This past Wednesday, en lieu of the weekly volleyball game at Seolcheon Elementary, we set off up the mountain by our school. About half way up, I was surprised to find a beautiful sculpture garden. The sculptor and his wife live there, and he is apparently a pretty well known sculptor in Korea.
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| Just me attempting to feed this dragon a rock. |
My co-teacher and I walked around, and she was kind enough to take a few pictures for me on her phone. I accidentally left mine in the school. She kept calling me a 'Picture Monster', by which I'm not sure what she meant.
After viewing his art, we were invited into the house of the sculptor. As a foreigner, I was treated with a degree of celebrity that I find somewhat uncomfortable, but have come to accept. I was sat next to the artist for a small (very small) meal and some drinks. We chatted for a while (mostly through his friend and agent who spoke nearly fluent English), and then made our way back down the mountain.
It was a nice surprise and a wonderful opportunity for me to see a little bit of the community in which I live and work.
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