자다
ja-da
Korean 'jada': cutting the line to the world and setting the body down
The picture An awake body closes its eyes, the line to the outside goes slack, and it sinks until only breath moves. jada is cutting the line and sinking; ireonada is reconnecting it and standing the body up.
Where the picture shows up in 자다
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The hour of lying down
저는 보통 열한 시에 자요.
jeo-neun bo-tong yeol-han si-e ja-yo
I usually go to bed at eleven.
The room light goes off and the body slides down under the quilt
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How long you were cut off
어제는 세 시간밖에 못 잤어요.
eo-je-neun se si-gan-ba-kke mot ja-sseo-yo
I only got three hours last night.
On the dial of a clock, only three notches are coloured in
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Asleep right now
아기가 자고 있으니까 조용히 해 주세요.
a-gi-ga ja-go i-sseu-ni-kka jo-yong-hi hae ju-se-yo
The baby is sleeping, so please keep it down.
Under the blanket a small body lies still, only the breath rising and falling
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Where you sleep
오늘은 병원에서 자야 해요.
o-neu-reun byeong-wo-ne-seo ja-ya hae-yo
I have to stay the night at the hospital.
A thin mattress that is not your own bed, a quilt spread, a body laid down
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A parting greeting
푹 자고 내일 봐요.
puk ja-go nae-il bwa-yo
Sleep well, see you tomorrow.
Pulling the quilt up, turning off the light, closing the door behind you
All of it in one picture
jada is the picture of a body letting go of the outside. The hour you switch off the lamp and lie down is what time you sleep; a short stretch of being cut off is not sleeping enough. No movement under the blanket is being asleep, the same thing happening at a friend's place or a hospital is sleeping there, and wishing someone that sinking as you part is saying good night.