the pros of being gainfully unemployed

ok ok, so I'm not technically unemployed. But teacher vacations almost make me forget that I still have a job. So, how does one spend a weekday afternoon in Korea when one is not obligated to be anywhere in particular?

I'm glad you asked.

For one thing, you can see some awesome reenactments in front of a historic palace.

(even the korean folks are getting into it.)

Now, it just so happens that this delightful display of culture and tradition takes place just up the road from the Seoul Museum of Art, where I was headed. They had an Andy Warhol exhibit on, plus a really interesting exhibit by a korean sculptors collective of what they called "anti-sculpture"-- which turned out to be much more clever and much less pretentious than the name implies.

(the museum cafe)

(view from above)

(Seoulites take on the Warhol soup can)

... and so it goes.

Readers be warned, I recently purchased (and, if I do say so myself, haggled for in a most impressively korean fashion) a film camera for myself while here in Korea. While I am generally terrible about bringing and/or using my camera in daily life, I am about to get even worse. Apologies! I'll try to remember to take a few digital snaps here and there.

quote of the day

"my soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that
and I intend to end up there."

-Rumi