All of the sudden

This morning was one of those mornings I just couldn't get into work mode. I kept forgetting I had to get ready to start the day, and instead my mind wandered with thoughts on this and that. As I ate my peanut butter toast I started to really wonder what I could do with this experience in terms of my creative/art life. One of the things I wanted to do when I came to Korea was to gain a different perspective, and use it as inspiration for my painting.

I decided that when I got to work I would ask some of the Korean teachers if they knew of anywhere in the city where one could take painting or pottery classes, or anything traditionally Korean. It turns out there's a traditional black and while pottery place right here in Chilgok, within walking distance of the school. I got her to right down the name of the place so that I can recognize the sign, and this week I'm going to see if anyone there is willing to teach a foreigner (trying to not get my hopes up because that might be a problem). I'm really starting to get excited about learning something knew and something Korean, though.

I think those are cherry blossoms. They surprised me on my walk to work, seeming to have bloomed overnight.




These kids work hard. Nine fifteen am and they're doing a work out, and some of them are at our school taking English classes until ten at night. I love seeing their bright purple outfits on a sunny morning.



I've mentioned that a lot (most) of my furniture is from the street. This is how I find it sometimes, actually in the street. This chair mysteriously appeared about four days ago. I decided to take a picture of it before it was finally collected by someone...



But it seemed to just stay there as the days passed. People just walk around it.



Here it is at night, same spot. I confess, at this point I actually started to look at it and decided I liked it better than one of the chairs I have now (also from the street) so I took it home. I wonder how long it would have stayed there...there's a little stool across the street from my place that has been sitting in the road for almost two weeks.



Another thing I get a kick out of is the parking. Koreans seem to be a lot less anal about where and in what direction you park. It seems you can park just about anywhere you want.



Including right on the sidewalk.

I hope you're having a nice Tuesday evening/morning :)