Night Lights and Nature

The night was so pristine that the image on water looked identical to the building

Poe - Control

Surprised you to find that I'm laughing?
You thought that you'd find me in tears
You thought I'd be crawling the walls
Like a tiny mosquito and trembling in fear

Well you may be king for the moment
But I am a queen understand
And I've got your pawns and your bishops
And castles
All inside the palm of my hand

i dunno, i found this extremely powerful.

Hanji

Hanji is old school paper making. Very delicate and very fine.

06:30

Rain was pouring hard in Seoul.

Little Girl Blue

I saw this miniture (about the size of a thumb) on a counter at Inchon Airport.

Caution

That's LAX for you.

Korea in One Day

I've spent one day so far in Korea and this is what I learned:

1. If you live in LA or any large urban city in the States, there probably is a Koreatown nearby. If your familiar with one of these, don't expect much of a change. "Korea itself is one giant K-town with an added flavor of humidity and hungry mosquitos."

2. Their respect for elders is awesome. In LA, let alone the US, a person's "golden age" lies somewhere around his or her 20's and 30's. After that, so long you balding, fat bastard: nobody gives a shit about you. We'll just dump you in the nearest nursing home. Call us when your dead so we can give you a grand funeral to compensate for the crap you've been through for the passed 40 years. Anyway, thats how is in the US. Korea, however, respects her elderly as if they're "kings and queens of the stone age." The old are always featured in the media. That's big. There are 2 old people in the American media and they are Frank and Marie Romano.

3. Now I know exactly why old Asian men and women walk around the streets like the hunchback of Notre Dame. Cuz they constantly sit on the floor, hunched over, during their everyday activities: studing, eating, reading, watching TV, just about everytime they're not walking around they're on the floor; it's the shit. But, while it's madly comfortable, by the time you're an old man or woman, your back is pretty much "hunched" for life. During my stay here, when someone casually mentioned "my back aches," I instintively dart up straight like an arrow. Hey, I don't want to be the next Quasimoto.

Exit

I saw this exquisite sign at Venice Beach and I had to snap a picture. But as I stood barefoot, admiring my shot, I accidentally stepped in a pool of motor oil. It took hours to wash off. I guess that's the irony of karma; one great picture for one blacken foot.

Fountain Head

Is it dirty or is it beautiful?

Man in the Park

The lonely days have finally come. No worries, they'll flee in time.

Escalating

What would K-mart be without the "grinning cell phone lady?"

Rainbow Skies

I saw this strung up at an Assi parking lot. Kinda gives hope in a tireless world.