IM, JU-RI “Hello Stranger”

Published on December 31, 2009 in artsidue. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

IM, JU-RI’s
Hello, Stranger…

December 17, 2009 ~ January 20, 2010
Place: PYO GALLERY SOUTH
B112 naturepoem B/D 118-17 Chungdam-Dong, Gangnam-Gu
Seoul, Korea

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Probably one of the best things I did for myself this break : go gallery hunting with mom. Its something we do once in a while when I’m drained and soggy from all the school work. Out of the 15ish different galleries, Im Ju-Ri’s “Hello, Stranger…” was THE one that caught my sight. It was entertaining seeing the poppy-headed figures placed in random witty circumstances.

Im Ju-Ri explains that the flower is the

“visual manifestation of my past, my memories, and longings of my daily life… personified into myself in interplay with my fantasy, play and emotions…”‘

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언제 만나면 커피한잔해요 우리 110X160cm oil canvas, 2009

Im’s work also left an impression on me because of her style. A lot like what I enjoy doing in my artwork, Im also uses flowers as her motif to her artworks. She explains that flowers are a “perfect motif to interpret and to encompass the complexity of every-changing human emotions”. I agree with Im to a certain degree. Its true the blooming and fading can be juxtaposed with birth and death. However, I like to perceive flowers from a different perspective. Although its true flowers only stay fresh and colorful for a certain amount of time, its important for people to focus on the moment a flower is fully bloomed and vibrant rather than its slow demise.

너 나 우리 110X145cm oil canvas, 2009

너 나 우리 110X145cm oil canvas, 2009

Looking at each and every one of the small sketches unknowingly put a smile on my face. There are about 100 pieces Im Ju-Ri carefully hand sketched, along with about 10 big canvas pieces, and one huge sculpture that accommodates all the works in the gallery. I tried taking pictures of my favorites, but the horrible lighting, made all the pictures look horrible. So I recommend you go see these for yourself.

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I personally want to ask Im Ju-Ri why she chose Poppies instead of Roses or Daises.
I, too, have a penchant for Poppies- its just that I haven’t really figured out why.

Credits to all the pictures from the Pyo Gallery website.
To check out more of Im Ju-Ri’s work, go to
http://south.pyoart.com/

starting over

Published on December 20, 2009 in superheartimix. 3 Comments

New Year’s Resolution?

Start. Blogging. Again.

I would’ve had this blog up and running a week ago if it weren’t for these few problems.

First off, I couldn’t log in. After verociously typing in every single username/password I can think of, I ended up having my username and password emailed. And then, I got too lazy to do anything. Boo me.

And second, it took me about two days to be satisfied with my blog layout. Its a fresh new start. Thus, I wanted a fresh new layout with fresh new pictures and fresh new blog headlines. But honestly you have to admit, all the edublog appearance themes are horrific. I had to switch back and forth try different things around until I decided to make my own banner.

So that pretty girl with the bicycle and the mouth and the rainbow and flowers, is indeed my work.

I’ll be changing the banner around now and then for a mood change.

Anyways, my point is : I am back. and ready to blog.

three more days

Published on June 9, 2009 in superheartimix. 5 Comments

I can’t concentrate right now, so here I am blogging away. I have chemistry and asian studies finals tomorrow, algebra on Thursday and its all over. Its unbelievable that its already been a year since school started in August. It always seems like time is just passing by faster and faster. In just two years, I’m going to be done with highschool. That gives me shrills down my back.

I was looking through my videos (again) and I came across my summer english homework last year. It was all filmed during my vacation in the states. I interviewed college students and highschool students about what they would do/feel if they applied to one school and got rejected, the basic storyline of The Catalyst. That was you-can-read-whatever-you-like book that I chose last year for summer reading. Persuing through next year’s summer reading list for American Literature class, I can already picture myself going crazy over essays.

Anyways, here is the video. I feel that this video doesn’t apply to me anymore. Its time to speed things up. I wanted to stress the idea that sophomore year is when you really get to learn about highschool and yourself. Now, as juniors, its a different story. You still discover who you are, but under a bit more pressure.

4,083

Published on June 2, 2009 in superheartimix. 0 Comments

I just checked my youtube account for no particular reason and gasp. My video has 4,083 views!!!!!!! It was the English Final from last year for Mr. Bray. We modernized The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan to fit it into the Korean society. We had so much fun filming this…….:)

Dr. Reid♥

Published on May 29, 2009 in superheartimix. 2 Comments

Many people have been asking me who Dr. Reid is.

