Filed under: adventure, Art, Featured Artist, Now, Teaching, travel on March 25th, 2013 | No Comments »

This quote showed up in one of my lectures, and it really resounds my experience in Korea. You simply can not understand everything about Eastern culture, and the things that separate you are deeply rooted. You must find the things that connect you to one another and let that build understanding. Read this book, The Geography of [...]

Filed under: adventure, Art, Music, Now, Teaching, travel on September 2nd, 2012 | No Comments »

Buddha’s birthday last year It’s pretty neat to live in a country that deems Buddha’s birthday as a national holiday. It means the city is filled with lanterns, and if you hike to a temple at night you will be mesmerized by the illuminated temple sky. Buddhism has been a part of my life since [...]

Filed under: adventure, Now, Teaching on May 25th, 2012 | No Comments »

1.           Like giving a lecture about Saudi Arabi relations & Korea, then meeting a Korean man that lived there for 20 years concidentally in the subway during my lunch break. He was kind. He was enthusiastic, and perhaps lonely. And it was so nice to talk with him. 2. Came home [...]

Filed under: Now, Teaching on March 20th, 2012 | No Comments »

The view from my roof. My new neighborhood is fantastic! Oozing with character, and next to the international ferry terminal. I am so very happy to live in a new place for 6 months! It will leave me with a refreshed idea of Korea, and my 2 and a half years living here. My apartment [...]

Filed under: adventure, Now, Teaching, travel on March 12th, 2012 | 1 Comment »

I have photoshop again! And this time I am really into experimenting. I have made some new cards to release at Super Sketch in Seoul. And I have updates coming to my blog, and website. I also sent in a proposal for an iphone cover design! Now what would really be the icing to all [...]

Filed under: Art, Now, Teaching on January 27th, 2012 | No Comments »

Delicious! Cheesy! Hearty! One of my favorite parts of traveling to the states. Also happy that I only visit for 2 weeks. I fear any longer I would be a much larger version of myself. Mmmmmmm!

Filed under: Teaching on November 28th, 2011 | No Comments »

This is my 8th session at JY Books. I have taught Art 1-4, and for the challenge of creating a new curriculum I started teaching Yoga & Art. My resources came from Musical Yoga Adventures, ABC Yoga for Kids, and some wonderful friends who are also teaching yoga in their hagwons. In 11 weeks, we alternate [...]

Filed under: Teaching on September 23rd, 2011 | No Comments »

Starting September 6th, I will be working Tuesday through Saturday. We are trying this out to bring student numbers up and hopefully rescue our hagwon from closing down. Our company, JY Books has plenty of money and runs as a publishing company, however every session that we have less than 300 students we are costing [...]

Filed under: Teaching on September 2nd, 2011 | No Comments »

We play, imagine, and recycle – Noridan About Noridan We had a holiday on a hot Monday a few weeks back. I took to the streets with my  bicycle and rode to PNU. At a certain point I was able to get on the newly renovated river trail. It is now filled with ducks, plants, [...]

Filed under: Art, Music, Teaching on August 25th, 2011 | No Comments »