tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90131766944013123012023-11-16T04:37:06.093-08:00Road trippin it DIRT BAG StyleAs I travel the world in search for new adventures with an undeniable lust for life and a commitment to care for mother nature, I am greeted by new faces and strange places around every corner. This blog is for all the uncompromising rock climbers, for the wandering vagabond globe trotters, for the seekers of the unknown, for the wishers and lovers and dreamers. This blog is a collection of memories to share with you what it means to live passionately as a dirt bag.Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-7313297498264853872012-08-23T05:32:00.002-07:002012-08-23T07:45:58.119-07:00Wheatgrass in my eyes and noseUpon leaving Haiti, I realized I'll miss little Wood so much. He has become my good friend. I would pick him up from his house, bathe him and take him around town all the people asking if he was mine. How amazing when little kids run up to you full of joy. Ah, I love him.
When I arrived in San Juan, I slept comfortably on the airport floor for the night with my thermarest, nestled in my sleeping bag. In the morning, I waited for my flight to Mayaguez. There didn't seem to be anyone around. I wondered if I was at the wrong gate. Suddenly someone called my name. "Your plane is ready to board" "My plane?, Am I the only passenger?" "Yes,in fact, you are!" "Can I sit in the front?" "Yes you can".
and so, I boarded my very own airplane. An entire airplane to myself!! Just me and the pilot chillin in the cockpit!! I became the co-pilot as we swooped below the clouds and he described the coast line to me. How lucky!!
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Spending the last few days at the Ann Wigmore Institute in Puerto Rico has opened my heart, soul and mind to the incredible reality of life giving living foods. Upon waking at dawn, we stretch and indulge in relaxing yoga on the beach, listening to the waves crash - especially a little more furiously now that winds from Hurricane Issac are about to pass through. Before breakfast we juice our own wheatgrass and have a healthy 2 ounces, cleansing our system and nourishing our bodies the way Dr. Ann knew best. I have been awed by the studies we have learned here. About the body and how we assimilate foods. Our digestive systems and the tiny micro-organisms inside that are constantly trying to stay alkaline, constantly trying to stay in balance. Did you know that all disease is just a symptom of inbalance? Our beautiful, radiating teacher, Lalita Sales has bestowed upon us a gift. The unique revelation that eating living foods can cure almost any disease and that we can even grow these foods, such as sunflower sprouts and buckwheat lettuce and make saurkraut and fermented foods in our own homes all year round. We have the power to heal ourselves. You have the power to heal yourself.
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Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-55263181609590317222012-07-13T09:51:00.002-07:002012-07-13T10:13:34.413-07:00Haiti by Day and Night<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The honeymoon phase is over, the intestinal worms have moved in and hospital stays are a little more frequent as dehydration rears its ugly head more often than it should. After a five day hike through the Haitian mountains, heavy pack loaded, I am more than ever enamoured by the people of Haiti. Although it is no secret that many, if not all, depend on the business of charcoal - that is deforestation in the name of survival, trees still do exist here and there. It is no longer the lush tropic it once was and erosion is now on the forefront of this nations' greatest problem. A dish of Rice and Beans is the staple, seasoned by imported bouillon cubes and families use charcoal as fuel for their fires day in and day out. Dust blows and cacti grow with malice. With bare bones, these people have put what really matters first. Family and friends. Even with houses made from mud, sticks and old weather-beaten tarps, resiliency shines. The days are peppered with soccer games and hair braiding. Women sit and cook, squatting over these little piles of burning charcoal and babies run naked in the streets, feet calloused and uninhibited by the sharp gravel. Laugher prevails. Anse-a-Pitre by night. Men ride their motorcycles up and down the only paved road in town, vying for the loudest muffler. Shadows run long by light of the full moon and wafts of fried plantain fill my nostrils. It is a happening village. Young people clamour around street food vendors and cell phone stands in the gutters. I hear more laughter and squint to see the smiles of white shining teeth in the dark.
I read Thoreau while sleeping in my tent under thundercloud skies that never quite reach me. It strikes a chord in relation to a life I have once lived in the West, (or still do?) and what I see here:
<i>"An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for, that a man has to live, if he would not founder and go to the bottom and not make his port at all, by dead reckoning, and he must be a great calculator indeed who succeeds. Simplify, simplify. Instead of three meals a day, if it be necessary eat but one; instead of a hundred dishes, five; and reduce other things in proportion. Our life is like a [wonton] Confederacy,(18) made up of petty states, with its boundary forever fluctuating, so that even a local man cannot tell you how it is bounded at any moment. The nation itself, with all its so-called internal improvements, which, by the way are all external and superficial, is just such an unwieldy and overgrown establishment, cluttered with furniture and tripped up by its own traps, ruined by luxury and heedless expense, by want of calculation and a worthy aim, as the million households in the land; and the only cure for it, as for them, is in a rigid economy, a stern and more than Spartan (19) simplicity of life and elevation of purpose."</i>
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As I bear the beating sun and soak up a wealth of knowledge from our ancestors about living with the earth in harmony, I am integrating into the Haitian life with ease. What can I say? Haiti and it's people are the definition of resilience. They live with smiles and laughter as the days pass. Myself and the other participants in the Permaculture Design Course at Sadhana Forest in Anses-a-Pitre are welcomed as valued members of the community and interact in Creole, French and Spanish with the locals who are quickly becoming good friends. The day I reached the border a swell of young men on motos greeted us with smiles. Until now, I am constantly reminded of their kindness and positivity. We play music, dive in fresh water caves with no apparent bottom. We cook for each other using rocket stoves and fresh local produce (lots of mango and papaya!). We chew fresh sugar cane from the fields and walk about the town saying hello to every single person we pass. They in turn greet us with love in their hearts. I am especially captured by the naked babies who run after us with the most lovely smiles for a quick hug. The ocean is 10 minutes away as well as the border to the Dominican Republic who's stark contrast to Haiti provides me this tiny internet cafe where I can update the world via dirt bag style. I feel safe and at home here. In Haiti, I am reminded how simplicity can bring the utmost of joy. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLw__ZJ2U9PtuJPFIdjYKVWVSkk9GrYd3DKnhNgA_CLjxpG3-1vB9lXDOXQuwddhjIDdzk6bSwPCoHE8kqymlg3hV97XieuW9ZoYXFUtfLbqCf3L_WWySFt-OAnrgQgFgM8B1xg5qK9-1f/s1600/P1170952.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="113" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLw__ZJ2U9PtuJPFIdjYKVWVSkk9GrYd3DKnhNgA_CLjxpG3-1vB9lXDOXQuwddhjIDdzk6bSwPCoHE8kqymlg3hV97XieuW9ZoYXFUtfLbqCf3L_WWySFt-OAnrgQgFgM8B1xg5qK9-1f/s200/P1170952.JPG" /></a>
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My ma has been living on Vancouver Island and I decided to make a pit stop for a few weeks while gathering a list of contributers for the summer edition zine <a href="http://www.thekitchensofpinchanddash.com">from the kitchens of pinch and dash</a>. This place is magical. Quick lil' bunnies and graceful deer visit my back yard daily.
Now in and about Vancouver, I am drawn to the pockets of communities and health-enriching organic veg movement. It may be my perception after living in Asia for the last 4 years with a quick 3 year stop in Mexico before that, but Canada has changed. Before I can take in all the reverse culture shock and the growing comfort of sleeping on friends' floors, couches and in cars, I must hasten off to Haiti to begin road trippin it once again.
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Over the course of a year, studio recordings, mixing sessions, <a href="http://www.mustachefable.com">website</a> designing, a whole bunch of ukulele playing and cooking up a storm almost everyday have invaded my day to day. (Thank you Josh for doing the dishes!)<br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/pinchanddash">I have co-authored two cookzines and am currently working on another</a> and most recently finally, I have launched my debut album to the world. What an experience. While making "<a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mustachefable">Saving Earthworms from Sun Scorched Death</a>", I have learned so much in the process and now I can share this work with you. <br />
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When so much happens in the real world, it is hard to share it all with you here. No matter how busy I get, I do still have time to contemplate little things. Sometimes when the wind blows, I get an overwhelming sense of nostalgia. This just happened. A feeling from my far away, a long gone past. I can't quite place it but I feel like I've known it from before. Maybe its that same recycled wind from years back and it's come back again. Somehow my body, my cells have an innate sense of recognition. It just knows. But my mind can't comprehend such things. As soon as I try to identify its source, the wind is gone.<br />
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So then I stand at the bus stop and in front of me stands a tree. Tall and unwaivering under the constant perssure that surrounds it. What a wonder for a tree to be there amisdt the concrete and the cars. It stands strong and doesn't complain about the constant CO2 it must transform into oxygen. It stands solid and still grows deep underneath the concrete that engulfs it. This is a beautiful reminder of how life continues no matter the shit it must handle and that truely, life is too deep to be disturbed by its ever changing surface.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mustachefable">Please support my album and get yourself a digital download today! Get your copy HERE.</a><br />
