Castles and countrysides

Having grown up always at the beach, I still respect another type of solitude Mother Earth bestows– that of the countryside. While my boyfriend and I were making a road trip from visiting… Continue reading →

Why has the pleasure of slowness disappeared?

“Where have they gone, those loafing heroes of folk song, those vagabonds who roam from one mill to another and bed down under the stars?” Milan Kundera, Slowness. Finishing this book by Kundera… Continue reading →

An intermission of food and poetry

Busy with a last minute trip to Southern California visiting friends, this post will just feature excerpts of poetry from Nicanor Parra’s collection of “Antipoems: New and Selected”, along with tasty edibles from… Continue reading →

Take care of yourself

French influences are evident among the bakeries of Seoul, so I was not surprised to see French contemporary artist, Sophie Calle, on exhibit at 313 Art Project.  Featured is  “Où et Quand? (Where and… Continue reading →

Rewrite yourself

En route to Taiwan, I watched a movie called “Ruby Sparks” which was portrayed by Zoe Kazan who also wrote the movie because — according to Wikipedia — she wanted to uncover the… Continue reading →