art.
what really is art? i mean.. i know my life revolves greatly around art. chances are yours does as well. does art come from the heart, nature surrounding us or the sheer despair humans display in everyday life? you do some art and get critiqued. i absolutely have no right to judge anything but to live life i end up having to give thumbs up and thumbs down. does that make art the colloseum in which us the gladiators fight to get the attention of Caesars? are these lions surrounding us our muse? to sing, paint, write, scream out, chant, dribble, spill, capture a certain mood or a location? something that's just out of reach with our minds?

No. I don't think art should turn into a competition.​ Art should be more of a collection..​ a carnival in which everyone holds hands and is happy. Just showing one another their aspects of life, the medium they use to get their message across. Now if only the world was more like that... But then you have some art which seems soulless to you, hollow, empty, vain. What do you do with them? Do you exclude them? Life is balanced this well it would be pretty difficult to argue at times. Basically we try to get the see-saw to descend towards us but no matter how many of us hop on, it won't budge. Or leading a camel to water but not being able to get it to drink.

(if you read all of that above.. you are incredibly patient haha. awesome too. thanks for putting up with my rantings)



hello hello, I am Ben, 17 years of age. I am a Korean who has spent a decade of his life so far in New Zealand. Art is.. beautiful. I have no right to judge anything but I do so anyways - basically, to sum myself up.. I am a big bundle of contradictio​ns. I mainly write, but sometimes I take a photo or two and doodle in my journal. In the future I'd like to do a lot of volunteer work in South America and Africa but for next year.. I'm hoping to study Internationa​l Relations, continue learning French and start Spanish and/or Russian or any of the languages above.

I play piano, trombone, harmonica and the occasional guitar. Used to play double bass. I'm usually spotted playing music, according to people I know.. either jamming or just practicing. If music died, I would send myself off to the retirement house, find a grey wig, fabricate a chronic disease.. you get the point. :)

Everyone should listen to Refused. I mean, it's not everyday you get to listen to angry men influenced by anarchists and Marx, making music you just want to swing your arms wildly and do karate moves...

Someone whom I can have a really interesting conversation​ with, I guess..
if you are fluent in French, I really could do with some help as well xD
I could help out in English/Kore​an if you want to.

new request (wow!): someone who has listened to the album "Diorama"​ by Silverchair.​ It is one of my favourites and honestly.. nobody I've met on here has listened to it. So it'd be nice to meet someone who has haha

and snail mail? if you want to. I LOVE getting mail!! e-mails are overrated. the real deal is simply much more amazing.

Basketball, reading, poetry, JAMMING!, DAYDREAMING!​, procrastinat​ing (yes.. there is a difference for me), sleeping, wasting time on youtube, partying, swimming, movies, retro stuff, food, effects of modern life on us, talking with new people, turning up Between the Buried and Me songs really, REALLY loud, watching films, general tomfoolery, the occasional photog

I am in two bands, an orchestra (used to be in two others) and do a lot of conservation​ work with friends from school.

Alright. I like:
Sunny Day Real Estate, Deftones, Weezer, Elliott Smith, Kevin Devine, mewithoutYou​, Bright Eyes, Minor Threat, The Blood Brothers, The Knife, R.E.M, The Hold Steady, 7 Seconds, Isis, Mastodon, The Mars Volta, At the Drive-In, Black Flag, Death, Against Me!, Interpol, The Roots, Immortal Technique, GZA/Genius (basically most Wu-Tang related material), Boris, Tomahawk, Neurosis, Silverchair,​ Nirvana, Jets to Brazil, Brand New, Thrice, Queens of the Stone Age, Leadbelly, Scratch Acid, Nujabes, J Dilla, Dark Tranquillity​, At the Gates, The Cure, Talking Heads, The Receiving End of Sirens, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Anthony Hamilton, The Temptations,​ Clazziquai, Converge, Opeth and many other incredible musicians.

I'm Not There, Once, American Beauty, BATTLE ROYALE!!!, Deathnote (series + film), Control, Lion King (one of the few Disney movies I actually like), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fearless, Oldboy, THIS IS ENGLAND, 말아톤, 추격자, Dead Poets Society, Witness, Zeigeist: The Movie, Borat, Eagle vs. Shark, Lars and the Real Girl, Silence of the Lambs, Napoleon Dynamite (I loved it. Embrace the nerd. oooh yea), Kurt Cobain: About A Son, The Manchurian Candidate, Ocean's 11 (the original), Cape Fear (the original), No Country for Old Men, O' Brother, Where Art Thou?, Fight Club

instead of TV shows, favourite albums!
I shall only list twenty five, (in no particular order.. randomly came from the top of my head.)
Revolver, Sgt Pepper and the Lonely Hearts Club, A Hard Day's Night, Saturday Night Wrist, White Pony, Blackwater Park, XO, Automatic for the People, Murmur, Young Machetes, Accelerate, Kid A, Hail to the Thief, Slaugher of the Soul, The Gallery, Liquid Swords, Donuts, Game Theory, From A Basement on the Hill, How to Start A Fire, The Greatest Gift, How It Feels to Be Something On, Diary, De-Loused in the Comatorium and Relationship​ of Command.

A Fine Balance, Life of Pi, The Wasp Factory, Franny and Zooey, Catcher in the Rye, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Nostromo, On the Road, the Dharma Bums, Lonesome Traveller, Dubliners, Yellow, The Every Boy, Swann's Way, the Art and Zen of Motorcycle Maintenance,​ Matilda, Hot Water Music, Slouching Towards Nirvana, The Old Man and the Sea, Harry Potter books, Lord of the Rings, The Motel Life, The Great Gatsby, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhou​se-Five, Fight Club, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, 1984, Philosophy Made Simple, Birdsong, Gravity's Rainbow, A Man Without a Country, V, BFG, Pinocchio (the original one, not the Disney version), The Magician, I, Lucifer, Fahrenheit 451, A Clockwork Orange, l'Etranger, le Petit Prince, To Have or To Be, Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud, Everything is Illuminated,​ Catch-22... as you can see I like books a lot :)

"I don't see the point in nihilism."​ - Myself (no BS.. I did come up with that. Chances are someone else already did. But 'til they claim it.. :P)

"btBAM!"​ - myself (again. i like quoting myself. yes. i have no life. >_<)

"Hey Jesus Christ I'm a little scared to die, so what did you do those three days you were dead? 'Cos this problem's gonna last, more than the weekend."​ - Jesse Lacey

"Seven simple rules of going into hiding: one, never trust a cop in a raincoat. Two, beware of enthusiasm and of love, both are temporary and quick to sway. Three, if asked if you care about the world's problems, look deep into the eyes of he who asks, he will never ask you again. Four, never give your real name. Five, if ever asked to look at yourself, don't. Six, never do anything the person standing in front of you cannot understand. And finally seven, never create anything, it will be misinterpret​ed, it will chain you and follow you for the rest of your life." - Arthur Rimbaud

"Can you explain to me, how? How you're so evil" - Chino Moreno