12월, 2017의 게시물 표시

Us and them (not finished yet)

KMLA students, as well as faculty members, identify the whole student body as a family. One of the most frequently used KMLA jargon would be family for not having a clear reason. but unlike the image of a real family, two groups ins KMLA show clear conflicts about numerous issues; they continuously fight not even recognizing the meaning of family. As the 24th president of the executive council, a group I belong to is the students. We (Us) compose the majority of the whole school body, and, in fact, we are the practical, financial, physical owner of the school because KMLA can't stand alone without the tuition. To mention some points that bind us, we are bound by the school name KMLA. The title of our school - Korean Minjok Leadership Academy - gives us high self-esteem, This nickname (KMLA student) provides a name tag to us that makes us believe that we deserve such quality education, school facilities. We tend to often describe ourselves as scholastic masochists. What a fancy nick...

Crush on Jackson's whim

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Number 5, 1948 by Jackson Pollock Here’s a piece of artwork that seems to be painted in less 10 minutes: as if a baby spilled his own bottle of milk on the board and rampaging over the board with his body painted with various colors. It’s quite similar to the graffiti the baby is making using all of his body. Check out the video. What I felt when encountering this so-called “masterpiece” was not a wrath toward the museum which exhibited this piece. I was rather dumbfounded and soon got mesmerized. I fell in love with this work at the first sight: obviously not because of the aesthetics of it but because of the way I interpreted this piece. Before making more misunderstanding about me (such as a guy with bizarre taste)  I’ll share my thoughts about my definition of art and people who are receiving it. I’m somewhat proud to say that I am entrenched in the field of architecture. I thought, at least for architecture, that art or design has and needs the power to p...