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Not writing a thing takes forever As a blogger, I have been clinically dead for quite a while: more months than I would care to count, but not exactly a year. Not a small amount of time in any case, and not a small paradox for someone who recently talked about blogging at a recent panel discussion. I have found rather challenging the reconciliation of long-term writing aspirations - particularly fiction-wise - and a relatively new switch to full-time nonprofit work, close to what I used to do with the French cultural administration ("cultural diplomacy" is what some like to call it), or closer than I expected. Challenging is still a bit of an understatement. Lately, though, I seem to have either gotten better at managing my personal time or simply, I might have become more detached from, well, a few things: the kind of detachment to allows you take a few steps back and look at "stuff" a little differently. Thus, I have been able to invest more time into getting my papers, files, etc. in order. In the process, I fortuitously put my hand on a large number of seemingly unrelated pieces of writing on Korean cinema. Odd, random, but reassuring, considering how the quantity of text I have signed at least publicly, in the past few months, has diminished dramatically. At any rate, to cut a long story short, this finding, which was not small excitement, prompted me to put the pen back to the paper - figuratively. Writing, has a lot to do with desire, after all, and this time around, I do have a plan, not just a flash in the pan. Besides, I have taken the decision to stick to short posts. Which should help. To conclude this personal parenthesis, I have been a marginal part of this programming project:
A Tradition of Critical Realism
The second season of Classic Movie Night is an exploration and examination of political upheaval and social change in
We started off with Spring in My Hometown (아름다운 시절)
To The Starry Island (그 섬에 가고 싶다)
The Ball Shot By a Midget (난장이가 쏘아 올린 작은 공)
Deep Blue Night (깊고 푸른 밤)
1990, 100 min. Director: Park Kwang-Soo |
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