A center, a list, 3 S: the tale of the small
text published on C3 Magazine, n.321
A temple as a center of gravity…
The monk, interpreted by Kim Ki Duk, climbs up laboriously to the top of the mountain, between bristling paths of dusty earth and layers of slippery ice. He brings a small statue and, tied to the body, a heavy stone, a symbol of an ancient guilt and of a physical repentance that may perhaps expiate the sins of the monk.
At the end of this difficult journey, almost surprised, the glance of the protagonist settles over the valley below and over the small lake closed in the green forest. At the center, like a magnet around which focuses the entire landscape, a building lies placidly: it is the temple from which comes the monk, a tiny pagoda, floating docilely on the still waters of the lake, now frozen.