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I've been participating in Ice Climbing school hosted by the magnificent Peter Jensen of <a href="http://sanirang.net/">Sanirang Alpine Networks</a>. Peter has numerous mountaineering experience and holds certifications with both the Korean Alpine Federation and the American Mountaineering Guides Association so you are sure to be well taken care of. This school was a four week endeavour and I leaned French techniques, technical body styles and proper safety. Peter shared his knowledge of many historical facts of the <a href="http://cac.or.kr/eng/index.html">Corean Alpine Club</a>, and how Ice Climbing used to be. Tools and techniques have advanced since those first summit attempts back in the times of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mallory">George Mallory</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Hillary">Sir Edmund Hillary</a>. <br />
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Being a rock climber for the last five years, I had entered new territory. At first I found the actual climbing part to be relatively easy as the transfer of skills from rock to ice was quite smooth. That was until I began how to walk on less than horizontal ice. Wow! This was definitely the hard part. With no rope to secure you from one slip - sliding down the curvaceous frozen fall that continued down the valley, I had to trust the crampons and the Ice axe that would ultimately offer me the protection I needed. Despite rising before dawn and frozen toes for 12 hours each day out, I was ecstatic with joy. To be outside and climbing a frozen waterfall that in just 2 months time will have morphed to flowing water was a marvel. I'm hooked. Even though the school has finished and the participants have "graduated", I am going again next weekend! Sanirang is a great teacher and super fun to hang with.Lots of laughter prevailed the bitter cold! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRpb5tqQTt4UzPdx7t47b2-5i5sW9h2NxR_t1aRU69G2G9O84JerZfDce_8hnXxjbKKHcmPiY9YYQy_hwfiWe74gG88c5NHENmkbAb8jV_axc-DyNzTqb-fuNUEBCMG_vy9Tyd9kOL46Pw/s1600/12-01-15_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="200" width="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRpb5tqQTt4UzPdx7t47b2-5i5sW9h2NxR_t1aRU69G2G9O84JerZfDce_8hnXxjbKKHcmPiY9YYQy_hwfiWe74gG88c5NHENmkbAb8jV_axc-DyNzTqb-fuNUEBCMG_vy9Tyd9kOL46Pw/s200/12-01-15_1.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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I expect to release it in the beginning of March. The unofficial date is March 10th, my best friend Daphne’s birthday! You can buy singles online at mustachefable.bandcamp.com, or the full meal deal on CD Baby (just search Mustache Fable: Saving Earthworms from Sun Scorched Death)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIYwoDMC-Em-rPIrknwjvKJ2-filLHthAabn-jTPLaRXObgQasIwW1nqZaKYgjvI8_44XDHPJQP73c4MvuCmYW3Zig7fdewKyNqwF08qdy5ylKGk8QXrbzexd5jsUI-dRSStmvbKCIjm_/s1600/IMG_8934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="178" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIYwoDMC-Em-rPIrknwjvKJ2-filLHthAabn-jTPLaRXObgQasIwW1nqZaKYgjvI8_44XDHPJQP73c4MvuCmYW3Zig7fdewKyNqwF08qdy5ylKGk8QXrbzexd5jsUI-dRSStmvbKCIjm_/s200/IMG_8934.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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It all starts with IndieGOGO. IndieGOGO is a fundraising platform to raise money for something you are passionate about. And, as you might guess, I am passionate! About pretty much everything. Espcially climbing, food and music! My lovely friend Wonny Bunny Kim (who just so happens to be a wonderful graphic designer and self professed chocolate lover), will be designing the album cover. <br />
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<a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/Mustache-Fable-Saving-Earthworms-from-Sun-Scorched-Death">Visit the Campaign HERE.</a><br />
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So, I've been working night and day in the Studio, close beside Geoff Nostrant of Black Swan Audio to mix and master the delicacies of each track. <a href="http://mustachefable.bandcamp.com/">Visit my bandcamp site to hear the first songs released on the album. </a><br />
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And spending so much time on the computer, I have also uploaded samples of each song that will appear on the album. <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mustache-fable">Visit my soundcloud site</a> to hear the almost mixed and mastered previews of the other tracks that will be my Debut full length Album!<br />
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Ah... only a few weeks left until the CD release party!!Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-41888731261642146742011-12-28T06:11:00.000-08:002011-12-28T06:16:27.909-08:00The testSo my blog isn't really a blog I guess so much as it is a quarterly update on my life. I need time to pack all the interesting things into one post so I don't keep you bored with the day to day, although some of the best short stories out there focus on little details of a monotonous life and make it seem remarkable - like stories written by Miranda July. I recommend her collection called "No One Belongs Here More Than You"<br />
I have a hard time these days writing about the things that I am doing, because I just want to do them. And then when I do, things happen surely. Like this recent event that has taught me a great deal about the way in which a person can react to a seemingly bad situation. The story goes like this…<br />
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The night of Carly’s birthday was just beginning. Us close friends had gathered to share a drink or two and celebrate the life of a beautiful soul. After all, birthdays are a great reason to come together and cherish the friends you have chosen to surround yourself with in this particular moment in your life. And isn’t that an amazing thing – the fact that we can choose our friends. We gathered at Dos Tacos for some Mexican feasting coupled with Tequila shots for the road. We walked along the busy streets crowded with kebab vendors and all-night uni students while once and a while circumnavigating the pools of vomit with bits of half chewed ramien. We lingered a little too long at club FF and then when the dance floor cleared and the lights turned on at 6AM, we noticed our bag missing. Missing or stolen that is. What to do now but call the police and cross our fingers that the ubiquitous Korean CCTV was indeed working its omnipresent magic. For our bad luck, it wasn’t. Long story short, as the long night turned into midday, we went home empty handed. I cancelled credit cards, changed passwords, cried a little then finally slept. The ensuing four days were a bit of a struggle to stay positive. Although, once I accepted that everything was gone, I seemed to be at peace with these inner workings of the universe. Hmmm. I was sure that this Karma had sought its retribution on the wrong lady. I try and live my life with integrity, honesty, patience, compassion and kindness. In fact, it is hard not to. Even though we all slip from time to time, this was my test. Stay cool. Learn from this. <br />
Four days later, sitting in an orientation for the winter camp I was about to dive head first into, my good friend Theresa whispered, mid-lecture, that someone was calling her from my phone. The phone that was stolen. Passing her phone to me, I excused myself in a fervor of possible happiness and stumbled into the hallway to talk to the person on the other end. An older Korean man had been the one that found my bag – and that of my friend Eli. (it was all attached together when it went missing). Oh how grateful I was to learn that he without a doubt had my phone and the rest of the cargo and could meet me that day to return it. <br />
After a long, pointless orientation and a long haul on the subway, I had this old man in an embrace. Oh thank you sir for finding me and returning everything as you found it. Nothing was gone, nothing was stolen. What happened then? Was it a school boy prank – take the foreigner's bag and drop it off 3 blocks away? Did someone get a fright when they saw the police and ditch it in a nearby alleyway? Who knows – but I had passed this test; this test of sticking to my beliefs and not losing control. This test of integrity, honesty, patience, compassion and kindness. When shit hits the fan so to speak, can you summon your will to be the good person you know you are inside?Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-6345935630495622192011-10-09T15:42:00.000-07:002011-10-11T01:20:02.743-07:00Spending time with love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNDGGIdf5tXvyJ05qDjqacuRnup7guJTkT1ty0YLFpcjlBPdjsXJHdMQfbr-2RVJbildmv3KrLn7_EuoJD2FhstHN7Mm_Q_76dFtqs8COWlo-BDxzr08HfvnqBcjG4XvTLC6y7qLCZLkP/s1600/310675_10150323344737817_682562816_8006310_1985634912_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="150" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNDGGIdf5tXvyJ05qDjqacuRnup7guJTkT1ty0YLFpcjlBPdjsXJHdMQfbr-2RVJbildmv3KrLn7_EuoJD2FhstHN7Mm_Q_76dFtqs8COWlo-BDxzr08HfvnqBcjG4XvTLC6y7qLCZLkP/s200/310675_10150323344737817_682562816_8006310_1985634912_n.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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So, I have been spending a lot of time falling in love. Change and growth is inevitable and in the wake of my 30th birthday, I have noticed a plethora of change all around me. It is a shift in consciousness. An opening up of the senses where you, yourself becomes one with the rest of the people, plants and air you breathe. I have been exercising the thought that there is no self - only oneness. This allows me to reflect upon the things that happen to me with awareness and once my ego tricks me into thinking selfishly, I have a better grasp on my reaction than I did in all those years before. <br />
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I have been working on my debut album with my good friend Matt Stewart as the producer extrodinaire. He has been impeccably patient and kind with the recording process since it has been over 6 months since we started the first recording. The songs are shaping up and Mustache Fable is getting excited to share her tracks with the world. You can <a href="http://mustachefable.com/">follow live shows</a> and hear previews of the <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mustache-fable/sets/music-by-mustache-fable/">bedroom recordings here</a>. <br />
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Last weekend we were awed by the Mask performances in Hahoemaeul Village as part of the Andong Mask Dance Festival. Masks all around, their spirits were lively and a little mischievous. We stayed in a traditional min-bak and played a lot of chess! Check.<br />
