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Korea

The Land of the Morning Calm: its ladylike laughter

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The term “Land of the Morning Calm” was first applied to Korea by the astronomer Percival Lowell, in whose Boston family the stream of poetry ran.

January 14, 2026 jonathanmorse
catKorea

It will be seen

that stone is filled with image.

The Sokkuram or Seokguram, an eighth-century image in Kyongju, Korea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seokguram#/media/File:%EC%84%9D%EA%B5%B4%EC%95%94_%EB%B3%B8%EC%A1%B4%EB%B6%88%EC%9D%98%EC%96%BC%EA%B5%B4.jpg. Contrast and detail restored.
January 22, 2024 jonathanmorse
BuddhismimageKoreasculptureSeokguramSokkuram

Theory of orchestration: “Chariots of Fire,” “Titanic,” and the second triumph of the will

Source: http://thesovietbroadcast.tumblr.com/post/174273320169/juchechat-may-26th-inter-korean-summit

May 26, 2018 jonathanmorse
clichefilm musicKoreaLeni Riefenstahlmovie musicorchestrationtotalitarian

For Joseph Conrad and Andrei Bely, 1918

Put on your suit of Rhodesian wool and costume your senior retainer in her native garb. Then board a vessel flying the burgee of the Korean Mail Steamship Company, hoist anchor, steam toward the Peninsula, and conquer.

Source: http://pinktentacle.com/2010/05/japanese-steamship-travel-posters/ , photoshopped

September 12, 2013 jonathanmorse
Andrei BelycolonialismimperialismJapanJoseph ConradKoreapostership
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