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This week feels like the front edge of a really busy season for us. Busy, but also inspiring and enjoyable in its own way. I want to share some concepts…
Patrick M. Lydon
Suhee and I are just finishing moving our life from Japan to Korea. It has been one of these looming uncertainties for the past two years — another…
Patrick M. Lydon
A look at the Korean "dulle-gil" system and ecological urban cultures
Patrick M. Lydon
In which we temporarily transport ourselves to the landscapes of Scotland and Japan
Patrick M. Lydon
This is part two in a four-part series [see part one here] offering a reflection on time lived in Seoul, and also a question, about what ‘access to…
Patrick M. Lydon
In the most densely populated city in the developed world, people walk to work through a forest instead of driving. They take vacations on the metro…
Patrick M. Lydon
Friends in the city center tell me that, sometime around the 1970s, time stopped in this neighborhood. Economic growth stopped. Changing trends stopped…
Patrick M. Lydon
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