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I don't feel older, in fact, I feel my childlike spirit celebrating inside of me. It goes on a merry-go-round everyday and plays in the trees. It is happy. I am happy. A simple, yet profound state of being as we examine all that is happening in the world around us. The politics, the protests, the wars and cheating. Most people are searching for this one simple thing. Happiness.Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-81804410659689095892011-08-10T10:00:00.000-07:002011-08-10T10:06:27.512-07:00Squamish Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaMnmctdHoIRWfj1LhaYLJazDJAvjAFgZvSrCveLFS4CxBQ-_jaoNwnIUeRMVV0qEcDPQBPhqBHqUyLjE6IEMCzLwZBLJzt0CA9PUHFmC4vi6rbT1wfiWtfN6HtaPXv_oCyKI_COX0ags/s1600/283512_10150737990470571_637375570_20106462_5962454_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="200" width="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaMnmctdHoIRWfj1LhaYLJazDJAvjAFgZvSrCveLFS4CxBQ-_jaoNwnIUeRMVV0qEcDPQBPhqBHqUyLjE6IEMCzLwZBLJzt0CA9PUHFmC4vi6rbT1wfiWtfN6HtaPXv_oCyKI_COX0ags/s200/283512_10150737990470571_637375570_20106462_5962454_n.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-43000369116271819182011-08-10T09:47:00.000-07:002011-08-10T09:49:41.926-07:00On the road againArriving in Vancouver brought me to a place of giddy peace, stoking the contradictory whirlwind of emotion already pulsing through my every vein. Reverse Culture Shock like no other had taken me over in one fell swoop. The fact that I could actually understand the conversations of everyone around me was overwhelming. I was invited into their private lives, forced to listen to their intimate dialogue with the friend or lover by their side. And having a keen sense of hearing doesn't exactly help lessen the invitation. While living in Korea I realized that I spend a lot of time in my own head. There, I could not understand the murmurings of others that surrounded me in crowds and grocery stores and on buses and trains. I am now back home in a land that speaks my language and yes, I can understand. <br />
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I was greeted by the burly blond beard of my wonderful brother, Alex. It had been two years since we saw each other last. Too long. We wandered around Stanley park and along the coast. The sun set in a brilliant tropical cocktail fan of purple and orange. We fell asleep on the beach as a small family picnicked to our left. Upon waking we wandered back to his house where I spend my first night in Canada on the floor (the Korean way). Alex and I had a lot to catch up on but I also had to make a quick trip to visit my grandma Pat. She is quite the lady. Funny and still with it. Talking to her and listening to life advice, I became more aware of family dynamic. By default, those connected to us through blood is out of our hands and into the universe. My particular gang is getting better with age, or at least my tolerance to them ;) Truthfully, my family is quite the diverse bunch of fun.<br />
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Missing trains and buses and getting all hell lost still can't get me down. A lovely Friday night solo art exhibition by my good friend <a href="http://taomina.blogspot.com/2011/04/contemporary-traditions-sven-schelwach.html?spref=fb">Sven Schelwach at Galley SoSo</a> in the beautifully articulate and artistic Heyri Art Valley where contemporary meets strange and dreamlike. Accompanying me on this gallivant was Jason Mehl, another talented sculptor friend of mine. Surrounded by creativity, I can't help but be in awe of their dedication to their craft. Like dripping bones, these bronze masterpieces remind us of what our innards could look like after a nuclear catastrophe - if there were any remains of course. I remember visiting Jason's apartment last year and his continual fascination to rotate the plants in his house as they reached towards the sun. Growing minute millimetres each day, he manipulated their growth pattern. Clever. This fascination is clearly present in his works of art. But you can read more about that here: <a href="http://abstracterosion.com/">http://abstracterosion.com/</a><br />
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The weekend had not even begun. With a unplanned round-a-bout tour of the train station late Friday night, I missed several of my escapes out of the city until finally the train within I sat departed in the right direction. Later after the free wine buzz from the art opening had subsided I found myself in Daegu then in a taxi to Gyeongsan to sleep on the floor of Bryan's cozy family home. He didn't mind my 2 AM arrival as he insisted that indeed he was a night-owl despite his wide eyes caused by the three wild children that were hidden underneath blankets and toys - all in the colour of pink of course. <br />
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I awoke earlier than I intended to the sound of cute voices in the hall. Ah,the three munchkins. Bryan's daughter Hana is an amazing being. Oh, to be a child again. To dine at the breakfast table with her and her two friends who had convinced Bryan and his wife Shauna to have a sleepover was truly a remarkable experience. Back to the innocence of unfiltered comments. Ah. to be a child again. I finished off the crusts of peanut butter toast and we were out the door in pursuit of cliff dwelling and anchor replacement! <br />
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Munsusan. WOW. How can I speak any other words. Near Ulsan in the South West corner of South Korea, this magnificent park complete with Buddhist temples, burning incense and birthday lanterns, enhanced my every step up the winding path to the crag; a crag which I had never been, but surely will return to shortly (hopefully within the next few weekends). Quality sport routes with shoty, dilapidated anchors were replaced. 19 of them! Those willing can now safely climb and lower with confidence. It was a pleasure and an honour to jug up the dynamic line to remove 20 years of rust. This was a baller workout - one armed pull-ups with the aid of a little foot work. I can only imagine what it will be like on the big walls! Using only two vice grips and my bare hands, I suffered wholeheartedly to pry apart the bolts that sized dangerously corroding wires. Now, in their place, shiny new quick links and chains that should last a lot while longer than their predecessors.<br />
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So then the evening fell. When our diligent efforts were satisfied, our trusty mates prepared to leave. I was called back by a lovely lady friend of mine, Theresa Mowat. She is amazing (not only because she had the dame name as my mom) but because she is an real genuine soul. Living in the moment, loving and being true with passion. As I had already left the crag, I had to find my way back on foot, without the expertise of Korean GPS and I really didn't know the way - but I did near voices. Instead of taking the manicured trail, I decided to descend upon the bush and disguised boulders under years of fall leaves. Luckily my experience has granted me the sense of knowing not to step on anything but solid rock, fearing to step into an empty hole and break a leg. This I did not do. Slow and steady, I made my way though the underbrush, over the waterfall/stream to the source of human sound. Theresa and Unio Joubert (whom by the way is a stellar photographer!) had just undertaken a severely sand-bagged climb. I tried it too in the dwindling dusk light only to be forced to question "WHY?", as for the grade, it was quite stiff.<br />
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After we packed up and headed out, the first priority was food. Any and all climbers know how hungry we get after a day of cragging - so much so that all else takes the back seat until bellies are full.<br />
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Despite the magnificent valley beheld, there seemed to be no place to lay our heads and even throughout intermittent Korean, we found no quarters to rest nearby. Again, the bellies rumbled and as we pulled into a restaurant to ask about a place to stay and she offered us dinner with a side of free sleeping room! WoW!<br />
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Heated Korean floors never get old!Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-91988439366437407802011-03-22T05:59:00.000-07:002011-05-18T06:59:13.565-07:00RADiO interview!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXiF7sGCg65tYNl6Tjza-NSnm4GzvoxoeKykcKcvtAzqVauL_UDYWUYK2GiD4efZ5mXsMLjjJDYkQNqePlGeirMKUIBqmZgwMgaRxvFn_8XOdMrr0FdjZ3SrRPC1NdV3jbFagzrnPOPukv/s1600/Long+Night010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXiF7sGCg65tYNl6Tjza-NSnm4GzvoxoeKykcKcvtAzqVauL_UDYWUYK2GiD4efZ5mXsMLjjJDYkQNqePlGeirMKUIBqmZgwMgaRxvFn_8XOdMrr0FdjZ3SrRPC1NdV3jbFagzrnPOPukv/s200/Long+Night010.JPG" /></a></div><br />
Check out my teaches in this recent interview with Chanju Kim at Arirang radio!<br />
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<a href="http://soundcloud.com/danielle-arsenault/arirang-interview-with-chan-ju">Check out the interview here! </a>Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-85085025420083837492011-03-21T07:05:00.000-07:002011-03-21T07:10:24.813-07:00Music, Poetry and ART<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMqmxEQJX9Jb3KnSi_vZ0qjUsKfLOIlzFmTk52bR_51Pqr216sv0mBRldAGnXVoAuawcZ15EQn16hives39x-9TTsynjxQx8kNJ0D_jB1Q3er2Ur9J-y4wKk5pWivmgxWa9KyD0tG65Je/s1600/psnapKIKIN.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMqmxEQJX9Jb3KnSi_vZ0qjUsKfLOIlzFmTk52bR_51Pqr216sv0mBRldAGnXVoAuawcZ15EQn16hives39x-9TTsynjxQx8kNJ0D_jB1Q3er2Ur9J-y4wKk5pWivmgxWa9KyD0tG65Je/s200/psnapKIKIN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586534912355480498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dJ_EfaTsMAI34xATBYgYI-gYcRwFl4-B1oIRyOZeD_3_AR4xZx-bKLSlnFU5oCKhy4xcTNsSpGoC7ug58atwT_-7kcjPdI5Il6GW50XvzPg67w-Sv1FCtxwFB05ZuA491-yExB3szB1r/s1600/in+yeon3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dJ_EfaTsMAI34xATBYgYI-gYcRwFl4-B1oIRyOZeD_3_AR4xZx-bKLSlnFU5oCKhy4xcTNsSpGoC7ug58atwT_-7kcjPdI5Il6GW50XvzPg67w-Sv1FCtxwFB05ZuA491-yExB3szB1r/s200/in+yeon3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586534907788509986" /></a><br />I have been rolling in the life of creation these days, months, years. It is hard for me to keep up with myself and all the things I do on a daily basis, let alone write about it here...<br />so...<br />Have a look at the other blog...