K.M.Krebs \ 833-45

Hall of the Ancients [HDR] on Flickr. —  —  — “To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.”  —  Confucius

Autumn in Small-town Korea (tilt-shift) from amor fati on Vimeo. I’ve recently become mes­mer­ized by tilt-shift time lapse videos.  Rem­i­nis­cent of films like Baraka and Koy­aanisqatsi with sweep­ing ges­tures and large-scale per­spec­tives which, even though devoid of nar­ra­tion, inspire reflec­tion on pro­found ques­tions about cul­ture, his­tory and progress.  The tilt-shift effect, which gives the impression […]

Jogye­saTem­ple Lanterns on Flickr. —  —  — “Do not the most mov­ing moments of our lives find us all with­out words?”  —  Mar­cel Marceau

Oeosa Tem­ple, Pohang, South Korea (Google Maps)  —  (bell on Flickr.) —  —  — Since I came to Cold Moun­tain how many thou­sand years have passed? Accept­ing my fate I fled to the woods, to dwell and gaze in free­dom. No one vis­its the cliffs for­ever hid­den by clouds. Soft grass serves as a mat­tress, my quilt is the […]

Korea Stitch 05 on Flickr. —  —  — “There is obvi­ously a place in life for a reli­gious atti­tude for awe and aston­ish­ment at exis­tence. That is also a basis for respect for exis­tence. We don’t have much of it in this cul­ture, even though we call it mate­ri­al­is­tic. In this cul­ture we call mate­ri­al­is­tic, today we […]

Seoul Korea on Flickr.

Deok­su­g­ung Palace via Flickr. —  —    —  — “When you do some­thing, you should burn your­self com­pletely, like a good bon­fire, leav­ing no trace of your­self.”  —  Shun­ryu Suzuki