Objects
On writing instruments and slow time, from a fountain pen counter at Ginza Itoya Standing in front of the fountain pen counter at Ginza Itoya, one feels as if time has slowed down a little. Under the glass, dozens of pens are arranged in neat rows. Black, silver, gold, deep
Cities
On redevelopment, memory, capital, and the rapidly changing face of a city Seoul is a city that never stays still. Cities change by nature. Buildings age, people leave, new roads appear, and old shops close their doors. But Seoul’s transformation often feels less like a natural process of change
Letter
A note on reading East Asia through cities, books, objects, and memory.