<br /><a href="http://picklepresspoetry.blogspot.com">picklepresspoetry.blogspot.co</a>mDanielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-58908364680398188232011-02-12T02:55:00.000-08:002011-03-08T05:47:52.763-08:00Accıdent and Recovery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DYQWMJmpDECVuooV25c-RQXKdAj4UMY-UNLOlZBa4SlqvsPnO3UoctuIGqnBdC9wW5LWOdvGM8b77CXZgQvvyQw8oCtHNsCNkhDjibWIigoGk_kuse7e7U7-baaWSWrMD2ZJhCSCGsmC/s1600/P1140135.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DYQWMJmpDECVuooV25c-RQXKdAj4UMY-UNLOlZBa4SlqvsPnO3UoctuIGqnBdC9wW5LWOdvGM8b77CXZgQvvyQw8oCtHNsCNkhDjibWIigoGk_kuse7e7U7-baaWSWrMD2ZJhCSCGsmC/s200/P1140135.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581704340388439698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivc9vN5hZc7Un6gFhns_1y0zA6RTbmmrgikEYvtO_Nxazp_Ruxvi1KM8jrXJeAVFUkH-wLW-bZVl7q5tzEus8huSxPcOA3AlPHeUQ73-KjxDhyMisCRIf_KCMqpf_QUrZDg28tuHEyPHf1/s1600/DSC_0338.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisebnNnp7cnwzoVQeCKYc6PXR496o0Btleoo6ja1fTyTRAd7fDSAZipoenwfjcHYSINbU0xFfsgRug8k-72OZGC9JUoERGrug-RyQ4edOtJU78cjUJ-Ry-lJjd8QsWCBegjfxXGERBZXKs/s200/168716_1555069084901_1480422932_31202312_1142405_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581700175115114594" /></a><br />I really fucked myself up! So, İ took a 6 metre whıpper and crumbled 5 ribs - 5 severe displaced fractures and sınce bones are so darn sharp, they punctured a lung - just a lıttle prıck! It was enough though to warrant emergency surgery, as my lung had partıally collaped and free aır had fılled my chest cavıty whıle blood collected ın the lung ıtself. Imagıne my surprıse whıle layıng ın terrıble, exrucıatıng paın barely able to breathe that ındeed, "you wıll have to be operated on ımmedıately". After the x-ray's and MRİ's, I was rushed to the operatıng room where the rest becomes blurred. Some tıme later, hours or mınutes I have yet to know, in a comatose state, I awoke. "The surgey was a success". "What, ıt ıs fınıshed?" Tıme ıs relatıve to the hours you are awake and conscıous - the rest dıssapears ınto the folds of someone else's experıence. Lookıng down to my rıght, I notıced a red jar of blood and a tube leadıng to my rıght breast - whıch by the way ıs completely numb as a result of nerve damage. (Anyone want to massage ıt back to health?) The tube stayed there for fıve days ın order to draın the aır and excess fluıd from my lung. Sounds gross, eh? It stayed there and worsened my abılıty to breathe, whıch ıs why I needed to be on artıfıcıal oxygen untıl the doctor came to yank ıt out wıthout anesthetıc. Shortly after thıs happened I broke ınto a cold sweat and passed out - rıghtly so. What happened exactly? <br /><br />Whıle clımbıng an unknown Tufa of sketchy proportıon on a route called "Aquaduct" ın the Trebena sectıon of Geyıkbayırı, Turkey, I was pumped beyond my lımıt at the anchor and about 3 metres above my last protectıon. Trıed and tested, I just couldn't clıp the anchor, so I opted for the 6 metre whıpper. As I prepared to fall, I neglected to notıce the small traverse from the last clıp (whıch I couldn't see above the tıny ledge I stood on). The rope was ın ın prıme posıtıon to catch my heel as I tumbled mıd-aır. Fallıng through the aır weıghtless and at the expense of gravıty, I felt my body beıng flıpped upsıdedown. Wıth ınstıcts on red alert, I covered my head (good thıng!) and smashed ınto the rock wıth a force to be rekoned wıth! Sang, the Korean born Belgıan, descrıbed the ımpact wıth bone crushıng sıckness. Unable to breathe, he lowered me ımmedıately. Askıng of my condıtıon, I could only reply between gasps, "I dıdn't hıt my head but I can't breathe". Both Sang and Kaırn, my lovely new German frıend, called a recue crew from camp. They came prepared 10 mınutes later. Fırst tryıng to evacuate me by hoemade chaır-stretcher devıce, and near screamıng (not really, I held ıt together pretty well ınspıte), Karın suggested that I try walkıng. And that ıs exactly what I dıd. The ambulance was on the way and I was walkıng out of that place wıth a punctured lung nonetheless. <br /><br />Hell, i'm stıll alive and after 8 days of sucking back Turkısh morphine and peeing in a bedpan (only once on the fırst day!!), I am back at JoSıTo clımbers camp. The docs and nurses were so great and at least 10 wonderful new climbing friends came to vısıt me ın my blue robed sorry state brıngıng me books and grapefruıt. Stıll on mıld doses of medıcament, the other clımbers are amazed at my recovery. I thınk ıt ıs all ın the attıtude! Posıtıve and happy to be alıve and surrounded by such great energy. The doctors are positive i'll make a full recovery too and thank the Mother Earth i bought insurance for this trip sınce the gospıtal bıll came to $18,000 dollars!!! So, my climbing trip is over- for a while. At least i can focus on some art and music more. Hopefully i'll be able to climb by the summer. Damn! All my hard earned muscles are going to shrink! Amazing how in only a short week a person can form a bond with another. Such is the international climbing community. That is real love! For the hıghs and the lows that seem to last, remember, these too shall pass.Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-34820933939275786492011-02-01T12:43:00.000-08:002011-02-02T13:03:31.225-08:00Am I really here?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE3AejxHdsBK0Zsw3KVV6i2iHBOXptBhbI3469qF5Dai1FqeZNpAL8LBhMxEDLvV5K5T-dhXuVYQ974qWMjtccCE0ascvJQODBiSWu64t3_0u2ImrNvPB0U_ePoyARVY85bw2d1UdxIze/s1600/P1130863.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE3AejxHdsBK0Zsw3KVV6i2iHBOXptBhbI3469qF5Dai1FqeZNpAL8LBhMxEDLvV5K5T-dhXuVYQ974qWMjtccCE0ascvJQODBiSWu64t3_0u2ImrNvPB0U_ePoyARVY85bw2d1UdxIze/s200/P1130863.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569188066697455762" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqtwEnevoCWXzdHVbWi_IB4V3HAjWVSvI_EwuHoTfH9WUkpzDL1McmUsVbuHZKebPuByIqkpY2KpZr179SgMrB8eqQPB0ti4TOU0hj1LBBrx271ZXb0DPAWJRx03E1RdZdM_IC6af8oe6/s1600/P1130949.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqtwEnevoCWXzdHVbWi_IB4V3HAjWVSvI_EwuHoTfH9WUkpzDL1McmUsVbuHZKebPuByIqkpY2KpZr179SgMrB8eqQPB0ti4TOU0hj1LBBrx271ZXb0DPAWJRx03E1RdZdM_IC6af8oe6/s200/P1130949.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569188097059570274" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwNSkY0-PiIZC3BLB961-_vLrV6HroXSHatV3h-rYbsFwKhKNHGr7lCk4QYm6_oS1p0cK9_I-Io_rhsTxWptdWze7GN0_il3Brdo4l5z8GQpoepVMHuN2UbnXX_7AeX89KHu8KFipkrP1/s1600/P1130936.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwNSkY0-PiIZC3BLB961-_vLrV6HroXSHatV3h-rYbsFwKhKNHGr7lCk4QYm6_oS1p0cK9_I-Io_rhsTxWptdWze7GN0_il3Brdo4l5z8GQpoepVMHuN2UbnXX_7AeX89KHu8KFipkrP1/s200/P1130936.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569188090183271010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QjwvQtE-uJGaefhix7NexTuSxE8Tmp7w5NcUEl8I3_tBFf0qxnzrZoMKQPKvbmbg_oJ29oRpsh9H7d5kghLPqpdxZiwCkNdJ67D7ZZXTb0stY5xqReS6VmEoNC-njq_9egguQzqQSq49/s1600/P1130920.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QjwvQtE-uJGaefhix7NexTuSxE8Tmp7w5NcUEl8I3_tBFf0qxnzrZoMKQPKvbmbg_oJ29oRpsh9H7d5kghLPqpdxZiwCkNdJ67D7ZZXTb0stY5xqReS6VmEoNC-njq_9egguQzqQSq49/s200/P1130920.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569188087027445842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VKEdMUa8kW07t83nkGeeO26JbwcOz_E945A9zB-F2-nmH4E2W5AspG3z3Au7vpgXD7u_tWIwjaP8vYuEpE5jb5TuqpkyNiNNmWQZgh4MP4xX9I4__xtKR-NYtPXN35Rm6YsqBSy_R_mD/s1600/P1130908.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VKEdMUa8kW07t83nkGeeO26JbwcOz_E945A9zB-F2-nmH4E2W5AspG3z3Au7vpgXD7u_tWIwjaP8vYuEpE5jb5TuqpkyNiNNmWQZgh4MP4xX9I4__xtKR-NYtPXN35Rm6YsqBSy_R_mD/s200/P1130908.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569188075629927170" /></a><br /><br />After spendıng a beautiful three weeks teaching the most marvoulous kıds ın Korea, I embarked on a journey to Europe. To Vienna, Austria. To visit a friend and a new place. Am i really ın Vıenna? Walkıng ın the cold slush searching for and admırıng the graffiti lıned rıver canal brıngs me back to a lıfe when tıme doesn't matter so much. A slow 2 hour saunter from Freıdensbucke Uban (subway) stop would brıng me to the centre of Vıenna where snow-laden parks and over-consumptıve shoppıng were to wet an appatıte. I declıned as best I could - the shoppıng part anyway. I spent days wanderıng the streets ın brave of the wınter chıll. For those of you who know me best, food and eatıng well ıs hıgh on my lıst of prıorıtıes! The best part about leavıng Asia ıs the SUPERMARKET! YES!! My frıend Jan and i, whom İ met last year while climbing ın Spain, made lots of elaborate meals and dıned on hıs bedroom floor. We also went to the Opera and Ballet. Quıte a difference between the two performances consıderıng actual qualıty and that preceıved by such cultured folk - not to say that refıned taste of one kınd or another doesn't exıst ın all of us already ın accordance wıth beıng the product of our own envıronments. Sımply put, The Ballet was much better than the Opera and the seats were much worse. We had nıce seats for the Opera and I almost fell asleep. I swear, my eyes were only closed for half a second! <br />The boulderıng gym ın Vıenna was MAD. Wıth 2 floors, complex and elaborate boulder problems you'll be busy for hours, more than your skın and ambıtıon can handle. If you are ın a hurry, you can even pay by the mınute! Wild! It was one of the coolest indoor bouderıng gyms I have ever seen. Vienna and its wonder match my anticipation for lustful unknown antics. İ have been to the river and beyond in light of all there is to see here never fully believing where İ was - where İ am at the moment of travel, all seems a great mystery to me.<br /><br />Am I really in the mıddle of Germany? <br />I ındulged ın a surprıse vısıt to Stefan ın the Bavarıan countrysıde and hıs love, also my good frıend, Natalıe helped me wıth the plan of attack. When Stefan thought he was pıckıng up Natalie at the traın statıon ın the little town 10 mınutes from where Stefan grew up, he found me! Theır chıld, Sofıa Luna ıs gettıng so bıg. Walkıng, talkıng and beıng the most curıous happy lıttle thıng. <br /><br />Am İ really in the Turkısh countryside typing on a computer whıch its keys are all different and I keep hitting the wrong buttons? The littlest things we are conditioned to, such as typing on our familiar keyboards are skewed. İ lıke this about travellıng - cultures and precise subtleties that keep me on my toes. Now everyday I set out to the crag to practıce my love that ıs rock clımbıng! 3 weeks here at JOSITO Camp ın Geyikbayiri near the Medeteranıan sea. It fact, when reaching the anchor on many routes, you can see the sea clearly lıned wıth the costal town of Antalya only 40 kılometres ın the dıstance.