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Categories: Blog + News Posted on February 3, 2019February 3, 2019

Forest is the Artist – Exhibition in Seoul

A forest has its own exhibition of artwork in a Korean gallery, and the profits go back into the forest. … Continue readingForest is the Artist – Exhibition in Seoul

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Categories: Projects Posted on October 21, 2015June 5, 2018

Final Straw: Food, Earth, Happiness

A documentary film and long-term international dialogue about food, earth, and happiness, based on a Japanese ‘Natural Farming’ philosophy of living with the environment.

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Categories: Image and Word, Photography, Projects Posted on September 17, 2015July 31, 2017

Final Straw: Wisdom from the Field (book)

A book of forty five postcards, each with an image from our travels to natural farms, and bite-sized quotes from the natural farmers in Korea, Japan, and the United States. … Continue readingFinal Straw: Wisdom from the Field (book)

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Categories: Blog + News, Image and Word Posted on December 21, 2014December 21, 2014

The Powerful Sound of a Broom

— The standard morning here offers a varied menu of sounds: chirping, click-clacking, chatter moving towards the subway station. On the days when either leaves or a dusting of snow are present along the pathways you can add to this menu, the delicate sound of … Continue readingThe Powerful Sound of a Broom

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on July 21, 2014

In Dae-dong, ‘Poor’ Neighborhood, High Quality of Life

If you want to know how someone can live in a monetarily ‘poor’ urban neighborhood and have a good quality of life, there are undoubtedly some answers to be found here. … Continue readingIn Dae-dong, ‘Poor’ Neighborhood, High Quality of Life

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on July 4, 2014July 5, 2014

Artist Residency in Daejeon, Korea

Jageun Jip means “small house” in Korean, and it is just that; a very small house on a forested hillside overlooking the city of Daejeon. The house functions as a community library, and a newly opened residency space for writers. … Continue readingArtist Residency in Daejeon, Korea

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Categories: Blog + News, Image and Word Posted on July 3, 2014July 3, 2014

Image and Word: Woman, Child, City

There is a mom down the hill who dutifully takes her child outside every few hours during the day. On the rooftop of their apartment building they go, the baby fastened to her back with a cloth wrapped around her waist. … Continue readingImage and Word: Woman, Child, City

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Categories: Blog + News, Image and Word Posted on June 17, 2014July 3, 2014

Image and Word: Folk

Dusk reaches the Samcheong Dong neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea and it’s welcome — we’ve had a long day in the sun today. All day we had a view of the valley, and the building in background of this image. The building is often mistaken … Continue readingImage and Word: Folk

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on March 18, 2013

Final Straw Event Recap: Seoul

Suhee and I produced a lecture in Seoul this month, partly to raise awareness for The Final Straw, and partly to spread knowledge about natural farming concepts… but it was also a chance to connect with the city, to tell the story of what on … Continue readingFinal Straw Event Recap: Seoul

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on March 12, 2013

Final Straw Event in Seoul

Tonight in Seoul we’re teaming up with Space Noah and Korean natural farmer, Ryosok Hong (홍려석) to produce a ‘lecture concert.’ Hmm, ‘lecture concert’ might need some explanation, it was a strange phrase to me when I first heard it used. As lecture events tend … Continue readingFinal Straw Event in Seoul

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on March 9, 2013March 9, 2013

Take the Alley

The clamoring, clattering, mind-rattling city streets are invigorating for a spell, but the constant race wears on even the most hearty soul. So I dip down the alley, every now and then… … Continue readingTake the Alley

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on March 1, 2013

Farm Photos Come to Seoul

The Final Straw documentary has so far enjoyed great support here in Seoul! In between our editing tasks this week, Suhee and I installed a joint photo exhibition at Space Noah, and also had a few dozen of our handmade photo cards go on display … Continue readingFarm Photos Come to Seoul

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on February 16, 2013

Snow for the Mind

When you pass the slumbering homeless men, wet boots standing guard outside cardboard sleeping accommodations, you’ve reached the end of the Gwanghamun underground. From here, it’s out into the snow. … Continue readingSnow for the Mind

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on February 1, 2013February 1, 2013

Up Through the Clouds

How wonderful it is to see the sun in a cup of makkoli with the Isim coffee master. Such is the ‘drinking communication’ in Korean and Japanese culture. … Continue readingUp Through the Clouds

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on January 20, 2013January 20, 2013

Social Working Space in Seoul

The Final Straw documentary team in Korea (aka, Suhee and Patrick) needed a place to set up camp in Seoul, and for a while it seemed like we were out of luck in terms of finding cheap, shared office space here. It’s not as if … Continue readingSocial Working Space in Seoul

