this around this time last year and remembered it very recently so here it is.#sometimes life keeps spiralling and old thoughts resonate don't they? anyway. fish metaphors beloved.#i guess there's no moral to this. just a bit of pondering and personal melancholy.