<br /><br />And today I decided upon a rest. My fingers haven't been condıtıoned to the sharp knıfe lıke holds you wıll fınd here. Of course my counterparts are already accustomed to the razorblade crımps and I too have the ambıtıon but tıme ıs of essence. Soon my fıngertıps wıll be calloused and I wıll be clımbıng along sıde the hardcores (I am already but you know what I mean). To the beach we went, Sang and I. A lovely day enjoyıng the sun and wınd ın a fury of energetıc delıght. Espresso on the Mediterranıan and some wet salty toes have ındeed ınspıred my evenıng. We were easıly able to hıtchhıke back to the camp. The Turkısh folk are so very frıendly. As comfortable as I am wıth the unknown, thanks for the rıde.Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-17188415986195873162010-12-19T22:19:00.000-08:002010-12-19T23:27:26.509-08:00Basking in Snail Trails<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyGtIfAU04zfbHCmZx8HUVoCldceXu-oPFhRdhIjBgy-by3pzty9AUUz8DFxKBUdwxXI_Y0jLc0ByP-jmqLDyvW_TxooJ9KhDhfaIs7bZwu5RV61UJGPqQZSjT_wM6GvPqRTASDhyphenhyphenBjLa/s1600/DSC_5662.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyGtIfAU04zfbHCmZx8HUVoCldceXu-oPFhRdhIjBgy-by3pzty9AUUz8DFxKBUdwxXI_Y0jLc0ByP-jmqLDyvW_TxooJ9KhDhfaIs7bZwu5RV61UJGPqQZSjT_wM6GvPqRTASDhyphenhyphenBjLa/s320/DSC_5662.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552657498546098514" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_iZKW11YYYss8cx-qlvGN1PAYEn1BUOyyZRLBhW1AggXTU__eIfB1btMKrmPe0NpqD5WO6zJby_X_CueyxVYxzfGSOk5sT9x4jm_tJDI4JgyNlXZdhAvJvYAeGKok6lG9nsFAtZjTyqt/s1600/DSC_5628.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_iZKW11YYYss8cx-qlvGN1PAYEn1BUOyyZRLBhW1AggXTU__eIfB1btMKrmPe0NpqD5WO6zJby_X_CueyxVYxzfGSOk5sT9x4jm_tJDI4JgyNlXZdhAvJvYAeGKok6lG9nsFAtZjTyqt/s320/DSC_5628.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552657490213007730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HhgBcpKVszj7ltwnGvLyH8AJBsVEFah-0B-Le5SuhxDnYrmFSS5LXD61OY7L7Pda3RYKjB050cS-fbHhA8Up4FAXp6j_MgfTR_sTQDMMCYCL3USVvz7j5N4VFHfhOdCyfABZ-5oNIOcz/s1600/DSC_5620.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HhgBcpKVszj7ltwnGvLyH8AJBsVEFah-0B-Le5SuhxDnYrmFSS5LXD61OY7L7Pda3RYKjB050cS-fbHhA8Up4FAXp6j_MgfTR_sTQDMMCYCL3USVvz7j5N4VFHfhOdCyfABZ-5oNIOcz/s320/DSC_5620.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552656630300335186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTnuXd2efyqyxjH9EMGHYmlApb2X4VkS5p3pRAQ-ySoLQuG0CiJbyGick6qVlTVphDHweOF1Epu0nPSO1b3j8-ZNoAs3ck_Jo_jOpqpBQcJVxhskKgtMV7vPu5ebjZRgJY7OZBhk_CSNF/s1600/DSC_5424.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTnuXd2efyqyxjH9EMGHYmlApb2X4VkS5p3pRAQ-ySoLQuG0CiJbyGick6qVlTVphDHweOF1Epu0nPSO1b3j8-ZNoAs3ck_Jo_jOpqpBQcJVxhskKgtMV7vPu5ebjZRgJY7OZBhk_CSNF/s320/DSC_5424.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552656419198584770" /></a><br />As winter keeps its watchful eye on the toes snow steppers, I am committed to the outdoor life. Braving the open skies for a weekend in Busan has never left me unsatisfied. <br /><br />During the vacation period when the classrooms go silent for a few months, the intensive camps begin. Full of activity and English immersion, students are questioned and divided into levels. Teachers are then able to appropriately place students based on their English comprehension and speaking abilities. I had scored a quick job on the other side of the country for a day doing just this type of level testing. The school responsible flew Qasim and I out for the weekend. This was the first and most likely the last in-country flight I would take to the metropolis of the south, Busan, where the weather always tends to be a little warmer. <br /><br />On Saturday night, we attended an art show at a local studio. Creepy like salad fingers, huge wrinkled heads were painted all over the room. The little creatures drawn so meticulously were cute in their own ugly way. In fact, I got a real sense of childhood nostalgia looking at the awkward fellas. The artist, Laura Heather Hobson, has quite the impressive resume! http://ldoubleh.blogspot.com/<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCD2eVVaWPU_MT_huUoSmaIBjH0xnOIePS6a8pPaq0ANcroFrb5OWKUg0Efj98qFeI5N5MEdikeC8W6Z6TlRdLKfdtXRpzhMLIm3PDIJwHKpS8MAQrB_vHM0z3DKGDhI9A1WS72F0PPYDa/s1600/hey+fatty.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCD2eVVaWPU_MT_huUoSmaIBjH0xnOIePS6a8pPaq0ANcroFrb5OWKUg0Efj98qFeI5N5MEdikeC8W6Z6TlRdLKfdtXRpzhMLIm3PDIJwHKpS8MAQrB_vHM0z3DKGDhI9A1WS72F0PPYDa/s320/hey+fatty.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552662672682724818" /></a><br />That evening, we let our creative juices flow through our hands to the pen then to the Exacto knife and made stencils to print silk-screened t-shirts of our own designs. My creation was a snail and his trail as a quote I have so aptly identified with recently reminds me to take a little more time and pay attention to the everyday. Which is what more of us should do on a regular basis. (If you look closely, you'll see the blue guy on my purple sweater)<br /><br />"Like slow snails, we soak up the details". <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmgNzG7WWNNQwlCZXMv6JL9dCMfav1vbSk_yjgHViNB8qU9wPCuKpN8HjbOWT-FKAEDYyL07bXEmCQyYNs-s5Xi6SsiXtcxaPL12GYRtiRBt0aLozArkIK1fzD_bdC9AwcKoyNOtsHBzu/s1600/snail.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmgNzG7WWNNQwlCZXMv6JL9dCMfav1vbSk_yjgHViNB8qU9wPCuKpN8HjbOWT-FKAEDYyL07bXEmCQyYNs-s5Xi6SsiXtcxaPL12GYRtiRBt0aLozArkIK1fzD_bdC9AwcKoyNOtsHBzu/s320/snail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552652067955379778" /></a><br /><br /> <br />On Sunday morning, our good friend Robin and his local posse showed us a recently developed crag uphill on a mountain side overlooking swathes of apartment buildings in the rolling valley below. Some nice lines with impressively sticky limestone tickled our chilly fingertips all day long. Even in winter, the rock cannot hide from our slight obsession. It was a great day with great friends. How lucky are we to bask in something so simple yet so wondrous?Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-71527753491706377522010-11-28T21:10:00.000-08:002010-11-28T21:48:04.345-08:00a film in 48 hoursA band of buddies and I took part in the 48 hour Film Project; Seoul Chapter at the beginning of November. In only 48 hours, a team of filmmakers must race to write, direct, act, edit and score a five to seven minute film. With all odds against us, including the loss of half our footage due to 'technical difficulties', the ubiquitous phrase used to blame any and all things associated with inadequacies of computer play, we turned our film in on time. To prove the films were made in the specified 48 hours between seven PM on Friday, November 5th and seven PM on Sunday, November 7th, some specifics needed to be included. <br />First, the genre was to be drawn out of a hat. Our team chose SILENT FILM. <br />There was to be a prop. This was the famously delicious KIM, or dried roasted seaweed that runs rampant on every Korean dinner table. <br />Also, a Character: Her name was to be Lee Hyo Jin, a musician. <br />And a line of dialogue: "I make my own Luck". <br />With all these elements combined, teams were sure to relinquish all pre-planned ideas. In fact, although a smart idea, pre-planning was strictly prohibited. <br /><br />We called our Film, "Chicken Soup for the Post-Apocalyptic Soul". It takes place post-apocalypse (obviously) in a house where strangers, forced to become friends, have learned to cope and are still coping with what could be the end of the world. <br /><br />When humans are confronted with the dire, our relationships are what have the power to stand the test of time and tragedy. <br /><br />Last night was the award ceremony. Out of 20 odd teams, our team won two awards! BEST Sound Design and BEST editing went to us. (I can proudly say that my ukulele was one thing that added to the effect of the sound design!)<br /><br />You can watch R.I.N.S.E Filmworks production of "Chicken Soup for the Post-Apocalyptic Soul" on Facebook.<br /><br />It may take a while to load... but it is worth the wait.<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1469427777606<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xTfB1Sa4gYLIueQH9v9Z3mNIEax9jHDrA7VEuyyR_wWqW2hoCgG-hYLy7DkE9dxaE1lQfovVUwQV7P7pubKkOhUpyR9BbsyhpYofeYvFugL5yHbvCBYtrI1IpyaPJ-jZwUW6Z4XsD2qZ/s1600/RINSE.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xTfB1Sa4gYLIueQH9v9Z3mNIEax9jHDrA7VEuyyR_wWqW2hoCgG-hYLy7DkE9dxaE1lQfovVUwQV7P7pubKkOhUpyR9BbsyhpYofeYvFugL5yHbvCBYtrI1IpyaPJ-jZwUW6Z4XsD2qZ/s320/RINSE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544842138251746402" /></a>Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-71790691924150327382010-11-07T21:44:00.000-08:002010-11-07T22:26:53.028-08:00"Mustache Fable" ransacks a haunted house<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLS_5GlTXyn3zF48Au1ahvDJqkLGUcPXPwqA7HOVC8If9G-MGp3fTDZoR6SFSa3ts6FY_ZJDbuaKlNLU8aQ6XPjRwkcIRIas0UznywN3ypSwQKw7Ls34ONchGnngDOZPTtClG5xQyFFjX/s1600/IMG_0614.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiD8yq3pP6RkeTZIt3tRyzfI0O0YHpKnoRlRsEYCiATO_hGTDXI5pB7N1qHOvcXaTfL84_WE5zZ37geNaMPoFWfWC8IuY7QKwZOaJ4BahKllZ4SWOiVQDhIeNt6hpYZDN89JdEkqCMAoj3/s320/IMG_0626.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537060249665565026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-ilJWDcVu3v-9JBGqhNXcskCHFiyAhR2dXLf0WmBlwdAAgXsQX9imQdpgn0wU9e4xLd1KkojrVVcgapZ3ZWrYlucu-6yiqPacQsdzUEYXLXs3Wt7HEM1Ic9O8iYGIafhWLyzOy6cO2Km/s1600/IMG_0606.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-ilJWDcVu3v-9JBGqhNXcskCHFiyAhR2dXLf0WmBlwdAAgXsQX9imQdpgn0wU9e4xLd1KkojrVVcgapZ3ZWrYlucu-6yiqPacQsdzUEYXLXs3Wt7HEM1Ic9O8iYGIafhWLyzOy6cO2Km/s320/IMG_0606.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537060244501802930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdC6uzyZ6jZIhU7c5LKrIea23Xt-KUUsbfW4sbW3fP-6YHwUvZ1jz9wXCchpDDHa_6xa6xyGv4Y0WTX6wA_IYQAS0bJ1OuvoEIjoQ8iqBH-iaHAKP9TuvWfSm_omx6_1JOcdXKSpFmsxt/s1600/Bears.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdC6uzyZ6jZIhU7c5LKrIea23Xt-KUUsbfW4sbW3fP-6YHwUvZ1jz9wXCchpDDHa_6xa6xyGv4Y0WTX6wA_IYQAS0bJ1OuvoEIjoQ8iqBH-iaHAKP9TuvWfSm_omx6_1JOcdXKSpFmsxt/s320/Bears.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537060233766112898" /></a><br />Just when you thought they were sane, the two lovely ladies of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Mustache Fable<span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span></span> explore an abandoned haunted house in the wild forest in order to get into the mind set of their upcoming show! Preparing for their on stage soulful sound attack that will go down this Saturday eve, they will teach you what to do "When Bears Attack".<br /><br />Live in concert at Roofers in the neighbourhood of Itaewon in Seoul, South Korea, Danielle and Hannah will enlighten you and mesmerize you. Within the Seoul Encyclopedia show, their performance is sure to be entertaining!