Apr 2, 2026 | Writings, Photography
More I get to know about AI, less enthusiastic I get. It’s very knowledgeable and appears smart, but there’s something missing. I assume it’s the humanness. It’s basically a database of all that is written and spoken by people. The people who...
Apr 2, 2026 | Writings, Under the Laos Sun
I was trying to open the door we use as a sub-main exit entrance. Someone was blocking the door. I pushed hard, but that someone was pushing harder from the other side. I got mad and went around to the main door to catch the culprit. When I opened the main door,...
Mar 31, 2026 | Photography, Writings
The acting profession is fundamentally the art of pretending—playing a role that is not your own. Master this, and fame and wealth follow. In the past, Koreans dismissively called them ttanddara, regarding them as mere clowns or jesters. However, the current era has...
Mar 27, 2026 | Writings, Photography
Ralph Gibson When you begin studying photography, you end up looking at the work of many different artists. As I grow older, I realize that the photographers who left a deep impression on me back then have—if they are still with us—become true masters. One of them is...
Mar 26, 2026 | Writings, Photography
I don’t know why, but when I look at this image that I’d shot and manipulated, it reminds me of Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delight. Actual Bosch’s It’s an orgy of figures in an extraordinary contortion that needs to be focused and looked at in individual...
Mar 25, 2026 | Writings, Photography
It has been quite a while since I walked with a camera slung over my shoulder. Since I lost interest in golf, I haven’t had much reason to walk. Just as I was starting to feel a bit restless, the recent hike in gas prices gave me an excuse to save fuel and do...
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