I was taught to discriminate according to where people came from, especially about other East-Asians like the Korean and the Chinese. People around me told me the things they'd also been told. For a child, the environtent is everything. It's difficult for a child to deny it. But I gradually am realizing that things were not always right, as I get older.
There's nothing that is perfectly right. Whether it is right or not depends on which angle it is seen at or who sees it. The right thing to someone could be wrong to another person. I think, even if it is a fact, once it is written or spoken by someone, it's already his opinion.
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Here're two feelings I got recently after I visited Seoul.
a. There're limits to how much we can know, in many ways. The people who know something maybe don't tell anything to anybody or they're just dying. Or the mass media is always trying to emphasise what they want to show and hide what they don't want to show. And Japan is still deeply-male-dominated society, so I often feel that men are controlling many things.
I heard that men are outnumbered by women in South Korea. But I don't think there're so many differences between South Korea and Japan about the roles of men and women in society. I hope it would be a little more balanced, though. Also I saw many women working in a fish market in Seoul. Rather, there were few men over there. In Tsukiji, Japan, it seems to be very male-dominated. Maybe it's because women outnumbered men in Seoul?
If I think of how another places in Seoul were, I remember I saw many women working in local markets, bakeries, street stalls, restaurants, museum reception, cafes, local bars and fish-markets. Maybe their business is managed by men and the people who actually work are mostly women? If it's true, it's deeply patriarchy. I want to know more about them and ourselves.
b. What is right isn't important. Only how the person feels is important. Nobody can't tell what is right. Because there's nobody who can know everything and look at things from every angle.
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One of my favorite place is the area around Minatogawa and Shinkaichi. It's technically in Kobe city which is one of popular cities in Kansai district. But the area is much more local. There is a local market near Minatogawa Park. Since it is located halfway up a hill, it feels so erratic in a geographical way. It's like a labyrinth for me. They sell vegetable, fruit, flower, fish, bread, cakes, confectionary, household goods, clothes and snacks ( like takoyaki, okonomiyaki, chijimi and kimchi ). There are also some cafes and noodle restaurants. The place is so in confusion, in a good sense. In Japanese I would say, it's "gotcha-gotcha". Despite their difference in size, walking in the local markets in Seoul reminded me of Minatogawa ( it actually has some parts called Minatogawa shotengai, Minaen town, and Higashiyama market though. ). Being "gotcha-gotcha ( or gotta-gotta ), not stylish but somewhat unique, and familiar to the locals. Never being clean. They have something which definitely makes me think about how they've been living there. ( I also feel the same kind of the impression when I see an abandoned building though. )
I also know the district is related to Korean people historically. Some were forced to move there and others just moved there because of economic reasons during the war. The people in Minatogawa street don't wear vivid colours though...like the Korean women working in their markets wear colourful items...
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I like thinking about what I'm wearing in line with a concept. Though I'm generally not wearing trendy items, I love clothing.
I was browsing Momus Tumblr and saw two pictures which were next to each other. One is a red desktop lighting. The other is Momus wearing a red knit sweater with pink armcovers and baggy pants like "monpe". I got interested in them because he seemed to design himself pop after the red thing. It probably was not his intention though. I also tried doing the same thing. Because I like a violet. ( the colour of this photo isn't good. )
There's nothing that is perfectly right. Whether it is right or not depends on which angle it is seen at or who sees it. The right thing to someone could be wrong to another person. I think, even if it is a fact, once it is written or spoken by someone, it's already his opinion.
＊＊＊＊
Here're two feelings I got recently after I visited Seoul.
a. There're limits to how much we can know, in many ways. The people who know something maybe don't tell anything to anybody or they're just dying. Or the mass media is always trying to emphasise what they want to show and hide what they don't want to show. And Japan is still deeply-male-dominated society, so I often feel that men are controlling many things.
I heard that men are outnumbered by women in South Korea. But I don't think there're so many differences between South Korea and Japan about the roles of men and women in society. I hope it would be a little more balanced, though. Also I saw many women working in a fish market in Seoul. Rather, there were few men over there. In Tsukiji, Japan, it seems to be very male-dominated. Maybe it's because women outnumbered men in Seoul?
If I think of how another places in Seoul were, I remember I saw many women working in local markets, bakeries, street stalls, restaurants, museum reception, cafes, local bars and fish-markets. Maybe their business is managed by men and the people who actually work are mostly women? If it's true, it's deeply patriarchy. I want to know more about them and ourselves.
b. What is right isn't important. Only how the person feels is important. Nobody can't tell what is right. Because there's nobody who can know everything and look at things from every angle.
＊＊＊＊
One of my favorite place is the area around Minatogawa and Shinkaichi. It's technically in Kobe city which is one of popular cities in Kansai district. But the area is much more local. There is a local market near Minatogawa Park. Since it is located halfway up a hill, it feels so erratic in a geographical way. It's like a labyrinth for me. They sell vegetable, fruit, flower, fish, bread, cakes, confectionary, household goods, clothes and snacks ( like takoyaki, okonomiyaki, chijimi and kimchi ). There are also some cafes and noodle restaurants. The place is so in confusion, in a good sense. In Japanese I would say, it's "gotcha-gotcha". Despite their difference in size, walking in the local markets in Seoul reminded me of Minatogawa ( it actually has some parts called Minatogawa shotengai, Minaen town, and Higashiyama market though. ). Being "gotcha-gotcha ( or gotta-gotta ), not stylish but somewhat unique, and familiar to the locals. Never being clean. They have something which definitely makes me think about how they've been living there. ( I also feel the same kind of the impression when I see an abandoned building though. )
I also know the district is related to Korean people historically. Some were forced to move there and others just moved there because of economic reasons during the war. The people in Minatogawa street don't wear vivid colours though...like the Korean women working in their markets wear colourful items...
Figure1 a woman in a fish market, Seoul
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I like thinking about what I'm wearing in line with a concept. Though I'm generally not wearing trendy items, I love clothing.
I was browsing Momus Tumblr and saw two pictures which were next to each other. One is a red desktop lighting. The other is Momus wearing a red knit sweater with pink armcovers and baggy pants like "monpe". I got interested in them because he seemed to design himself pop after the red thing. It probably was not his intention though. I also tried doing the same thing. Because I like a violet. ( the colour of this photo isn't good. )
Figure2 my conceptual thinking of fashion
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