<br /><br />Founded by Robbie Q. Telfer in Chicago, The Encyclopedia Show has sought to awaken the inner dork in all of us through simultaneously educating and entertaining audiences around the US and Canada. It brings wordsmiths and visual artists together to create a verbal/visual Encyclopedia installment on a given topic. This time around it is "Bears"<br /><br />This past August, Lauren Bedard, Executive Producer and Curator of The Encyclopedia Show-Seoul, has brought this concept across the ocean to enlighten audiences in South Korea. <br /><br />The pilot installment, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Gravity<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span>, was a huge success. Through live painting, short film, performance art, and spoken word, audiences learned about the force that keeps our feet on the ground and the planets in orbit. <br /><br />To get a taste of what The Encyclopedia Show has to offer, check out streaming audio of the Chicago show at www.encyclopediashow.com. Or better yet, come and see for yourself Saturday, November 13th.<br /><br />CHECK HERE: <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163347863685375&index=1<span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span>Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-81786174470787038312010-10-04T18:49:00.000-07:002010-10-05T04:00:48.536-07:00Mountains of my Mind: oh how i love thee!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggih1w_laEiUJNLpILYgH-nfuexZZ3DyE7XfYc37VJa3rT12OpRP38T_WzUbIrIUU-vPmoyMWLJsowXf6EMc-GBjhJSgWMnKyylya8Vn9TPXzO1v0MAfCLU_OW5Anb_IphZvAXYjTd7IUM/s1600/64232_435290635058_699570058_5695537_1978976_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggih1w_laEiUJNLpILYgH-nfuexZZ3DyE7XfYc37VJa3rT12OpRP38T_WzUbIrIUU-vPmoyMWLJsowXf6EMc-GBjhJSgWMnKyylya8Vn9TPXzO1v0MAfCLU_OW5Anb_IphZvAXYjTd7IUM/s320/64232_435290635058_699570058_5695537_1978976_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524515254946403282" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdrdRa6z7yNGHnOZrwqd3DuCv11ss3UIjeccLz-sezL3Qp7qEx5aCqP6iCaq3gqLGTbFZq1W9YbAkRFKmMb2l8-g1zG9tr39GzQfuwqIkhr2fSGqtfM4F2MZqgaWWfLYstcpVQtcZD0ms/s1600/39540_435292055058_699570058_5695656_1540721_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; 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With only half an hour left to reach our sanctuary, the rain came in a pitter patter as the dense rolling white engulfed us whole.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGlxjJ_1aH0Lm08cvhxHXY2OGOruFDO26ldXAKtFAK7N92Il-TG0crZtwQIHpYEe83VZSz_bgqr2Ll1AB2KRLHFuORAmZqM-YCL2QlXoHeLx0rJroaajs-_AoLgieTXTk0zgp_7w8FPbQa/s1600/39555_435291345058_699570058_5695600_7048503_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGlxjJ_1aH0Lm08cvhxHXY2OGOruFDO26ldXAKtFAK7N92Il-TG0crZtwQIHpYEe83VZSz_bgqr2Ll1AB2KRLHFuORAmZqM-YCL2QlXoHeLx0rJroaajs-_AoLgieTXTk0zgp_7w8FPbQa/s320/39555_435291345058_699570058_5695600_7048503_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524480459116685058" /></a><br /><br />Along the trek, small crags of rock tempted our calloused hands to fondle.<br />While reading "Mountains of the Mind" by Robert Macfarlane, I am overwhelmed by the intense reminder of my human relationship with the landscape I am walking within and upon. The geology I feast my eyes upon when lusting over rock I wish to climb, allows me to ponder a time when "rocks liquified and seas petrified, where granite slopped about like porriage, basalt bubbled like stew, and layers of limestone folded as easily as blankets". In the ineffable age of earth's history, I ponder my own mortality.<br /><br />Sunny and I took on a 32 kilometre stretch of hiking trails in Jirisan National Park in only a day and a half. Adventurous, outrageous and down right fun, our bodies will be feeling the lingering effects for at least a few days I am sure. A few hours into such an undertaking, our bodies became used to the toil and pure elation took over. Despite the packed rest stops and crowded shelters, we were so lucky to hike the whole trail almost entirely alone. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiPIwRqx7fjUXQdqSbDnQ2y1cpRqI9fySnKKsRh_DdTlRchi1hDD1J74yOe-WFpCXsAmU5QcU7MUDwXiDmhOJXwKXGPHJ3QWnSkWoKHV71J7H2fovSc5JqtEOQoNSKpKxgcusLzz8RKEQ/s1600/39540_435292070058_699570058_5695659_6766050_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiPIwRqx7fjUXQdqSbDnQ2y1cpRqI9fySnKKsRh_DdTlRchi1hDD1J74yOe-WFpCXsAmU5QcU7MUDwXiDmhOJXwKXGPHJ3QWnSkWoKHV71J7H2fovSc5JqtEOQoNSKpKxgcusLzz8RKEQ/s320/39540_435292070058_699570058_5695659_6766050_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524480464543679938" /></a><br /><br />What a unique experience for Korea. If any of you have ever ventured to Bukhansan National Park on a Saturday, you surely will have experienced the line-up of avid weekend hikers decked out in their name-brand gear glory snaking towards the summit like ants on a picnic. No line-ups here. It feels so great to work so hard to have the opportunity to roll our chilled fingertips over moss covered rocks and decaying tree stumps, to breathe in scents of rotting leaves and dirt and to open our eyes wide in search for indescribable breathtaking views. The rain intensified our appreciation to nature in its raw glory! Kuo Hsi, the eleventh century Chinese painter and essayist once wrote that the "haze and mist and the haunting spirits of the mountains are what human nature seeks". <br /> <br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFp6qWLzK4LTcW4X13CQJeFfgGddGXk2ME2SoDrHoGuqhKarModYDALjWBEzGNkI8kxeJB9LwM1Mrli1N6O1dToRFFp-HYSHWxiI_hxCoC8Et-KZX2mryXtDnvEYcD7kfTcNu0W0S7QFSg/s1600/40141_435291755058_699570058_5695634_3713606_n+(1).jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFp6qWLzK4LTcW4X13CQJeFfgGddGXk2ME2SoDrHoGuqhKarModYDALjWBEzGNkI8kxeJB9LwM1Mrli1N6O1dToRFFp-HYSHWxiI_hxCoC8Et-KZX2mryXtDnvEYcD7kfTcNu0W0S7QFSg/s320/40141_435291755058_699570058_5695634_3713606_n+(1).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524481374010373362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfAXSzuDPcvzTSAmMyBI_g3mhKdn-LhglAmcMfsrbXV8fJaEgw6nVsRPV-sOXMugLgq9wo12WN0BrhyocGCPe5Amb2oAnGJHoBabxWFCBbLerjF7bOiAOLssZDn4RVleh9fX3sAlymhXp/s1600/40717_435290670058_699570058_5695539_2743226_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfAXSzuDPcvzTSAmMyBI_g3mhKdn-LhglAmcMfsrbXV8fJaEgw6nVsRPV-sOXMugLgq9wo12WN0BrhyocGCPe5Amb2oAnGJHoBabxWFCBbLerjF7bOiAOLssZDn4RVleh9fX3sAlymhXp/s320/40717_435290670058_699570058_5695539_2743226_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524480458591486546" /></a><br />Not looking at my face for almost 3 days, I was shocked at first glance. Two deep set wrinkles between my eyebrows had carved themselves a new home. My unconscious concentration with each mighty mile had indeed taken its toll on my face. This allowed me to reflect upon age. As my birthday has once past again and I near the 30 years, I realize that the expressions we wear for long periods of time become permanently fixed. The wrinkles on our faces tell the stories of our lives. I hope when I grow really old my smile wrinkles will be the ones most visable!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxc1djzsvfEE9vIwsZcDEtWqslP1eQrsOXXrpBRm7o9uQ2oKiAhSzs2WhsbYF-X_1GAOsdsiaRfYLJcziHH9958SqN2RaCKUtN6z-6GhFV0pmdgDOj43EQZJ5ROMIrnrWQBkrcQJ_BbzU/s1600/36082_435290845058_699570058_5695554_4273827_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxc1djzsvfEE9vIwsZcDEtWqslP1eQrsOXXrpBRm7o9uQ2oKiAhSzs2WhsbYF-X_1GAOsdsiaRfYLJcziHH9958SqN2RaCKUtN6z-6GhFV0pmdgDOj43EQZJ5ROMIrnrWQBkrcQJ_BbzU/s320/36082_435290845058_699570058_5695554_4273827_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524480028521228242" /></a>Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-6458024606668443802010-09-28T16:24:00.000-07:002010-09-29T08:42:05.957-07:00The day to contemplate everythingSo, once again, this special day arises. The one day out of the 365 cyclical pattern that allows one to contemplate life and their role in it. This particular day is my "golden birthday" - so they say (even though I was once told that you cannot quote "they"). I am 29 on the 29th of the 9th month. I woke up this morning with grey nail polish and my kitten, Soo Bak, cuddling my neck all to hear the testosterone filled grunts of the American Military who so happen to be my neighbours here in Korea. No worries. I have become accustomed to their energy charged relay races at 6:30AM as they are a sure signal that it is indeed morning and time to arise from slumber. <br />I am quite happy today. Out of the last 13 days, I have climbed 7 days - hard. <br />After a wonderful mid-semester thanksgiving break, I don't feel so bad eating vegan chocolate zucchini cake for breakfast. Although cooked in the toaster oven, dirt bag style, it is satisfying. (Hey sister Lauren, I think you need to teach me a thing or too about baking!).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGcbvn0NmhIAs_SkFsDj6U2ys5UC2YfHBn0MI4mIY5DPI6qPto7QY9krGX4tYSsGI-9w4BxL8NMrZkOdTqL7UZTMH7Vkkk_1xXUAJuToB0p0hCS8bsLTS8g_KouG-dDyoHP1Gs4aiHfcC/s1600/P1130267.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGcbvn0NmhIAs_SkFsDj6U2ys5UC2YfHBn0MI4mIY5DPI6qPto7QY9krGX4tYSsGI-9w4BxL8NMrZkOdTqL7UZTMH7Vkkk_1xXUAJuToB0p0hCS8bsLTS8g_KouG-dDyoHP1Gs4aiHfcC/s320/P1130267.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522116825473684722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMNd2_wg-HLxUXAS1uDsK7yzc6Lk77YOv7h6nFQPWPcldbRLYZOWcW3OymxJ0xhn2AsXckrABry7kX6KxPxmWxjLPMOlC0Yr6ifXeKLgivxttoCMvaYlRV_64yb3XmQZy1CgSHXfrPIhe/s1600/P1130274.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMNd2_wg-HLxUXAS1uDsK7yzc6Lk77YOv7h6nFQPWPcldbRLYZOWcW3OymxJ0xhn2AsXckrABry7kX6KxPxmWxjLPMOlC0Yr6ifXeKLgivxttoCMvaYlRV_64yb3XmQZy1CgSHXfrPIhe/s320/P1130274.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522116831727933618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UjQvoH8PxySAn7oA5eNDFa4iXug7AkWvg44SNMcVc_-HayZCA-1OKSvUQkT4wEMmeWYKyfYH8jYzmPPvxZCmUFvZR23L_7oDS_9xZjX5M8gArs1rrfqdNBbRMf0JzdAq9JNx7HDvgrVd/s1600/P1130280.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UjQvoH8PxySAn7oA5eNDFa4iXug7AkWvg44SNMcVc_-HayZCA-1OKSvUQkT4wEMmeWYKyfYH8jYzmPPvxZCmUFvZR23L_7oDS_9xZjX5M8gArs1rrfqdNBbRMf0JzdAq9JNx7HDvgrVd/s320/P1130280.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522116836536664994" /></a>We ended the Chu Seok holiday – Korea’s biggest, with a stout bouldering session in Bukhansan National Park. Notice the smallest crimpers in the world! Just like Thanksgiving in America, this holiday deserved thanks - especially for the 9 day reprieve from work. Myself, my kitty cat Soo-Bak and my friend Kris aimed high and climbed hard! While climbing in both Seonunsan and Yongseo Pokpo, I was amazed at the abundance of animalitos running, hoping and flying to and fro. From fireflies to fat assed toads to pin eyed bats and squalls of mosquitoes, we were inundated with nature in its finest. Complete with my humble tent and gourmet pocket stove, we dined in grand style. Each night I had a special set menu wherein the ingredients of veggies and lentils and fruits and nuts weighted down our packs not unlike other camping trips. Never did we go hungry.The rock in Seonunsan, with its overhanging jug festival teased and satisfied me. The abundance of limestone pockets plastered in white chalk confused the onsighter with tricky technical sequences. Pump-a-licious! After 3 days of the 40 minute approach back and forth, we took a day to travel and rest and stalk up on more edible treats (not to mention a few bottles of cheap red wine to rinse our pallets). When we arrived at Yongseo Pokpo – The Dragon Tail’s waterfall – we were greeted only by the distant hum of the intermittent train and a few droplets from the sky. All alone, we set up camp and blazed a fire that roared into the wee hours. