Tag: literature
Engineering
I engineer my poetry They need not feelings, proper art, true humanity They consist only of words pretending to have some substance—I like playing with letters seriously Words I can never get a hold of in tangible reality how fast do the distant hearts beat in juxtaposition to each other and what other sensations can…
Thoughts right after watching episode 8 of “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” <이상한 변호사 우영우>
My excitement for every new episode often feels more like anxiety. As I wait for the Netflix upload, I feel antsy, almost as if the usual mindless habit of reading through summaries to know what would happen in a story beforehand becomes a compulsion to be addressed instead. This is this strong urge to scroll…
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…
The thing about languages
Perhaps instead of thinking about each language as separate systems on their own, it might be better to think of each as simply a part of the entirety of knowledge, as every one of them containing a piece of Truth. Just like how there are philosophical concepts I have yet to understand or literary tropes…