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  (I translated Korean to English with the help of AI.)    Do you enjoy driving? I don't. I have a driver's license, but it's been too long since I last drove. My wife does all the driving. When I'm in the passenger seat watching cars pass us by, it makes me think a lot. It's said that South Korea's traffic culture has reached an advanced level compared to other countries. When you see streets in other nations where you might wonder why traffic lights even exist, South Korea looks impressive. However, stepping out onto actual Korean roads, it's not always such a wonderful sight. You can easily spot scenes that often make you frown. Watching cars speed down the highway from inside your own car, you can almost see the driver's personality just from their car's rear. It's a shame that there are fewer drivers with good character than one might expect. One question still lingers in my mind: why don't drivers maintain a safe distance from the car i...

  (I translated Korean to English with the help of AI.)      The cherry blossom season in April just ended, leaving a bit of a bittersweet feeling. The scene below is from when I was diligently going around to see the cherry blossoms. On the way back from enjoying the flowers, I took a picture. In the painting, the cherry blossoms are depicted even more richly. This is what's great about paintings compared to photos: I can stage the scene however I want. The walking trails are undergoing major renovations in preparation for spring. The pond, which dried up during winter, is being refilled with water, and the surrounding area is being beautifully landscaped. Then, frogs and toads return to the pond. Soon, black frog (toad) eggs appear in clumps in the pond, and before long, it's teeming with an almost gross number of tadpoles. Every year, I half-doubt if the frogs (toads) will return, but they unfailingly do. It's an amazing mystery of life. As the weather gets warmer...

  (I translated Korean to English with the help of AI.)    It seems all truly excellent people don't adhere to the world's standards. Artists, in particular, go beyond just not following them; they actively dismantle them. Are the world's standards unnecessary? The commonality among artists who shattered the world's standards is that they were individuals who developed their fundamentals based on those very standards. These artists, who created new art, emphasized standard fundamentals when teaching their own students. You must understand what needs to be destroyed to find a way to destroy it. "Link to the Korean original"

  (I translated Korean to English with the help of AI.)    ( (This contains spoilers for the movies "Roman Holiday" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's".) It was personally very difficult for me to select just two of Audrey Hepburn's defining characters, because she is an actress I truly adore. So many of her roles come to mind, but I've come to the conclusion that you can't discuss her without mentioning these two. You could say that the character 'Princess Ann' from the movie "Roman Holiday" is Audrey Hepburn herself. While her filmography shows that she appeared in several films before "Roman Holiday," it's fair to say that the birth of Audrey Hepburn as an actress began with the character of Princess Ann. I believe few people would object to selecting Princess Ann as her first defining character, as she became an icon that transcends Audrey Hepburn herself and encompasses the entire history of world cinema. The problem lie...

  (I translated Korean to English with the help of AI.)    (There are spoilers for the movies "Hatari!" and "Born Free".) There is a TV documentary called "동물의 왕국" (Animal Kingdom). It was so famous that it was used almost like a pronoun referring to animal documentaries. It's simply amazing that it's still being broadcast. Works that gave me a fresh shock, like "동물의 왕국," among the movies I watched when I was young, are now flashing through my memory. It would be impossible not to mention the region of Africa when dealing with animals. Many films that seriously focused on animals were set in Africa. The movies "Hatari!" and "Born Free" are probably the most representative examples. What's surprising is that there still haven't been other feature films that have continued their legacy. My memories of the movie "Hatari!" are only faint fragments. What remains most vivid are the fact that the protagonist...

(I translated Korean to English with the help of AI.)    Spoiler alert for the anime film 'Laputa : Castle in the Sky' Humans without wings dream of flying in the sky. If that dream were realized now, would it disappear? Hayao Miyazaki and Ghibli continue to dream that dream – an unobstructed flight. "I've been deeply moved while watching Studio Ghibli's animations. Among those numerous emotions, there's also 'excitement.' Personally, a significant portion of that excitement came from the 'flying things' within their works. Many flying machines appear in Studio Ghibli's animations. The images above are just a small part of them. I've only included the ones I personally like and found impressive in the drawing. I especially love the flying things that appear in 'Laputa: Castle in the Sky'. 'Laputa: Castle in the Sky' is like a paean to flying things. Although it's said to be based on an episode from 'Gulliver's...