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQJsCV27Rpf7i7qFasP5iap16a1iUyn_Dabwpsu6OBwjQcY_fYYU116dEkdjUIiKpJPUgGvG84blet53cBBq5EyV7cY6-o2oOSa4JhNKiSxEIkrIiseimT_PJb52RZR8mVg9jQenTqlKh/s1600/P1130254.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQJsCV27Rpf7i7qFasP5iap16a1iUyn_Dabwpsu6OBwjQcY_fYYU116dEkdjUIiKpJPUgGvG84blet53cBBq5EyV7cY6-o2oOSa4JhNKiSxEIkrIiseimT_PJb52RZR8mVg9jQenTqlKh/s320/P1130254.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522116809751650402" /></a> Although it rained almost the entire next day, our near alpine start and slightly overhanging wall choice allowed us to climb five routes by one o’clock. Afterwards, the three of us sought refuge in a near abandoned min-bak. Not quite abandoned so much as that the owner wasn’t around. With the doors left unlocked, we took advantage of the opportunity to stay dry and warm. When a group of other friends arrived, we indulged in the sauce and each other’s sparkling company. The only near-death mishap that occurred the whole week was when I predicted the rock fall that scared the shit out of me in its forecasted omen. What I am about to describe, I am sure has happened to you. You know when your thought process happens so fast and links one thought to the next that what you began to think about and what you ended thinking about have little in common, so little that you would have to explain the entire thought process to someone in order for them to understand where the end idea came from in the first place. Well, it goes something like this…<br /><br />I was just causally admiring the waterfall as we prepared for the day of climbing and wondered what it would take to make the water pour down full force. I realized that if there were fewer obstacles at the mouth of the fall, more water would be able to flow. Then I imagined a rock fall, then I imagined a rock fall on my tent that would squish my cat – I know – morbid, but I am sure that these kinds of thoughts have graced your consciousness too at some point in your life. Anyways, a hour later I heard a distant thud and down plummeted a softball sized rock, headed in a beeline for my tent! Busy belaying, I had to wait and see the damage done. Sure enough, this sinister rock sliced open my tent vestibule, mangled the tent zipper, destroyed Kris’s headlamp and even flattened its batteries! Thank the stars that Soo Bak, the kitty, was nowhere in the vicinity. She is still purring at my feet right now.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAne613XSvcz9zbl5GTPNH6n43VZC4nThRlAcaYeR1kJERgPO0w3e-Dl6E0ij8KiXFPTEOU7KuQp8lJRyexzhVKXH5H1o8WXJSJUHYZHbOWxoAKcj9d7MK5vp4dT4KMh_JbLaAJuhMEnpC/s1600/P1130258.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAne613XSvcz9zbl5GTPNH6n43VZC4nThRlAcaYeR1kJERgPO0w3e-Dl6E0ij8KiXFPTEOU7KuQp8lJRyexzhVKXH5H1o8WXJSJUHYZHbOWxoAKcj9d7MK5vp4dT4KMh_JbLaAJuhMEnpC/s320/P1130258.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522116821061031906" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmwS3VGlO1N3vkzgGP1QxMMpFk2E_2sqqskk5P3vcix3zagjTNXqgqghoMQQAQrspQxwLLMogoUWDoUJfcBKoie9YYw3nbK0a84CIgFMjcnH7oiRpygppO3Xxs6G6RjllOJdq4zRah2cN/s1600/P1130151.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmwS3VGlO1N3vkzgGP1QxMMpFk2E_2sqqskk5P3vcix3zagjTNXqgqghoMQQAQrspQxwLLMogoUWDoUJfcBKoie9YYw3nbK0a84CIgFMjcnH7oiRpygppO3Xxs6G6RjllOJdq4zRah2cN/s320/P1130151.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522117835042887714" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And so the reflection goes. My students graciously presented me with a chalk board full of “congratulations” and a dozen yellow roses engulfed in baby’s breath. Congratulations? I guess I have survived yet another year in this hostile world. Although the clouds slowly roll in the sky this chill, crisp day, I couldn’t be happier. I think I am going to stop writing now and go and get myself a corner chug! (how I describe chugging a beer on the street corner!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfVgVvrOZ2-eoLHhkkEHrP-ElmX-3DbGLdnhEYLBcvjftTA_9O8U1qAIe9_0pn9EQ1YjM-PDrXEe-GXYxpvHpFq2LAsAXik09QQ4o8-DNwdF8m2rffPEHplBCFzUUQ1htpVG2qW_ha0sS/s1600/P1130249.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfVgVvrOZ2-eoLHhkkEHrP-ElmX-3DbGLdnhEYLBcvjftTA_9O8U1qAIe9_0pn9EQ1YjM-PDrXEe-GXYxpvHpFq2LAsAXik09QQ4o8-DNwdF8m2rffPEHplBCFzUUQ1htpVG2qW_ha0sS/s320/P1130249.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522115424525816258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqUhs_H0PPhQsv52icQZVHs3CGB9vpf61c2vWZv4mf3w5R0B95pWAbnjaak3ItKYDe8UVHSEvMlhTT6mZy3V6EilMiJ9N7IlwLejYCQObGJqNKnGZ1WzWMb-RSX6_nqRrMBONiHDosDI4/s1600/P1130246.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqUhs_H0PPhQsv52icQZVHs3CGB9vpf61c2vWZv4mf3w5R0B95pWAbnjaak3ItKYDe8UVHSEvMlhTT6mZy3V6EilMiJ9N7IlwLejYCQObGJqNKnGZ1WzWMb-RSX6_nqRrMBONiHDosDI4/s320/P1130246.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522115417184345250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJd75Az0NZ5BoYSGDGTuUvMDwTPvbe4-U9j2k8lIQ-Lb2Zs5przYbIxlKiUK_fx-sTiVHABSXpt9LiRwihg7ryaOVIADehsofU6wqwDOY3FHQlpJKwklkFAO4sE9SZgMZw7uDFiU-0i26J/s1600/P1130215.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJd75Az0NZ5BoYSGDGTuUvMDwTPvbe4-U9j2k8lIQ-Lb2Zs5przYbIxlKiUK_fx-sTiVHABSXpt9LiRwihg7ryaOVIADehsofU6wqwDOY3FHQlpJKwklkFAO4sE9SZgMZw7uDFiU-0i26J/s320/P1130215.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522115405408671570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrkR_88EP0C6UuBM8GUh_7yF7su03aL5RerLR_RAQ3Ux66pM1JaS4qLnb3SmJvTWV4OZUwDLmsO088l8zPiLtYbrG5bB2xKdxfoaNVqXJ0Hspe2cTuAoJGi-YAKyApZ6i7ein1HjWTTs1/s1600/P1130191.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrkR_88EP0C6UuBM8GUh_7yF7su03aL5RerLR_RAQ3Ux66pM1JaS4qLnb3SmJvTWV4OZUwDLmsO088l8zPiLtYbrG5bB2xKdxfoaNVqXJ0Hspe2cTuAoJGi-YAKyApZ6i7ein1HjWTTs1/s320/P1130191.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522115400884140050" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdY_15YlV0WnEfHraf5QZEYjTR0xoTMCCN2lhyphenhyphenW-PjVytCcVTnOe3X4etoQjoHlEo134scpCli-RN4hgMm31F3msYztUmMOCaUE2ufYsyRVoKAmwgEaETJOl7EzgV4bXpbzkvXfG7HmGcT/s1600/P1130183.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdY_15YlV0WnEfHraf5QZEYjTR0xoTMCCN2lhyphenhyphenW-PjVytCcVTnOe3X4etoQjoHlEo134scpCli-RN4hgMm31F3msYztUmMOCaUE2ufYsyRVoKAmwgEaETJOl7EzgV4bXpbzkvXfG7HmGcT/s320/P1130183.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522115394170025858" /></a><br /><br /><br />The contemplation begins with remembering that I am living in the present and as much as I want this day to last, it too will pass. Finite time. The ever present, ever changing river if you will.Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-21366793869215347582010-09-15T02:09:00.000-07:002010-09-27T04:37:10.968-07:00The summer heat draws on.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxJUfjL8Re0qJq7yiywDNQHYcIy95C-cFfSu9KEqsy4b8Io4LUP6d2Fphfvfg0xFpDJ2W8X4eUgefwJu7K87rcGvH85OaecnCNWX9DEupRz9SrN4mtOtqGArdNXC6G80GTrWawqUF44Ee/s1600/P8300557.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxJUfjL8Re0qJq7yiywDNQHYcIy95C-cFfSu9KEqsy4b8Io4LUP6d2Fphfvfg0xFpDJ2W8X4eUgefwJu7K87rcGvH85OaecnCNWX9DEupRz9SrN4mtOtqGArdNXC6G80GTrWawqUF44Ee/s320/P8300557.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521555889539633842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-A2jY0Bt5eLa9xYt3C8ctrSwHa5wYeOQEiiwlBzH91s4qW6oH823LV_UttbWsQCyzQMmTnzLosKTePE6dbL-9yVfk3e9ElS0fSHUSgKRKbYIsyuT8Z6EMzHEJtpEGmlFM6QCuPe-qqel/s1600/world+cup.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-A2jY0Bt5eLa9xYt3C8ctrSwHa5wYeOQEiiwlBzH91s4qW6oH823LV_UttbWsQCyzQMmTnzLosKTePE6dbL-9yVfk3e9ElS0fSHUSgKRKbYIsyuT8Z6EMzHEJtpEGmlFM6QCuPe-qqel/s320/world+cup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517068574536121874" /></a><br />Summer in Korea wouldn't be complete without an inundation of torrential rain typical of global climate trends. Our planet is surely at odds with our abuse and is fighting back. The power it has will always supersede our own human capacities no matter how powerful we THINK we are. Nature always wins and leaves in its wake, us dumbfounded. <br />So, the typical "on we go rain or shine" shall be heeded here. A few weeks ago in Chuncheon, South Korea, a smattering of international climbers amassed for the International Federation of Sports Climbing World Cup. With the likes of those currently headlining rock climbing flicks all over the planet, we endured the downpours together. A tense feeling of competition air was abated after the storms and the party ensued. What a great opportunity to speak Spanish and chat with some of the strongest climbers in the world! An event to be remembered. With the power of a felt pen, I gathered signatures from the usual suspects and will auction off a priceless cloth napkin to give proceeds to <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">www.climbupsokidscangrowup.com</span>.<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> On the day of my mother's birth, September 18th, anywhere you are, climb and dedicate your passion to those who are at times forgotten.Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-7350097774657332722010-08-26T19:12:00.000-07:002010-08-26T19:24:28.683-07:00I have branched out into the world of sound and song<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtDx4bgRFHO6lgEScs1rOH-kqH03XOdEmu8I3GQpktEMHJlvZvSTpCtHC1q_pyQ8CU7NMsfSE2BjtrTVvkh3iHxW57812YObGaAnXA2yq4bPp4k0HJTEMvaQOZ721X38JFlilBIZIX8LB/s1600/P1120953.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtDx4bgRFHO6lgEScs1rOH-kqH03XOdEmu8I3GQpktEMHJlvZvSTpCtHC1q_pyQ8CU7NMsfSE2BjtrTVvkh3iHxW57812YObGaAnXA2yq4bPp4k0HJTEMvaQOZ721X38JFlilBIZIX8LB/s320/P1120953.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509909838241388146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcN3jqwS34wy1RgalZhwwOxHx0KssbR5qC9rnYR1f_NTO6nXG2erl5-c5F_xl0iB5IRIaIvBqFJ2W8k8EK9XwsPHFq6dboViDlzyo9c5kq24ya_EqN5J3luU7RObLI0rB2ouFVNhHLshc/s1600/hannah+and+i.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcN3jqwS34wy1RgalZhwwOxHx0KssbR5qC9rnYR1f_NTO6nXG2erl5-c5F_xl0iB5IRIaIvBqFJ2W8k8EK9XwsPHFq6dboViDlzyo9c5kq24ya_EqN5J3luU7RObLI0rB2ouFVNhHLshc/s320/hannah+and+i.