Movement#3

Note: The flickering GIF animation created via AI using the author's original static images (on/off state).

Pinning and Un-pinning

Borrowed wrong shoes. There’s water on the floor mixed with Kimchi and blood. I wanted to turn around to fetch dirty dishes, but there’s a waste bin almost pinning me against the pit. Do not try to turn around to move it. First use your butt to push back, so that you have enough space to turn, then move it with your hands.

Put one step ahead of the other, keep your knees a little bent to walk without slipping. Listen to Jisu 지수 and Seo-won 서원 . They know how to hang pigs and walk on water.

Flora and Fauna

People have blood, but they don’t bleed on the floor. It is the pigs. They are cut open and hung on the ceiling with hooks. They are dead, but they bleed. In the last hour of closing, about a dozen of broken pigs will have their feet severed, soaked, then rinsed under running water in a sanitized basin. There will be no blood in the pigs in 12 hours. Seo-won cooks them and we eat. Mop the blood on the floor. It won’t disappear like pigs. It will never go away from your hands too, so stop thinking about it. That’s how rent is made.

The whole floor is a puzzle where you can move only one block at a time. To access dirty dishes from your back, you’d need to move at least four such blocks (blocks are general obstructions, like another bin, a trolly, or a person standing there for no reason), get the dishes, return to your pit while also putting the blocks where they were. To collect dishes from the service area, you’d have to crack open, then put-back 10-14 such blocks, and return to your pit in less than 4 minutes. That, without falling or without not smiling.

Service Area

First, secure cutlery from the table and put it at the bottom of the bin. It can fall or take a swing at someone. Knives are notorious for cutting. Bury sharp objects under plates and heap of untouched food and dead pigs. Pick used napkins at the end, so you could swipe the fallen food from the table. Then sanitize the scene.

Pit

Wear heavy and knitted gloves inside waterproof ones. Water from the hose can get up to 85°C. Test water temperature with left or right elbow, depending on your pit running clockwise or anticlockwise. Keep big and heavy pots spinning anticlockwise while washing them. They weigh less if thrown in air and spun, while being washed.

Language

If you must speak, do not use long sentences. Touch the thing you meant to say. Do it first, then say it in simple words. You can use longer sentences in about two to three weeks. Speak with muscle.

People

People are beautiful. Don’t fall in love. If tempted, start talking to them, know them. You will not fall in love, and enjoy the same show.

Mop is soaked with blood and sauce. It paints maroon. I use very little water for thick and textured lines. Don’t walk on your work once it is finished. Go home.