Pocket

#1
All begins with a draft titled: “ a list in the pocket. ” It supposed to be a list of names that whose work will be considered with the next issue. However, the title was taken misunderstood as the word “pocket” was for the next theme. And so it is, the POCKET becomes the topic of this issue.

#2
You pointed at it and said: this is mine. In fact, it’s truly difficult to learn, what is m-i-n-e all about. However, you put these things in your pocket, and they’ll be following you all the time. While you’re walking down the street, they will just bump into each other in the pocket, again and again. Sometimes, they make sounds that remind you of being aware of where they are.

#3
It’s close to you. It covers you. You can stuck your hands in it while feeling lost. You can live with or without it. It’s hard for you to recall how it feels like when your hands touched it. The memories of using the pocket and the trace left by using the pocket, it’s all about personal histories and individual lives.

#4
All begins with a draft titled: “ a list in the pocket. ” It supposed to be a list of names that whose work will be considered with the next issue. However, the title was taken misunderstood as the word “pocket” was for the next theme. And so it is, the POCKET becomes the topic of this issue.

#1
一切起因於信箱裡的其中一封開頭打著「口袋人選」的文件。原意是指那些因為版面有限而放不下的作品們,或許可以納入之後期別,作為將來考量。卻陰陽差錯地被誤認為,「口袋」是下一期的主題。於是乎,我們便順理成章地將它作為這一本的主題。

#2
你指著這邊說,這是我的。但其實你很難真正體會到,所謂「這個是你的」究竟是怎麼一回事。於是你把東西都放進口袋裡了,他們都會一直跟隨著你,你在大街上不停行走,他們就在你的口袋裡翻滾來翻滾去的,偶而會因為撞擊而發出的聲響,提醒了你關於他們的存在。

#3
它貼身。它為你藏污納垢。在你不知所措的時候,雙手還可以放口袋。它可有可無。你不記得那些口袋摸起來究竟是什麼感覺。那些觸摸的記憶,使用的磨痕,私人的歷史。

#4
一切起因於信箱裡的其中一封開頭打著「口袋人選」的文件。原意是指那些因為版面有限而放不下的作品們,或許可以納入之後期別,作為將來考量。卻陰陽差錯地被誤認為,「口袋」是下一期的主題。於是乎,我們便順理成章地將它作為這一本的主題。

Contributors

夏夏, Magida El-Kassis, Aiwei, Peter Puklus, Nguan, Chun P. Lin, 毛毛, Julia Selin, Weiwei Lo, Charlie Engman, 黃子欽, 姚瑞中, Hannah Davis, Son Ni, Carlos Arroyo Galaxia, Yi-Hsuan Lin, No.223