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509909830819992754" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyiLWAIOJeuwjxG_DRhtfR_nmR_QQO3r5VSlvCXk6PihIOiJ9WZVlsgo_oIRZe23h7GyP3sqsEsf4Ij1PmXPMcBNEG-_KnClXNEzdA7mcbXie3nTyypcCqE2TTW5_8B2XTCU8XsSKXLk/s1600/gravity.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyiLWAIOJeuwjxG_DRhtfR_nmR_QQO3r5VSlvCXk6PihIOiJ9WZVlsgo_oIRZe23h7GyP3sqsEsf4Ij1PmXPMcBNEG-_KnClXNEzdA7mcbXie3nTyypcCqE2TTW5_8B2XTCU8XsSKXLk/s320/gravity.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509906584900703522" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4e23EkN7YBLiK3ECnZLc5TsOTTVE5NA-lD86nefbciqDWh5ETXAIm3uhqhIh4GE40U47ll5doP-kC87zVeCOIHR6HFckv4RY-LfG4Lq_OPxmj3CDzi2SkMFkIXuw6NwfgP8gEpjhiuU/s1600/Neh+launch+poster.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4e23EkN7YBLiK3ECnZLc5TsOTTVE5NA-lD86nefbciqDWh5ETXAIm3uhqhIh4GE40U47ll5doP-kC87zVeCOIHR6HFckv4RY-LfG4Lq_OPxmj3CDzi2SkMFkIXuw6NwfgP8gEpjhiuU/s320/Neh+launch+poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509906577207835442" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Have you ever wondered when the Mile High Club was started? <br />or Why astronauts can't cry in space? <br /><br />For all of those who like a little education with your entertainment…The Seoul Encyclopedia Show is here! * Inspired by the Chicago based Encyclopedia Show, the purpose of this show is to bring artists of all different backgrounds to create a verbal/visual Encyclopedia installment on a given topic. <br /><br />Our first installment for this series is Gravity. We have an amazing line up of poets, songwriters, painters and performance artists to create an inspired description of the force that keeps our feet married to the Earth and the planets in orbit.</span> </span><br /><br />Indeed I have once again hit the big stage. By exploring other avenues besides rock climbing and working too much, I keep sane. A variety of hobbies and continuous projects on the go is one thing that drives me towards passion. To be able to share the final product of my creative process gives me the opportunity to find others who who have similar inspired imaginations. Thank you to all who take the time to hear me.Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-11793951323596983792010-07-29T00:09:00.000-07:002010-07-31T05:26:56.590-07:00Hong Kong's humidity sticks to my thighs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkZm2g5fA6zZV0UGdjB1UuJR3J0xLeUoE6Z77jffxf6JEOFULHhFPL82eGZcbSQE_ohLCqyexEIBBnoV8lR6BaVtMgr9IJx2NhSCQT-4zi2S-iG1WvFzmMd4mzwfkL8OUdKo5W-ZLtMWB/s1600/P1120928.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkZm2g5fA6zZV0UGdjB1UuJR3J0xLeUoE6Z77jffxf6JEOFULHhFPL82eGZcbSQE_ohLCqyexEIBBnoV8lR6BaVtMgr9IJx2NhSCQT-4zi2S-iG1WvFzmMd4mzwfkL8OUdKo5W-ZLtMWB/s320/P1120928.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500045780508128162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lPpG44gAlWafHhQMm6no7hq6opUlr8SVzBtiZpCEBLshSnlVTqTDbrwlrdFqJFv65SReF3pTOR5nzA0YWeZPGU_PEo-EGp7P1a4mRB0HyAymr0JkogLNSF6CmYTN5QkEPQ-ul9fn-4AU/s1600/P1120851.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSFlDheo-HAhWcvI99BmBLe6CcBhW2uxrdKHrTEmWqDK5WxfME_svE7XqR-GEgTZLeh7RqFXot-lPQdvM92tRdF72Z9QOwOYZ8syf-NfaIRa0d-x5-lvXdZKT7q0C1BZ4Eg7Ubcdv77w-/s320/P1120832.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500043429658681458" /></a><br />All sweaty in our glory, we dodged to and from the slight shade provided by city trees while Hong Kong in its humid stealth threatened to suck the energy out of our drenched bodies. After 2 days flirting with the outskirts of a massive concrete jungle, I braved its innards. Luckily a Monday trip to the boulders beyond the high rise structures offered a break from the cancerous carbon monoxide thickness. The intervening monsoons hovered in the distant sky, but our gung-ho passion led us to explore regardless. A short walk from the Tai Koo MTR station, we were transported into the adjoining jungle; a mossy river way, our path. Thanks to June, we were able to have two crash pads, thus saving our delicate bottoms from haphazard landings to follow. The river was a welcome refreshment as the blazing afternoon sun scorched our shoulders pink. (I do however, use sunscreen – thus was saved from pinkdom). The rippling river also served as a free shower and with a scant line-up, locals indulged, fully clothed under the waterfall just beyond our first boulder of choice. Scents of shampoo drifted by as we attempted to man/woman-up with the rock problems in front of our faces. After some successes and near misses, heel hooks and crimps, pockets and lock-offs, V3’s and happy knees, we descended back into the thick sweltering city. <br /><br />Along the side streets, a ripe, succulent fruit caught my eye, the biggest I have ever seen. This mango was the size of a football – the American style football or perhaps my calf muscle. Its mere scent coerced my mouth to water like a broken sprinkler. Not to mention its slippery syrup consumed in an inhale. (It actually took two days to eat due to its sheer size). Mmm. On to the food. In a smorgasbord of western and other worldly influence, I was bombarded with a plethora of choice. International supermarkets around each corner tickled my nostalgia as I piled the basket high. <br /><< Side note. If you haven’t noticed already, I tend to exaggerate. This gets me into trouble with my critical wordsmith friends. Justification: It is more fun to exaggerate and keeps my childlike imagination alive. >><br /><br />So, to clarify, I casually gathered just a few things for the airplane carry on; Red Thai Curry and Marmite to name a few. Through my many other efforts to save the world, the slight guilty conscience of the import-export game is defended in this example. Considering this multicultural hotpot, I was spoiled by Buddhist veggie stands and ethnic delights including this one particular Organic café with delectable quinoa salads and roasted eggplant tapenades. It inspired my cooking and sharing skills.Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013176694401312301.post-63852596455329555872010-07-09T23:21:00.000-07:002010-07-09T23:51:03.781-07:00Tubing Madness Taking Chances and Drinking wine in the rain.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvaod6hckbUeRT90sDELnu_TqYhNp5QG_wl7WZsQ1Mde2APSeGAqI6C2T3sp7Uq2Kf0V7Ox6KDIAHuiOMpABaECqpNSQnwARLL5A44bGyLCSE-lIv_8Iqd6vqY62jJIx_JXpRcGJZzzlq/s1600/tubing+in+jucheon.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvaod6hckbUeRT90sDELnu_TqYhNp5QG_wl7WZsQ1Mde2APSeGAqI6C2T3sp7Uq2Kf0V7Ox6KDIAHuiOMpABaECqpNSQnwARLL5A44bGyLCSE-lIv_8Iqd6vqY62jJIx_JXpRcGJZzzlq/s320/tubing+in+jucheon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492159391074913794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQa4m4EMquk9VakfcbC17M1m4oJHCOC198w3Qh9FnYuJxJuIUzIF0PGWZ7WK5vOF0m-7Y10wq_MmBph7Jgv-0RlcvvKuaCIy3uACHwK4LKM0bSXNYdBuhhYZDknffb_C47r2NHQ2vCiyk/s1600/tubing+in+jucheon6.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQa4m4EMquk9VakfcbC17M1m4oJHCOC198w3Qh9FnYuJxJuIUzIF0PGWZ7WK5vOF0m-7Y10wq_MmBph7Jgv-0RlcvvKuaCIy3uACHwK4LKM0bSXNYdBuhhYZDknffb_C47r2NHQ2vCiyk/s320/tubing+in+jucheon6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492160285544679778" /></a><br />Oh how wonderful feelings bubble up from your insides when you and a crew of foreign troublemakers set forth to test the high seas with blackened tire tubes blown up so big, nearly bursting at the seams (good thing we noticed one seam splitter before we submerged it!) <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0TUrrTfZ9RDa3XKPy0V_ihm8dNJ9oL9glPk8T2oP63Km1w7nDKA_zZh6TcfHWuoYSi8osMf2H8zjs3WeSFwXpxVTzLZH7PFZAwvEv_ki1pSE3fN56yv6RAYdQKTHUwAHCL9RVM52jAXG/s1600/tubing+in+jucheon5.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0TUrrTfZ9RDa3XKPy0V_ihm8dNJ9oL9glPk8T2oP63Km1w7nDKA_zZh6TcfHWuoYSi8osMf2H8zjs3WeSFwXpxVTzLZH7PFZAwvEv_ki1pSE3fN56yv6RAYdQKTHUwAHCL9RVM52jAXG/s320/tubing+in+jucheon5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492159376067696978" /></a><br />A few weekends ago, my good buddy, Qasim had the grand idea to take advantage of the rainy season and float down the river near my old town, Jucheon. This South Korean nature haven has inspired many a bushwhack during my year and a half stint. Now living in the bustling city, the calm serenity of the country is a welcomed change of pace. Despite the downpour, we raged against the intermittent rapids and indulged in weir sliding – as in the weir totally sucked a few of us in and left us bleeding from several limbs. Hannah seeing me in near turmoil quickly came to my aide but got sucked in herself as I was left clinging to the threshold. My mighty forearms were my saving grace (umm, admittedly cheating as the fact was that I could reach Justin’s hand for help before I was swallowed). <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalRTyRLDTsHCFX2EdMP_z38vAD7sCueByzM_GpWo9ansN14EqUNSfaXIBDahOTV7dFgF-3j6W530LGj5nfUXxC_8vfn4ORi4k-xCACRnzQ8rY_Ieakp9c0gTyxoNybf9tfvikoUt0txfQ/s1600/tubing+in+jucheon2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalRTyRLDTsHCFX2EdMP_z38vAD7sCueByzM_GpWo9ansN14EqUNSfaXIBDahOTV7dFgF-3j6W530LGj5nfUXxC_8vfn4ORi4k-xCACRnzQ8rY_Ieakp9c0gTyxoNybf9tfvikoUt0txfQ/s320/tubing+in+jucheon2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492159383341544370" /></a><br />Once a chill set into our bones, I thought of a quick warm-up activity; boulder some of the surrounding bridges. That is exactly what we did – repeatedly. As the night approached, we retreated into the spicy kitchen of my old apartment where Michelle now lives. She also has my old job. With a smorgasbord of ingredients, we took to the bar-be-que and I prepared veggie burgers that fell apart and Terra smoked up some roasted eggplant and zucchini while the others cooked their meat. Plenty bottles of red wine later we moved to Qasim’s old penthouse where the dance party ensued complete with break dancing and Michael Jackson Beat It choreography! We saved the fireworks for last. Sauntering slovenly back to the beach, I “fell asleep” and missed the explosions in the sky. Upon waking, I could barely get my head together and with a grunt, Justin had to carry me home. What are friends for? This was until a burst of energy seized me and I took off running down the road like a black cat in the night. Quite the paradoxical performance. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrp5Dkzu4X-um7rNAmRcyiloUdpgVaWIAWc2eMPhhYFbfQQD5yYqVcsz4LROxPEtGaX4SGN8GYxbOQWPmdSwDLCwR3p0RbpzsljN9fQV6eYJ3nvlwrllxtPKcfRxyk-si1oAOJUtC883uv/s1600/tubing+in+jucheon1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrp5Dkzu4X-um7rNAmRcyiloUdpgVaWIAWc2eMPhhYFbfQQD5yYqVcsz4LROxPEtGaX4SGN8GYxbOQWPmdSwDLCwR3p0RbpzsljN9fQV6eYJ3nvlwrllxtPKcfRxyk-si1oAOJUtC883uv/s320/tubing+in+jucheon1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492159371321417250" /></a>Danielle Arsenaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358638198134543122noreply@blogger.com0