According to the biblical tradition,
the Israelites who left Egypt
ate manna and quail
in the wilderness
for forty years.
The same food.
Every day.
For forty years.
Even in the film Oldboy,
Choi Min-sik survives only fifteen years
on fried dumplings.
At first,
it must have felt like a miracle.
But later—
did they grow tired of it?
Perhaps
they no longer even wished
to smell it.
Even a miracle,
when it becomes
a daily routine,
turns
into a complaint.