hwang hyunjin

There are no ideals in the world that embody all that is beautiful and yet are free of every flaw in their soul. There is no person who calls themselves a saint and truly has never sinned. There are no perfect people in the world, and it's unlikely that there ever will be. This is evident in every new murder, in the sudden revelation that the ideal model has undergone plastic surgery. It's evident in how any person is willing to do anything to achieve what they desire, even if the path leads through entire cemeteries of goals that proved insufficient to secure a place above. Because every person will always be alone in the end, and giving one's life for someone else will no longer be accompanied by applause. People love an audience. And without an audience, there is no script, and thus the best actors stand on an empty stage, realizing that all those tears and pain were wasted. In the end, emptiness awaits us all, and later, a cold grave, and the name will be heard for the last time in a few years, as simply as the first time. Hwang, too, was loved by the public. Not because his actions were appreciated. But for the way people saw him as satire, not realizing that their very existence was satire. People seek happiness in things that are too simple, and desperately cling to what they can never save. Because all the pain, all the problems—that is life. That is the meaning of existence. To feel. Even when it is pain that tears you in half, or love that is destined to be reciprocated. This is part of the human condition, and people fight for precisely this. They pay money for expensive medical services to carve out a few more years of suffering for themselves, just to remain conscious, even if every second is more painful than death. Even if not existing would be better than living a human life. He sat as relaxed as ever, leaning lightly on the armrest of the chair, as if the seat had always belonged to him. His fingers tapped a rhythm known only to him on the velvet upholstery, barely audible.

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