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Category: Musings

  • Today is Wednesday

    Today is Wednesday

    This new year of the moon brings forth a kind of ends-and-beginnings that go in medias res: in the middle of things where changes are all slow and sudden and still.

  • Notes on 설강화 (Snowdrop) Episode 12

    Notes on 설강화 (Snowdrop) Episode 12

    Overview Twitter threads are getting overwhelmingly difficult to organise which does not help my excessive thinking about this drama. Will edit/add/organise as necessary Episode 13 in three hours!! As of posting. Drama by JTBC, available internationally via Disney+ Summary of episode Jang Hanna in a pink rabbit costume sneaks inside a broadcasting company to drop…

  • some day sudden dog days

  • 예쁜 꽃 기억

    I had no idea there is now a “Story” feature in WordPress. Ah, how time flies.

  • The difference between serving, helping, and fixing

    All three objectifies the receiver of the act in some way because all three necessitates an object. Although the term serving and the way it had been explained may sound more considerate, something about having to argue what sort of deed to do, or how a sort of deed should be done, seems to be…

  • What is not learning: 無為 (wú wéi) and good governance

    That is what the pursuit of the 道 (dào) entails: an action that leads to less and less doing until there is no doing at all. However, this is not an empty sort of doing because “nothing is left undone” still. 無為 (wú wéi) is not just a “not doing” but an action-less action. Such…

  • Words for a nation

    Whatever it means to be human varies in some way from person to person. Yet everyone has a collective albeit oftentimes both unexpressed and inexpressible understanding of this common denominator. Similarly, nations differ from how they understand their ‘group’ and ‘other groups’ while all calling these unique sets using similar terms. In the twenty-first century…

  • Initial thoughts on ‘구운몽’ (Kim Manjung’s ‘The Nine Cloud Dream’)

    Initial thoughts on ‘구운몽’ (Kim Manjung’s ‘The Nine Cloud Dream’)

    “As he looked around, he was filled with melancholy thoughts, and he sighed. “My mind is tired and my nerves are frayed from the war. Why must I be so engaged with worldly troubles? After I have fulfilled my duties I will retire and live in nature, detached from the cares of this world of…

  • Augmented reality and the illusion of dependence

    I find it interesting how the ‘key takeaways’ in this article had been written: “Social media manipulates our reality by filtering what we are allowed (or not allowed) to see.” Louis Rosenberg, “Metaverse: Augmented reality inventor warns it could be far worse than social media.” BigThink. Link. Not because I agree or disagree with it,…

  • Pencil studies: bahay kubo

    Pencil studies: bahay kubo

    I try to take more pictures with my phone now. Not because I got my current model exactly for its cameras nor is it for the sake of having more ‘memories’. Truthfully, the idea of having ‘a lot of memories’ to keep still feels overwhelming. My comfort zone is when everything is neat and tidy…