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In the Waiting Line
January 30, 2009
Vogue Cafe, Tokyo; photo by D.B. Kim.
“Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting.” ~ Proverb
Like it or not, waiting is a part of traveling, and, let’s face it, a part of life. Over the years, while tackling such a necessary chore, I have developed the useful activity of painting visual vignettes: cropping out unwanted views and focusing on details that stir something in me. In this world, I find a silence, which is probably why people accuse me of snubbing them. I get lost in my own construction of patience.
Blue Lounge, Vals, Switzerland; photo by D.B. Kim.
As many of us must often do, I wait for friends, family, and colleagues—outside a movie theater, in a restaurant, at a museum, etc. It is natural for me to be punctual. Friends attribute this politeness to my Korean descent. I am not sure if most Koreans are punctual, but I am sure that tardiness exists everywhere with everyone.
Wherever I must wait, I always discover something from the given atmosphere—sights that often appear as ordinary. I squint my eyes and stare at walls, windows, furniture, fixtures, people, and, in general, just plain stuff. I visually crop and edit. I wait. I do it again.
Blue Lagoon restaurant, Iceland; photo by D.B. Kim.
At times, my views are inspiring and precious, but some remind me of what not to do. These are most important as well. Certainly my inspiration comes not only from beautiful sights, but also from unimaginative ones. Possibilities are endless, and it is up to me to gently, and sometimes hastily, interpret my surroundings as something significant and motivating.
Today, the following images are about interiors in which I have waited. Some are of notable structures, others from more ordinary spaces, such as restaurants, diners, and a cinema. I hope this slideshow will inspire you to create your own worlds while waiting.
Posted by D.B. Kim on January 30, 2009 |
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Our local independent robkstooe ordered this for us. We got it on Thursday, I finished yesterday, husband is finishing today.This is one awesome book. I missed Ben, Rose, and the whole family. So good to see everybody is still surviving, still thriving.The character of New Orleans in this book is so rich, so perfectly structured. The physical layout, the smells, the sights, the attitudes of the people are so well drawn, I could go there and fit right in.The plot is dynamite the this book only people are really interesting and full dimensional (including the victim). I really like that people from earlier books haven't disappeared, but become part of M. Janvier's life, like they would in real life.If you have missed these wonderful people, be sure to read this as soon as possible
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In the Waiting LineSilvestree commented:
YES WE DO!!! We all think you LOVE waiting!! Especially those ytoota drivers that decide they're gonna stop a full FIVE car lengths behind the next car forward and think we're not gonna cut in. THINK AGAIN!!! Or how'bout those holier-than-thou idiots who think a green lights lack a certain personal invitation printed on fancy stationary and delivered to their driver's side window on a silver platter by a white-gloved british butler before the even THINK of stepping on the gas. BYPASS!! And let's not forget the insecure people with no sense of timing, waiting to turn right at the red light in front of everyone, who are just so deathly afraid of oncoming traffic that they just sit there till the light turns green, wasting 10 minutes for everyone behind them. That means if there's only 6 people behind them, they've wasted a whole hour!!Yes, you folks that like to complain in articles like these, all you folks that graduated from ONLINE DRIVING SCHOOLS, you absolutely, positively, LOVE to wait and waste time, ESPECIALLY OTHER PEOPLE'S!We, on the other hand, don't like waiting. We've got things to do, places to go, people to meet. And we know that after we pass you on the left we're gonna get back in, if not in front of you then in front of another car ahead of you, because you people drive S-L-O-W-E-R-T-H-A-N-S-N-A-I-L-S. When we complain about traffic laws and speed limits being legislated to accommodate the reaction time of the slowest common denominator (like 45mph limits on 4-lane freeways and such) we're talking about YOU!! Because you're all special you should have your own special roads, but alas you don't. So we'll just continue to bypass you until the day you decide you need to be somewhere and then we'll get in front of you and do the same thing to you that you do to us.See you out on the road, grannies!
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