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Fragrant

Collection

I am Still Alive Today (S1)

Creator

Kingyo

Description

I stared at the video of Ryuichi Sakamoto playing the piano, wondering what would happen if he escaped from the music for a second, and didn't put his hands back on the piano. Would the world come to a halt? Then he disappeared into another dimension. Thinking about this, my eyes welled up with tears. My skin felt dry, so I picked up my fragrant hand cream. But I couldn't smell anything. I realized that I hadn't been able to smell for a while. To confirm this, I lit a cigarette and realized for the first time what it meant to smoke without smelling the smoke. I felt like the world was collapsing, and I was a hidden disabled person. I was restless the whole day, and then I didn't sleep all night. I baked focaccia bread in the oven, and I remembered how excited I was when I bought it, looking forward to dipping it in salsa and savoring the fragrant aroma. But now I couldn't smell it. I put it in my mouth and tasted only salt, tomatoes, and the texture of the bread. There was no sense of happiness from the imagined fragrance. I drank yogurt and the fruity flavor was gone. Only sweetness and a little sourness remained. I remembered what the owner of a bar in my hometown said, that the flavor of most cocktails comes from the aroma. I was extremely sad, and I didn't know when I would be able to smell again. I also thought of my grandmother, who couldn't smell (but I didn't know if it was congenital or caused by something else). When I was a child, she called herself "deaf-nosed." I wondered if she knew the feeling of being refreshed by the scent of flowers. So I smelled the flowers, but I didn't feel anything.

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Location

Beijing