Illustration & Text : Tengis Khasbagana,2007,Hohhot Material : Peper,Pencil,FRP,Acrylic Font : Mortal Type English Translation : Unerhu Reference : Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung,Arthur Schopenhauer
Once upon a time, two existences who were normal to the eternal horizon, realized their short time fate.
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As a return to the short time fate, Bomba born as a new blood for his race.
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Bomba’s ancestors seem to be this kind of people.
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The followings seem to be this kind of people.
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Bomba can vaguely remembered, the last ancestor was this kind of people.
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Now, Bomba became the carrier of his strong race’s blood.
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In the concept of time, Bomba started the doings of counting age.
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In the concept of time, there were different types of existence, and coexist possibility.
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In the end, they lived together.
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As time goes on, the power of human started to become abundant.
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Although the power of human’s power became abundant, with the eternal from the creator, the borings always appeared.
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But when the darks came, Bomba went to sleep when the soul temporary lost consciousness.
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One day, another existence that was normal to the eternal horizon as well, came into his vision.
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She was called Ar.
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They had been deceived by the disciplines long time ago.
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They lived together.
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One night, Bomba dreamed all existence goes to the “meaningless� beyond him.
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At the end of the dream was tremendous death.
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Bomba woke up in fear, helpless.
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At this moment, God spoke to him.
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God told him “all hidden phenomenon can’t be seen still exist, there must be a way to find them.”
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Bomba embarked on the way of seeking.
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On the way of seeking, Bomba became no longer normal to the eternal horizon.
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Bomba became more humpbacked.
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Bomba became more humpbacked.
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At the end of Bomba’s life, he didn’t believe what he had looked for any more.
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Bomba had to obey the natural merciless law as strict as his father.
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However, the mother earth seemed to have a trace of warm compassion, held his body into her warm embrace.
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Before too long, Bomba realized “himself� existing in somewhere he familiar with.
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The seeking question before got its answer here.
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He got the answer, believed the existence of eternity.
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He wouldn’t afraid of the non-existed meaningless.
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Returned to the familiar eternity start, Bomba does not need to count age.
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Bomba’s “body” remained at the end of the time, does not has any relationship with these absurd sentences of this story.
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However, there are some people who mournful about the “body� no longer related with this.
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Postscript The word-Bomba means Utopia in Djangar Epic, it is the last Promised Land can redeemed of the short time fate. The seeking of the eternal existence originated from the ancient nomads’ nature respecting thinking. Only the balanced law which would not change by time can judge, reward and accommodate human beings, is the great existence.
However, there are some people who mournful about the “body” no longer related with this.
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