1. He is from Criminal Minds
2. His real name is Matthew Gray Gubler (pronounced GOOBLER)
3. He is perfect

This is a show that premiered on CBS in 2005. Since then, it has been continuing its series up to season four. Criminal Minds is about a group of profilers at the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) of the FBI who works together to solve cases. You might be thinking this is another one of those CSI mystery series, but its not. Criminal Minds is more about the “CRIMINAL rather than the CRIME itself”. While CSI is more “sciency” and “techy”, this show digs deep into psychological issues. Profilers make “profiles” about a certain criminal by analyzing their environment, past, possible stressers, and their psychological state. The BAU can analyze the smallest hand movement and find out about the criminal’s past, or motives.

Now, Dr. Reid is one of the characters in the show. He is a genius who graduated highschool at the age of twelve and now, in his early twenties works with the FBI. He has an IQ of 187, and eidetic (“picture-taking”) memory, and can read 20,000 words per minute.

Hotchner: This is Special Agent Dr. Reid.
FBI Student: Oh, you look too young to have gone to medical school.
Reid: They are Ph.D.’s, three of them.
FBI Student: What, are you a genius or something?
Reid: I don’t believe that intelligence can be accurately quantified, but I do have an IQ of 187, an eidetic memory, can read 20,000 words per
minute.
[pause]
Reid: Yes, I’m a genius.

Hahahahahaha but really, you need to watch the show to really find out about him. I love the fact that he’s a super nerd, and is socially awkward. Although the youngest member of the BAU, he probably contributes the most outside knowledge essential to solving a crime. For example, he remembers every single book he’s ever read in his life. He remember every single quote, picture, place, person- you name it. Here are some of my favorite quotes.

Morgan: So tell me, what does keep young Dr. Reid awake at night? Wait, let me guess. Memorizing some obscure textbook? No, no, no. Working on cold
fusion? No, I got it, I got it, I got it. Watching Star Trek and laughing at the physics mistakes.
Reid: Actually, there aren’t that many scientific errors in Star Trek. Especially considering how long ago it was made. There are certain improbabilities, but not that many outright errors.

Morgan: Right.
Morgan: Oh, you gotta be kidding me. OCD? I’m thinking more like OMG.
Reid: OMG? Object Management Group?
Morgan: Oh My God.

Sigh. Well in real life, his name is Matthew Gray Gubler. He is currently 29, and was born in Las Vegas. He graduated NYU’s Tisch School of Arts, where he majored in film directing. (So he’s a nerd in real life too. ) He used to model for designers such as Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs, and Sisely. The one thing that I like the most about him is his creativity. Check out his site: http://www.matthewgraygubler.com. He is extremely artistic, and his sense of style is amazing. He also enjoys filming movies, hence, his dream is to become a director. He said in one interview that he never thought of himself as an actor before. It was all coincidental. While attending NYU, he was recruited to model, eventually modeling part-time, since he needed the money anyways. Also starring on Criminal Minds was unexpected, but somehow worked out this way when someone told him to audition. Like i’ve said, his real goal is to become a successful director. He still directs music videos now and then and makes movies for enjoyment.

You need to check out his mockumentaries on youtube. They’re called: Matthew Gray Gubler: the Unauthorized Documentary. There are up to five episodes and every single one of them is hilarious. However, don’t mistake him as the person he is portrayed in the movies. They were recorded to parody Hollywood behavior :)

Here is a video that I found on youtube that edited the “Best Moments of Reid”.

This site does a great job summing up everything about Reid.
HERE
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Btw, most of the pictures were from a facebook site for Gubler.

P.S. GUESS WHAT. GUESS WHAT.

oh yeah. he accepted my friend request. HAHAHAHAHHAA. I don’t even DO MYSPACE.


♡

Published on May 29, 2009 in superheartimix. 0 Comments


This is my latest artwork that’s actually incomplete. I haven’t put the glitter on it yet, and I haven’t named it either. I wish I can get a better quality picture of this…

Anyways, art is something that I love to do. If you shuffle through my notebooks, you’ll see random doodles everywhere. I draw when I’m thinking (which some people consider it to be weird) or when I’m stressed out. In elementary school,I used to draw ugly pictures of my friends when I was mad at them rather than screaming at them.  So, all my life I’ve been somehow interrelated with art.

