Un Voyage Extraordinaire
Keeping up a travel blog has been a new experience, but it’s a really valuable tool for me to keep track of what I do each month here in Korea. If I didn’t have the blog, I doubt I would have the same motivation to keep regular reports of my activities.
If you want to follow my journeys in the Land of the Morning Calm, head on over to Un Voyage Extraordinaire.
Floating Through the Cosmos
Anyone with an interest in science should watch Carl Sagan’s stirring Cosmos television series from 1980 (you can find it on YouTube). Dr. Sagan invokes a sense of wonder and awe at the universe, and provides a fascinating historical overview of the physical sciences that causes us to marvel at the ingenuity and passion of the great thinkers that came before us. I watched a few episodes of Cosmos as a child and was mesmerized. I recently watched the entire thirteen-part series and was no less entranced.
Floating Through Dark Ambience
I’ve been a casual fan of Brian Eno’s ambient music since I heard his “Prophecy Theme” on the soundtrack for David Lynch’s 1984 version of Dune. But I hadn’t explored his music much further until I recently discovered some of his earlier ambient albums on YouTube. Right now I’m listening to his fourth ambient album On Land from 1982. It’s both soothing and stimulating—great for listening to while working on a creative project. On Land has some pretty dark ambiences and it’s not just synthesizers and reverb—there are some pretty interesting sounds in there. I look forward to delving deeper into Eno’s music soon.
Some Thoughts on Marketing
Over the last two years, I have been working as part of a marketing department. While I initially began as a graphic designer, my role has gradually morphed into that of a marketing associate—a position I had never given much thought to before. My experiences within the department have led to some musings on the nature of marketing—specifically, what I don’t like about the way it is often done now, and ways I think it could be done more honestly and effectively in the future. (more…)
Finding the Ocean in a Hot Tub
Three years after beginning the Water & Dreams project—an exploration of water, light, and the human form through high-speed digital photography—I wanted to stage a photo shoot on a larger scale. A hot tub provided the ideal location, with enough water to capture full-body interactions, jets to create ripples and distortions on the surface of the water, and steam to obscure the background and provide dramatic lighting opportunities. Together, Le Jeune Renard and I captured frozen moments of the idiosyncratic interactions between all of these elements. The following five photographs were particularly notable. (more…)