On Tuesday Dad, Matt, and Andrew went to a prison camp the Japanese operated during their occupation of Korea. Mom and I decided to go to the Toy Alley area of Dong Dae Mun (Dong Myo Ap Station exit 6) to look for stuffed animal sheep (she needed them for a project for one of her classes). We found some awesome sheep heads (yes, I realize that sounds kinda creepy), and she made bodies for them out of felt. They turned out well, if I do say so myself.
Matt should really be the one to write the rest of the blog entry, but he's even worse than I am at timely blog posts, so I'm just going to post the pictures and encourage him, Dad, and Andrew to post their observations, feelings, etc. in the comments section of this blog.
The pictures:
I now encourage Matt, Dad, and Andrew: please feel free to write about your experiences.
Matt should really be the one to write the rest of the blog entry, but he's even worse than I am at timely blog posts, so I'm just going to post the pictures and encourage him, Dad, and Andrew to post their observations, feelings, etc. in the comments section of this blog.
I now encourage Matt, Dad, and Andrew: please feel free to write about your experiences.
4 comments:
Seodaemun Prison was built by the Japanese in the early 1900's to imprison, torture, and execute political dissidents to the Japanese occupation. The Japanese left in 1945 at the end of World War II. This prison is to Koreans as Dachau or Auschwitz are to Jews. It is not really a pleasant place to visit, but an important one. It's vital to remember the atrocities of the past so we can do all we can to make sure they never happen again. We were not supposed to take pictures in the more graphic parts of the prison, so we didn't. The pictures posted here are of the buildings, walls, guard towers, etc. It was a sobering but important experience to visit this prison.
Thank you, Dad. Your comments are informative and evoke meaning in these pictures.
Thanks for the pictures. I was not aware that the prisons were still standing. I definately want to see them someday...
Mom's teaching aid with the stuffed sheep's heads (designed to explain how Dolly the sheep was cloned) ended up winning FIRST PLACE in her graduate school class. Yahoo! Her professor thinks it turned out so good she should submit it to a national journal for publication. Not sure what she's thinking about that!
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