Make a 6 page narrative. You simply need a sheet of A4 paper, a pair of scissors, and some creativity to fill the pages. Students can make the book in less 3 than minutes. For the younger students, I’ve found it helpful to use the PDF template with page numbers, handwriting guidelines, and cut markings.
The new school year has begun. I don’t think I will get around to finishing these up for a long time, so I’m calling these done for now.
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Found! Art store found! After trying to talk with the Jeonju English help line people, another art teacher who lives in Jeonju, searching the web in Korean and English, and getting no information about the location of an art store, I said, “F-it, I am going to find one on my own.”
See, it’s possible to find quality acrylic paint, watercolors, brushes, and sketch paper in any stationary store or even grocery store. But, that’s it for art supplies. Everything else must be bought at an art store. I just wanted some canvases. I will skip the story of my journey, but I will say it required me to talk to all sorts of people, some helpful and some others not so much. I practiced my Korean, the Koreans practiced their English. It was a great adventure, rivaling some of the hikes around here.
For all English speakin’ peeps in the Jeonju area who wish to find an art store, this is for you. I didn’t get the name of this store unfortunately. But, I do know the location. It’s just a block from Gaeksa. The store has all kinds of art supplies for painting and sculpting.
The other store is called Alpha. It’s a chain and they have a website here www.alpha.co.kr. They are a school supply store but they do have a small quantity of basic painting supplies. The owner there was willing to order more canvases for me and have it for me the next day. The store is located near the Jeonbuk University entrance and the Deokjin Fire Station.
As the ol’ saying goes, “another day, another temple”. Geumsansa [Gum-sahn-sah], one of the larger and more known temples in the Jeollabukdo Province, is about 45 kilometers east of Buan (I know this means nothing to those not in Korea. One of these days I will add a map). In other words, it’s a doable biking distance.
This was a welcoming sign, 6km from the temple. I like the cruiser handlebars and the massive chain ring.
This was also a welcoming sign. At this point, I had cakes of salt all over my face.
The Triple decker Mireukjeon, originally built in 766 AD, held a large Buddha. It was destroyed in 1598, then later restored in 1635. I would have liked to have seen the three story Buddha.
Above is the ceiling of Nahanjeon hall. As Mallory stated in another post, building interiors are often vivid and intricate. It’s not what I think of peaceful monk meditation…drug induced meditation perhaps. Casino carpets and kaleidoscopes come to mind.
The Great Hall (Daejeokgwangjeon), once three separate halls, was later made into one after the destruction of the halls in 1597. It really was great.
Happy Lanterns!
This one was last painted in 1993. I see a T-shirt design here.
I thought this was a nice design touch on the drainage port.
The sun went down right after I left the Temple. Riding the bike home wasn’t really an option. Luckly, I saw a bus to Kimje (city next to my home town) at the temple entrance. I gestured to the bus driver that I wanted to bring on the bike. As you can see, he was cool with it.
The Temple Tour went into OT today. Gaeamsa [Gay-ahm-sa] was the one temple, located less than 20 kilometers southeast of Buan.
I removed the month of dust off the seat, pumped the tires to 35psi, and took off for Gaeamsa.
It wasn’t a beautiful day. It was overcast and the air was damp. (Yep, I could have been in Oregon today.) I almost reached the temple when freezing rain started to fall. But, I looked up at the sky and yelled a few words. It took about an hour, but the sky eventually heard, understood my English, and stopped it’s nastiness.
It was me and three other visitors upon arrival. Five minutes later they left and it was just me. (okay, there was a dog barking, but he tired out quickly.) Peaceful.
I’ve never really given a lot of attention to the painted patterns on the temples. Today, I did. Today, I was alone. Today I saw the motifs on the exterior walls and the patterns of greens, reds, and blues covering the underside of the eaves. Amazing.
I stopped at the gift shop. I left with a 20 dollar box of incense. I don’t know what happened, but 20 dollars of incense didn’t seem unreasonable. It smelled so good! In the shop, the cashier lady saw me looking at some bamboo salts. We tried to communicate. The only Korean I understood was “Here, eat this.” I tried some salt with her. The single crystal was potent. Sucking on it brought out a sulfur taste. I must of not shown any sort of disgust because she gave me a small packet of salt to take. “Service!”. OK!!
I found these icons the other day on JeonjuHub.com done by designer, Liu Young. She was born in China and raised in Germany. Some argue these are China meets Germany icons. I don’t know, I guess they could be. They’re stereotypes anyway and simplifications of diverse groups. I thought they were clever and interesting. They made me think about my experiences in different countries. I’ll let you guess what color represents what.
Opinion
Way of Life
Punctuality
Contacts
Anger
Queue When Waiting
Sundays on the Road
Party
In the Restaurant
Traveling
Handling of Problems
Three Meals a Day
Transportation
Elderly in Day to Day Life
Moods & Weather
The Boss
What’s Trendy
Getting bored with my camera , I gave it a makeover. If you own a Canon Rebel Xti/400 camera and would like to give it a similar makeover visit my instructional tutorial at eHow (will be posted soon). Pictures, parts sheets and pictures are also provided.