Rec | JIMJILBANG

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there’s something so primal in how safe and held I feel in the hot tub section of a jimjilbang. it makes me feel connected to something seemingly small and fleeting and yet so much bigger than myself, starting from long before I was here. hot spring. sitting, looking, being. washing ourselves washing loved ones. maybe I’ll see a mother braiding her daughters hair, maybe I’ll see two friends giggle over gossip as they share a bottle of lotion. or maybe I’ll smile when I lock eyes with an elderly woman I see so much of myself in. maybe today I‘ll put on a pretty outfit, or perhaps a comfy one. maybe I’ll run into you again next time— but probably not— and then we go home.

@_nicsun_

Feb 8, 2024

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