A Dream within a dream - Edgar Allan Poe

A Dream Within A Dream         -by Edgar Allan Poe Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow- You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream. I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand- How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep- while I weep! O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream? 꿈 속의 꿈       - 에드거 앨런 포우 이마에 이 키스를 받으시오! 그리고, 이제 그대와 헤어짐에 있어 이토록 나는 고백하리다. 내 지난 날들이 꿈이었다고 그대가 생각한 들, 틀리지 않다는 것을. 그러나 가령 희망이 어느 밤, 어느 낮에 환상 속에든 아니든, 날아가 버렸다면 그렇다 해서 사라지지 않았다고 할 것인가? 우리가 보거나 그렇게 보이는 모든 것이 단지 꿈 속의 꿈인 것을. 나는 바닷가에 부딪쳐 부서지는 요란한 파도 소리 속에 서서 황금빛 모래알을 손에 쥐고 있나니- 그 얼마 되지도 않는! 그러나 모래알은 손가락을 흘러 바다로 떨어진다, 내가 울고 있는 동안에 - 울고 있는 동안에! 오, 신이여! 더욱더 꼭 쥘 수는 없을 런지요? 오, 신이여! 무정한 파도로부터 한 알만이라도 구할 수는 없는 지요? 우리가 보거나 그렇게 보이는 모든 것이 정녕 꿈 속의 꿈이란 말인가?

The Alan Parsons Project - Dream Within a Dream
( From  "Tales of Mystery and Imagination of Edgar Allan Poe" 1976)

(Narration :  - Orson Welles -)
For my own part, I have never had a thought 

Which I could not set down in words 

With even more distinctness that which I conceived it. 

There is however a class of fancies of exquisite delicacy 

Which are not thoughts and to which as yet 

I have found it absolutely impossible to adapt to language. 

These fancies arise in the soul, 

Alas how rarely, only at epochs 

Of most intense tranquillity 

When the bodily and mental health are in perfection. 

And those mere points of time 

When the confines of the waking world 

Blend with the world of dreams. 

And so I captured this fancy 

Where all that we see or seem 

Is but a dream within a dream.

Psy - Gangnam Style

Psy - Gangnam Style

I have lived in Gangnam over 20 years.  Suddenly, Psy's Gangnam style has gained great popularity in the world and the 'Gangnam' was made famouse by this song. But it seems that his looking and the dance have nothing to do with Gangnam. Psy replied that's the point of this song. So he is saying "Dress Classy, Dance Cheesy."

Psy - Gangnam Style Live Concert (at Jamsil)
싸이 - 강남 스타일 (잠실공연)

Psy - Gangnam Style Live in Gangnam Street



ㅡ Gangnam Street Views ㅡ

Psy- It's art (싸이 - 예술이야)

Samsung d'light zone.

There is a d'light zone in the Samsung Headquarters which is located at crossroads of Gangnam subway station in Seoul.  According to their web site, The name d’light combines the words ‘digital’ and ‘light’ to correlate with the company’s vision of being ‘a guiding light to the digital world’ and sharing the excitement and delight of digital technology through interaction with visitors. The ‘d’ also carries with it the connotation of ‘dynamic,’ ‘dream,’ and ‘diversity.’ Anyway this building is close to my house, so I visit here open.

Stranger.

ㅡ STRANGER ㅡ

Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

To You (1860 edition of Leaves of grass)

Stranger, if you passing meet me
 and desire to speak to me,
why should you not speak to me?
And why should I not speak to you?

낯선 사람이여, 서로 지나칠 때

그대가 내게 말을 건네고 싶다면

그러지 못할 까닭이 어디 있는가?

그리고 내가 그대에게 말을 건네지

못할 이유가 또 어디 있겠는가?

ㅡ People are Strange ㅡ

The Doors - People are strange (1967)


People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down

When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange

People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down

When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange

When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange

ㅡ Don't talk to stranger ㅡ

Dio - Don't Talk To Stranger (1983 live)

Don't talk to strangers
Cause they're only there to do you harm
Don't write in starlight
'Cause the words may come out real
Don't hide in doorways
You may find the key that opens up your soul
Don't go to Heaven cause it's really only Hell
Don't smell the flowers
They're an evil drug to make you loose your mind
Don't dream of women
'Cause they'll only bring you down

Hey you, you know me, you've touched me, I'm real
I'm forever the one that lets you look and see and
Feel me I'm danger, I'm the stranger

And I, I'm darkness, I'm anger, I'm pain

I am master, the evil song you sing inside your brain

Drive you insane

Don't talk, don't let 'em inside your mind

Run away, run away, girl

No, no, no don't let them in your mind

Protect your soul

Don't dance in darkness

You may stumble and you're sure to fall

Don't write in starlight

'Cause the words may come out real

Don't talk to strangers

'Cause they're only there to make you sad

Don't dream of women

'Cause they'll only bring you down