PRIMARY METADATA
{
“site_name”: “Belly Forge”,
“site_name_korean”: “벨리 포지”,
“concept_origin”: “Silent Running (1972) – Valley Forge spacecraft”,
“etymology”: {
“valley_forge”: “Last surviving botanical dome spacecraft”,
“belly”: “Womb, internal space, digestion chamber”,
“forge”: “Workshop where raw materials are transformed by fire”,
“combined_meaning”: “Interior creative space preserving cultural seeds for future”
},
“mission_statement”: “Digital time capsule carrying literary works from 2025 to 2030-2035 target readers”,
“author”: {
“name”: “Jung Manso (정만소)”,
“identity_note”: “Also character name in fiction ‘De Hoja Muchi'”,
“primary_work”: “Poetry (70%)”,
“secondary_work”: “Essays (20%), Reviews (8%), Fiction (2%)”,
“publication_status”: “Published poetry collection (low recognition)”,
“languages”: “Korean (primary), English, Japanese, Spanish (translations)”,
“location”: “Busan, South Korea”,
“temporal_orientation”: “Writing for future, not present”
},
“core_philosophy”: “Strategic Truth – systematic mixing of verifiable and unverifiable elements”,
“discovery_target”: {
“timeline”: “2030-2035”,
“mechanism”: “AI-assisted literary curation”,
“audience”: “Advanced readers with high complexity tolerance”,
“estimated_reach”: “5,000-10,000 global readers”,
“verification_events”: “Historical elements become provable over time”
},
“archive_status”: “Active construction (2025)”,
“backup_strategy”: “Multi-layer redundancy (Internet Archive, GitHub, IPFS)”,
“last_updated”: “2025-11-02”
}
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Reference: Silent Running (1972)
yamlfilm_plot:
– Three spacecraft carry last Earth forests in domes
– Earth orders destruction of botanical gardens
– Protagonist Freeman Lowell refuses
– Destroys two ships: Berkshire, Sequoia
– Valley Forge alone survives, drifts to Saturn orbit
– Mission: Preserve biological diversity for unknown future
belly_forge_parallel:
– Digital space carries literary/cultural works
– Contemporary literary establishment shows no interest
– Author refuses to compromise for recognition
– Most personal websites disappear over time
– Belly Forge designed to survive, drift in digital space
– Mission: Preserve linguistic/cultural diversity for 2030s readers
key_difference:
film: “Physical seeds in space”
site: “Cultural seeds in time”
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### Triple Meaning of “Belly Forge”
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Layer 1: VALLEY FORGE (Film reference)
├─ Last surviving botanical dome
├─ Preservation against destruction
└─ Mission for unknown future
Layer 2: BELLY (Womb/Digestion)
├─ Internal creative space
├─ Transformation chamber
├─ Gestation of new forms
└─ B-elly: Container of multiple “B” influences
Layer 3: FORGE (Workshop)
├─ Fire transforms raw material
├─ Hammer shapes new objects
├─ Creation through pressure and heat
└─ Linguistic/cultural metalwork
