I suspect if the producer of Queen Seondeok copied some from the movie "The Snow Queen." Unmistakable is the feeling that Misil is being depicted in the image of the devilish Snow Queen--that tall and scary figure--and, more than anything else, the music often appearing in subdued, meditative, helpless and pensive times is 99% identical to one in the Snow Queen.
http://www.thesnowqueenpkj.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OXSwUi75Ls&feature=related
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Philosophical Korea
Korea has a long history of being governed by rulers who were philosophers. Sung Confucianism was the main governing ideology during the Chosun Dynasty. The books that Kings and aristocrats read were mostly on philosophical learning and thoughts.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
To confirm one's existence...
I bought this book named "I regret marrying my wife." (나는 아내와의 결혼을 후회한다). The provocative title wasn't the whole reason that I picked it up at the bookstore; the author appeared on KBS TV the night before, wearing a funny necktie. I liked his comments, especially, that "you need to find your own enjoyments no matter how trivial they might be for life without enjoyments isn't actually life." Yeh. Be happy! That's common sense. Everybody agrees that a human should live a happy life. But too often, that simple and obvious-looking axiom is overlooked and many find it not easy to live by that line. In fact, this reciprocally proves that it's not easy, really.
Reading the book, however, I'm finding him just one of such and such guys who don't really get so serious whether intentionally or not. But he is a psychologist and, some of the easygoing words were impressive a little, though. Some confirmed my belief, too.
"If you try to confirm your existence by things that could go away easily, you'd be easily disappointed and get lost. However, if you confirm your existence with what you really like and enjoy, no matter how trifle or worthless-looking it may be, you can keep living happy and things that you've lost will also come back somewhere along the way."
"Churchill was great because he loved painting, something he was left to do even when everything went away."
The writer doesn't actually say he regrets marrying his wife; he is actually saying the opposite, as I guessed. It's a hackneyed marketing strategy aimed at drawing eyes to the book. But I also have to admit that the book consoles a soul in want of an Epiphany--which will never come free of charge.
Be the master of your life. Retain and find your enjoyments, however humble they might be. As long as you can get happy with them, you are on the right track.
Reading the book, however, I'm finding him just one of such and such guys who don't really get so serious whether intentionally or not. But he is a psychologist and, some of the easygoing words were impressive a little, though. Some confirmed my belief, too.
"If you try to confirm your existence by things that could go away easily, you'd be easily disappointed and get lost. However, if you confirm your existence with what you really like and enjoy, no matter how trifle or worthless-looking it may be, you can keep living happy and things that you've lost will also come back somewhere along the way."
"Churchill was great because he loved painting, something he was left to do even when everything went away."
The writer doesn't actually say he regrets marrying his wife; he is actually saying the opposite, as I guessed. It's a hackneyed marketing strategy aimed at drawing eyes to the book. But I also have to admit that the book consoles a soul in want of an Epiphany--which will never come free of charge.
Be the master of your life. Retain and find your enjoyments, however humble they might be. As long as you can get happy with them, you are on the right track.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Who should be politicians...
This thought came into mind.
A wealthy man shouldn't be a politician. Period.
A wealthy man shouldn't be a politician. Period.
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