When I stood on stage at the 2026 Ulsan Global Festival to receive an award recognizing my work with multicultural families over the past two decades, I felt a strange mixture of gratitude, pride, and disbelief. Recognition has never really been part of the equation for me. Most of the projects I’ve taken on over the years—from building communities and […]
Buddha’s Birthday has come and gone once again. The years seem to move faster now. Maybe it’s because life gets busier as you get older. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older myself. Either way, these moments that once felt like entire seasons now feel like brief flashes in the rearview mirror. There was a time when the lanterns seemed to […]
Two Versions of the Same Place There are two versions of Haedong Yonggungsa Temple, and if you’ve spent any time there with a camera, you’ve probably met both. There’s the version you sell to yourself—the quiet, salt-stained temple clinging to the rocks, monks drifting through the early light, the sea rolling in like it’s got all the time in the world. […]