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The 10th Anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster

꽃이 진다고 그대를 잊은 적 없다_세월호 10주기

On April 16, 2014, the Sewol ferry sank off on its way to Jeju Island, South Korea.

The news shocked the whole nation. Initially, the media reported that all the passengers on board had been rescued. But it soon turned out to be false.

Of the 476 people on board, 304 were killed. Most of the victims were high school students on a school trip to Jeju. They were told to stay in their ship cabins for rescue. They followed orders, but eventually, the ship sank with them trapped inside.

Meanwhile, the captain and some crew members were evacuated while the ship was sinking.

This catastrophic tragedy has sparked widespread social and political upheaval in South Korea.

Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the Sewol Ferry disaster. Rest in peace to all those who lost their lives in the disaster.

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[mienvs3000w23]

Music Is Everywhere

Music and nature are intertwined! The first thing that comes to my mind is a device called PlantWave. An artist named Joe Patitucci created it and it’s the coolest thing ever. The way it works is it converts plant biorythms into music (Patitucci 2021). The flow of water through the plant is detected with sensors which then graph these vibrations and variations and convert it into a pitch (Patitucci 2021). The pitch is then run through instruments designed by PlantWave and the final product is a continuous melody! Below I’ve linked a video to learn more about it (Patitucci 2021).

Continuing on, it’s evident that music can be found everywhere in nature. There are so many ways to look at it. I mean, we can seek out music on a small like by looking at the biorythms. We can also think more “big picture” and go sit in a forest and listen to the wind blow through the treetops. Bird calls are another interesting way to interpret music.

 Let’s take a lyrebird for example. To attract a female, a male lyrebird must since the most complex song they can manage (Person 2022). This includes copying not only the song of other male lyrebirds around them, but also all other surrounding noises (Person 2022). And the crazy thing is…this includes anthropogenic sounds! Chainsaws from nearby construction sites and camera shutters have both been copied by male lyrebirds (Person 2022). 

It’s very cool that what we perceive as boring sounds can be seen as music by lyrebirds. I mean, who would’ve thought that mimicking a chainsaw would be seen as beautiful by female lyrebirds?! It goes to show that music and beauty is so subjective. Not only that, but music is intertwined with nature as well as the world around us in its entirety! 

Some music that takes me back to a natural landscape is, shockingly, Watermelon Sugar by Harry Styles. Not really the folksy, outdoorsy song you were expecting, right? Two summer ago, my friends took me on my first ever back country camping trip. After 3 days of mosquitos and beautiful sunsets, we took a multihour trek back to the car. Once we were in the car, we had to open all the windows because we smelled like sweat and dirt. We stuck our heads out the windows and out the music on high, and the song I remember playing was Watermelon Sugar. 

I’m no singer by any means, but I somehow managed to hit that high note in the chorus and everybody in the car complimented me on it! I was never able to hit that note again, but the memory stuck with me to this day. 

Patitucci, J. (2021, September 30). Artist invents device that can listen to plant musicJoe. YouTube. Retrieved March 4, 2023, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMvSAjkQg9I 

Person. (2022, February 25). An Australian bird that mimics the sound of a chainsaw. BBC Travel. Retrieved March 4, 2023, from https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20140416-an-australian-bird-that-mimics-the-sound-of-a-chainsaw#:~:text=To%20persuade%20females%20to%20come,of%20chainsaws%20and%20camera%20shutters!

[kyoungwon1]

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벌써 9년… 우리는 얼마나 달라져 있나…

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[mina-delight93]

Latepost: #Throwback to 5 years ago. This post is a dedicated to those students who died in a Sewol Ferry Tragedy. May rest in peace to them! #20140416 #Remember0416 #SewolFerryTragedy 🎗 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwUsVotFpGoLOT6VrFkKr16PoSgBA2D1a9e_0U0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kpxppztoci0m

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그렇게 지겨우면 지겨운 놈이 꺼지든가 #🎗🎗🎗🎗🎗 #20140416 #Remember https://www.instagram.com/p/BwUPl_Ine-3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2hrsasfmy7rv

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[mina-delight93]

#Throwback to 4 years ago. This post is a dedicated to those students who died in a Sewol Ferry Tragedy. May rest in peace to them! #20140416 #Remember0416 #SewolFerryTragedy 🎗

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세월호 참사 3년 기억식. 모두가 눈으로 보면서도 믿기 힘들었던, 재앙에 가까운 참사 이후 3년의 시간이 흘렀고 많은 일들이 있었다. 배는 이제야 뭍으로 끌어 올려졌고, 가장 먼저 희생자 앞에 무릎꿇고 사과해야 했던 이들은 그 엄중한 책임을 묻는 자리에 다시 올려진다. 비통함과 부끄러움, 안타까운 마음을 되새기며 사람들은 각자의 방식으로 추모와 애도를 한다. 긴 줄을 서서 분향소에서 참배를 하는 사람들, 몸에 노란 리본과 노란 수건을 달고 찾아온 사람들, 글과 그림으로 위로와 슬픔의 메시지를 남기는 사람들, 재발 방지와 책임자 처벌을 약속하는 대선 주자들... 우리가 가야할 길은 아직도 멀었다. 인두껍을 쓰고 하지 말아야 할 말들을 쏟아내는 비상식적인 인간들을 보며 분노를 느끼지만, 동시에 함께 하는 우리를 보며 희망을 느낀다. 철저한 소외와 무관심 속에 소리 없이 죽어가는 사람들이 더이상은 없기를... 바라고 기도합니다.🎗 #세월호 #3년 #20140416 #sewol #tragedy #sewolferrytragedy #korea #neveragain #prayforsouthkorea (안산 화랑유원지 세월호 희생자 합동분향소에서)