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Farewell to korea

6/21/2014

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It is hard to imagine that I have been here in beautiful South Korea for 4 months.  I am heading home on Saturday and am spending this last week sight seeing and visiting  new places in Korea, including  Jeju Island.  
I have made so many new friends and   discoveries. The most exciting  discoveries I have made have actually been about myself.   I realize how much I depend on collaboration in the creative process of   putting together a play. I realized I have taken much for granted when  communicating with someone for whom the  National language is difficult for them to understand. I realize how much I " verbally process" explanations and need to stream line my train of thought in order to communicate  with  speed and thoroughness.  

 I have always been dependent on the kindness of strangers, and the kindness  I received through new friends in Korea has  been overwhelming.  The language barrier required that I always have a translator , but there were several time I just started speaking Korean, or at least I thought I was doing so until I saw the blank expressions. 
 However, I am amazed  by how much we are alike. There are more similarities than differences between people.   The work I did in Busan was based on getting actors to actor on the impulses and  feel their strength and understand the power of the human experience. Universal them retold  through new characters,    are what keep audiences coming to the  theatre. 
I was awestruck by the beauty of the Korean people;  Koreans are gorgeous in their hospitality and kindness as well as their  faces ( both natural and cosmetically enhanced) and their  fashion sensibilities. 
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    EvB here! As many of you know, I am currently working in Busan, South Korea.   Here is where  I  chronicle all  adventures. Stay tuned...

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