piece 3: time and memories

One of my favorite essays that I wrote during my time in Korea about one of my favorite moments in 2016 is as below: 봄과 겨울의 이어지기 겨울에서 봄으로 바뀌는 시간이 제일 아름답다. 미네소타주의 긴 겨울 후에 새가 둥지에서 나와서 봄에 대한 노래를 부른다. 하지만 봄이 아직 다 안됐다. 눈이 소나무의 나뭇가지를 꾸미고 상쾌한 바람을 …

piece 2: deducing the deduction

The inspiration for "piece 1: deducted" first came one month ago when I was thinking about one of the first encounters I had with my second host mother in early March. After arriving and unpacking for a bit, I volunteered to accompany her to pick up one of her two sons from daycare. On the …

piece 1: “deducted”

In that moment I was broken­– a deduction of my appearance A mere figment of another's conception An inconvenience

Lingering

A 26 piece conglomeration As I finally figured out the subway system and began waking up at normal times last fall, life became just as usual and daily life didn’t inspire insights that I thought worth sharing. Routine became something that could be skipped over and untold because, really, who wants to read about a …