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on January 11, 2013

Nature and Urban in Seoul

With miles of concrete, asphalt, people, and cars in any given direction, Seoul can be a pretty overwhelming place at times. Given that that we are working on a documentary so deeply connected with nature, it’s nice to get out of the ‘office’ in the … Continue readingNature and Urban in Seoul

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on January 7, 2013

Connecting Two Farmers in South Korea

Yesterday was a pretty darned happy day for us here in Korea. In April of last year, we first visited with the leading natural farmer in Korea, Mr. Seonghyun Choi (최성현), and at the same time, we took our cameras to a relatively new farmer, Mr. … Continue readingConnecting Two Farmers in South Korea

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on January 6, 2013January 6, 2013

Welcoming 2013 in Seoul

Suhee and I decided to head out on an early train New Year’s morning to walk along the Han River here in Seoul before sunrise. The forecast didn’t look great but hopefully we might catch the first sun of the new year, here are some … Continue readingWelcoming 2013 in Seoul

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on October 15, 2012October 16, 2012

Harvesting Rice by Hand in Korea

It’s been a busy month or so… to catch everyone up, I’ve started a unique MFA program at the University of Edinburgh called “Art, Space & Nature” which works between the disciplines of art, architecture, and ecology. It’s a good match for the natural farming … Continue readingHarvesting Rice by Hand in Korea

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on May 29, 2012July 4, 2012

Visit and Lecture at Sanmaeul High School

Wrapping things up here in South Korea this week as the Final Straw shooting schedule comes to an end and the universe-best assistant, Suhee Kang arranged a lecture for me at Sanmaeul High School. A larger piece is coming soon to sociecity, but the short … Continue readingVisit and Lecture at Sanmaeul High School

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on May 4, 2012July 4, 2012

Fancy Breakfast from a Rooftop Garden?

We visited the “Blues Guesthouse” in the Segeomjeong neighborhood of Seoul a few days back after hearing about a rooftop vegetable garden they are starting. It’s very early spring here, so the plants are just starting to come up, but it was nice to have … Continue readingFancy Breakfast from a Rooftop Garden?

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on May 3, 2012July 4, 2012

Dumulmeori Farm

With one of the farmers suddenly too busy to meet with us, a broken camera body, and malfunctioning lens, it hasn’t been all roses the past week out here. Luckily, we’ve been able to get some other interviews and Suhee knew a very kind (and … Continue readingDumulmeori Farm

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on April 26, 2012July 4, 2012

Civil Defense Drill in Seoul

It’s a particularly windy afternoon in Seoul, but other than that very sunny, pleasant, and bustling with activity along the streets and along the sidewalks. Suddenly, undulating along with the steady gusts of wind, a long and deep siren sounds. It’s the kind of sound you can’t … Continue readingCivil Defense Drill in Seoul

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on April 25, 2012July 4, 2012

Upscale Grocery Service in Seoul

Took an afternoon to visit Namdaemun Market today to capture footage of this amazingly huge, amazingly busy outdoor marketplace. On the way back, I curiously stopped in at the grocery store in Shinsegae, one of the major department stores in Seoul (along with Hyundai and … Continue readingUpscale Grocery Service in Seoul

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on April 23, 2012July 4, 2012

Traditional Korean Heating System

Our sleeping experience on the farm in Hongcheon was a unique one in that we were in a very traditional house. Many Koreans sleep on the floor, and this night provided no exception, but the truly unique thing was in how the heating is provided. … Continue readingTraditional Korean Heating System

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on April 23, 2012July 4, 2012

Our First Farm Visit in Korea

Just returned to Seoul this afternoon from a beautiful mountainside farm in Hongcheon, a few hours outside of Seoul (by train and bus). The owner of the farm, Gaeguri, is not only a natural farmer, but an author on the topic as well. He was also one … Continue readingOur First Farm Visit in Korea

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on April 19, 2012

Arrival in Seoul

After dinner in Seoul’s “Chinatown” and a coffee at local shop “Ism,” Suhee showed me to the room which she is very kindly letting me use. The air here in Seoul was cool, and very very still last night, and in the older Dongnimmun neighborhood where … Continue readingArrival in Seoul

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on October 21, 2011November 5, 2011

Heading to South Korea

Patrick is leaving today for a few weeks of farming, biking, and writing in South Korea. Most of the time will be split between a few farms outside Seoul at the Dumulmeori Organic Complex, then with a rather famous natural “no-till” farmer, Hongcheon, and finally … Continue readingHeading to South Korea

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Categories: Blog + News Posted on September 5, 2011January 8, 2014

Hand Drip Coffee in Seoul

Half of my time in Seoul thus far has been spent on trains, and the other half in various cafes, editing and drinking coffee. I’ve already done a post about one of the cooler spots I’ve seen, but the are all amazing. As much as … Continue readingHand Drip Coffee in Seoul

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