http://www.knigel.com The Knigelverse Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:54:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On August 22 2008, seemingly recovered from jet lag and sleep dep, I woke up nice and early to the mechanical buzzing of the Cicadas.  Yuji woke up soon after me and brought me out for a spontaneous walk.  We walked aimlessly, as I tried to see an actual cicada ... http://www.knigel.com/2009/01/31/liminality-5/ August 25, 2008 19:26 JST, although I haven’t stepped foot into a McDonalds in several years, nor have I wanted to, I am not only sitting in McDonalds, but am also sipping on a small Coke of which I have not been so keen on drinking in the past.  Apparently ... http://www.knigel.com/2009/01/31/liminality-4/ August 25, 2008 14:45 JST, what’s left of me is in Terminal 2 of Narita Airport.  I’ve come here to escape Tokyo.  Hiding within this little crevasse, just a lonely vending machine and me, makes me feel more comfortable as I recover from the shellshock. I had needed something to jolt ... http://www.knigel.com/2009/01/31/liminality-3/ Friday August 1st, 2008, I found myself sitting in Coffee A Go Go, a cosy and amiable, yet not so flamboyant, Davie Street café.  I sat drenched from Vancouver’s dreary, yet refreshing rain while gazing out through the window.  The server, a kind looking man with poor eyesight—I know this ... http://www.knigel.com/2009/01/31/liminality-2/ Every time I look at my watch it is 12:00, yet I am wading through twilight.  Vancouver is dusk.  Asia dawn.  With one foot in each, my middle betwixt stranded.  I am within a state of liminality–a threshold of binary existence.  My body is in Vancouver; my mind is not ... http://www.knigel.com/2009/01/31/liminality-1/   OLDBOY A film introduction light on the spoilers with following questions about film violence   by: Knigel Holmes i@knigel.com   "Be it a rock or a grain of sand, in water they sink as the same."   Oldboy ( 올드보이 ), Park Chan-wook’s 2003 South Korean film based on the Japanese manga, is the middle child of The ... http://www.knigel.com/2009/01/31/oldboy/ During my winter teaching camp here in South Korea I worked with Choon (Tsyn Low) and our three classes of children to make this video.  The children did an excellent job, yet I was still amazed at Choon's final product.  The whole thing was a rewarding experience even though it ... http://www.knigel.com/2009/01/28/winter-teaching-camp-animation-project/ Hello, please say hello, leave comments, or hurl insults here. http://www.knigel.com/2009/01/24/guestbook/ After one semester at Soon Chun Hyang University in South Korea I had to make a video project.  This is the video that I made, and it is one of my very first video making attempts.  I enjoyed making it and hope to make many more in the future. You may ... http://www.knigel.com/2009/01/21/south-korean-video-project-2008/   “Yesterday I had a craving to see Full Metal Jacket, so I watched Gunnery Sergeant Hartman’s opening speech online” said Evan, my university mate, co-worker, and psytrance cohort. “Um, I haven’t seen it.”  I said shamefully and then quickly tried to change the topic into culturally significant movies that I ... http://www.knigel.com/2009/01/21/full-culture-jacket/