I began to think

of walls as stages

of the stage being animate

asking to be translated

into a body moving

In the summer of 2006, eleven angels fell into Shanghai.

2006的夏天，十一个天使坠落上海。

There may have been more.

也许还有更多。

I could only be in one place at a time.

我同一时间只能在一个地方。

These are the ones I saw.

这十一个天使就是我所看到的。

I think they had set off together from the same place and at the same time.

我想他们是从同一个地方在同一时间出发的。

They landed alone.

他们分别登陆。

Each had to find her own way to……What decisions had to be made?

她们每个必须找到她自己的方法做什么样的决定?

To stay?

留下？

To return?

回去？

To step out?

外出？

To hide?

隐藏？

To stride?

跨过？

To fear?

害怕？

To conquer?

征服？

To dissolve?

溶化？

To merge?

融合？

To rejoice?

庆祝？