My mom majored in art. So, when she used to teach at a University when I was five, I used to look through her students’ works. Also, naturally, because of my mom, I went to numerous exhibitions, museums, and galleries as a child. Moreover, my aunt and uncle are both designers. My aunt is a jewelery designer and my uncle designs…light. Here’s his site: http://www.studiomakelight.com. Check it out!

As a child, whenever I would visit my aunt’s house, I was never bored since I had access to all her colored pencils and pens that she didn’t use. However, I’ve never thought of art seriously. It was always just something fun to do. Something to keep myself occupied. But as I grew older and entered highschool, it just seemed to hit me- whatever I do in the future, I want to do something related to art.

So, I’m still not sure exactly what I want to do, but I know for sure it has to do with art. I enjoy it and I have a vision for it. Plus, how can you NOT enjoy drawing or painting? You gave an entire blank piece for yourself. For YOU to color in. For YOU to do whatever you want with it.

This is the flower that took me quite a while to finish. The orange one looks much better in real-life. I wanted to paint other flowers, but eventually decided that roses would look the best.

This was 100% randomly done. I did sketch it out first, but I ended up totally ignoring the pencil lines and drawing on my own. I was going to have the lines eventually form into one big face, but this “side and seek” style of injecting faces here and there turned out okay. The background, if you can see, is a mixture of yellow and blue. I wanted it to look like tie-dye but it doesn’t show up so well on pictures. :(

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Thank You

Published on May 29, 2009 in superheartimix. 2 Comments

I would like to thank everyone who cheered me on and voted for me. I feel bad for letting those people down. Thus, I’m going to point out a few special individuals.

My lovely Jiji - Someone who was there whenever I needed her. Advice, campaigning – everything. She’s a friend who stayed up with me, someone who really gave me all the support she had till the end.

Soymilk – My dooyoo. The one who helped me kill the butterflies ;) & so much more.

Ilmin – Although demanding at times, he was another individual who truly rooted for me. We were on skype last night listening to each other’s speeches, and editing them.

P.S. Shabang for screaming her voice out today ;)

And there are plenty of others. Freshman, Juniors, Guys, Girls….you guys know who you guys are. Well, frankly, I was disappointed, but I’m pretty much over it now. I did what I can. And this was another chance for me to realize the number of people who have my back. Thank You everyone.  Love you all.

Alive

Published on May 2, 2009 in superheartimix. 0 Comments

Oh yes, I’m up and walking again just like that ducky. After sleeping for 15 hours straight- I actually feel….alive. The doctor made me promise not to talk or study during the weekend. I can probably keep the first one, but the latter- I’m not too sure. APs are in…ugh I don’t even want to count the days. Let me go into sparta mode for just two weeks and its over. Just two weeks. Then, I can do whatever I want.

Advanced Placement

Published on April 30, 2009 in IN4M. 0 Comments Tags: .

I feel so sick, I can’t concentrate on my homework right now. So instead, I’m blogging. I guess you can’t really call this procrastinating since I’m technically still doing work.

Anyways, this is good news for all the history AP takers. I bet some people are hoping that the test date has been pushed back or something, but its even better. I found a site that can help you get prepared for APs. I actually knew this site for a while now, but haven’t really made much use of it until the past two months. It contains information for AP World History, AP European History, and AP US History so take a look. I only looked into the AP World History page carefully, but I think the site contains the most information for AP European History. I’ll have to double check that.

It provides you with notes, outlines, maps, essay examples, other helpful sites, quizzes, flashcards, terms, practice essays and so much more.

Click HERE to get a 5

sick again

Published on April 30, 2009 in superheartimix. 0 Comments

I’ve been sick the entire week. APs are just around the corner and my condition can’t get any worse. I feel dead. If I could just go to some paradise for a week- that’s all I need right now. A break. But obviously, that’s not going to happen…ever. I’m buried under homework and projects (yes, projects during AP season). That’s reality-  blowing my nose every five minutes while trying to stuff information about the Iranian Revolution. Actually, I’d rather die from being suffocated under a workload than from being unable to breathe through my stuffed nose. I’m serious. That’s how painful this cold is.

Hm, anyways, my pills are really pretty this time. Prettier than the orange ones. I shall take pictures and upload them sometime.