Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary
...No, I remember nothing, but Twitter decide to notice me this!
So, let me talk a lil bit about the backstory about this account then... (which is basically a talk about moon and my name, lmao)
So... one year ago? that's when I noticed I'm too whipped for one(1) man that I need a whole new account to write stupid sentimental things... but now I'm too embarrased to post them💔
Yeah, so... this account was firstly used to "write letters to the moon". Partly because Namjoon wrote "Moonchild" and I was so very whipped for that song.
I don't particularly like nights, but the existence of moon is just very soothing. It's like a guardian in dark nights.
But actually ,moon is a widely used metaphor in our culture. In one aspect, it could be specifically related to family and home. I was far away from home at that time, and looking at the moon remind me of my childhood years when I used to look outside my bedroom window at nights.
It could also be a hint for the changing of life. Just like the poem goes, “人有悲欢离合,月有阴晴圆缺,此事古难全”. Life has ups and downs, just like how moon has different phases.
But at the same time, the moon is a constant thing which sees all the happiness and sorrow of human beings, from ancient to present. (“人生代代无穷已,江月年年只相似。”)
Moon is an observer, an outsider, but at the same time, it's something that almost all human beings had/has been staring upon. It's something that links all of us together.
Moon is also something that's true and etheral at the same time.
It is like a dream. Dream as something you really long for, but cannot touch. It's always there, but can it ever be true?
If one day, you really reach the moon, would that be what you really have been longing?
If one day, you really reach your dream, would that be the same thing that kept you wondering and going forward?
...Or, more likely, if you never manage to do so, would you still look for it even as time passes, or would you focus on something on earth instead?
It's kind of conceptual and phylosophical-
I don't really know what it really is. But it's charming, it feels like an old friend. But also alien and mysterious.
Same for other things: do we really know what they are?
Do we really know someone's true heart?
...How about our own?
Put that aside for a little bit and let me talk about me!
When using this account, I always picture my "character" as some grumpy earth rabbit who want to disguise herself as a moon rabbit. (means I feel so far away from my dream=be a true artist&be professional, etc)
(*Rabbit because, Chang'e lives with her rabbits on the moon, that's the background story. That's the basic setup. And the rabbit make mooncakes on mid autumn festival to celebrate. That's it. Don't argue with me.)
I always like comparing myself to insignificant, tiny things on earth. (like the ancient writing goes, “寄蜉蝣于天地,渺沧海之一粟”)
I go by Minsha online, it's written as 明沙(Mingsha) and it was pulled from a poem, which means light(/bright) sand (by the water) in the text.
Sand, ash and dust, these are similar metaphors of insignificance (and almost nothingness). They're really unoticable until there's a whole pile of them. Just as we are, in this universe.
But even though they're seemingly so and unimportant, they are also linked to the universe.
Then, the first character of my (online) name, 明(bright), is combined of 日(sun) and 月(moon). basically, the concept of brightness in our culture comes from the biggest natural light source, sun and moon.
Insignificant as I am, the light from a stronger power source is cast upon me, and that makes me shine, too. I think that's basically how life works. And how culture works.
...I'm really thinking too much into this lol
Or, to be simpler, just picture a scene, where there's a river going into the sea, and creating a delta near estuary. There're willows growing there. It's a cool spring night and the sky is clear. Moon hanging in the middle and cast moonlight onto the ground.
The tide goes up and down gently, washing the shore, reflecting the lights. You hear the sound of tide and the sound of wind passing through willows, causing friction of leaves.
That's my world.
(And the sand on the shore quietly lying under shallow water reflecting moonlight softly, that's 明沙)
(It's actually not related to BTS at all, I've been using this name for years... but I guess we're all just the same book with different covers, lol)
So, back to the topic.
For me, my moon=my memories, my home, my dream, my light.
And moon dust lab is a place where's this earth rabbit who tries desperately to analyze her moon, trying to figure out how to get there, if that's ever a possible thing.
Also, "isn't this a NJ/BTS fan art account?"
lol. Yes, it is, I guess💔
Namjoon, and the whole squad of BTS of course, they're my memories, my home, my dream, and my light.
They're the source of my happiest days in my whole life(*amis are, too!), my home (*as Asian representatives) when I was in a foreign land, my dream and goal as outstanding artist (though we're in different fields), and my light who has accompanied me through my hardest times.
Though sometimes it actually hurts a lot to think about it -*everything*- (because I'm very corrupted lol), I think it's still better to feel hurt than not feeling anything?
Maybe I can't touch the sky but I still wanna keep running, and maybe one day I'll reach somewhere...
OK ENOUGH ENGLISHING FOR TODAY
I've edited this thread for hours and this made my head hurt💔wtf did I wrote...
I'm gonna yeet out of Twitter and catch up my work now💔
Take care and stay healthy, amis!!!!!!!!!!!!
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