junkmonkey
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Oh my gosh, i just cant believe it. How sad. R.I.P Kim
RIP Daul Kim - 1989-2009
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Utterly tragic. My thoughts and prayers to everyone involved and the whole world...
Below, not all my words but seen elsewhere and also not directed at this awful tragedy, but please I hope some light somewhere may come on now..
"It is not always those that we think are in trouble, not always the quiet recluse or the loud angry drunk. It is not always the poor or rich, the underachiever of over achiever, the abused or confused. It may be, it may not, but sometimes it can be the successful, so apparently happy, wonderful person right next to you.
Just stop for a moment in your busy lives, your own problems, your own happiness, your own worlds and look around, not far but near. Don't assume, don't poke nor prod, don't discuss with others, just think, just think that what you see in people around you may not be what is. Listen, look with such heightened sensitivity that your senses and emotions are stretched taut. Listen between the lines, between the laughs, between the lies, between the truths. Listen and just be there, be there, be there for that person, quietly, an open ear and heart, unconditionally and spend time with thoughts not of yourself."
look around..
Below, not all my words but seen elsewhere and also not directed at this awful tragedy, but please I hope some light somewhere may come on now..
"It is not always those that we think are in trouble, not always the quiet recluse or the loud angry drunk. It is not always the poor or rich, the underachiever of over achiever, the abused or confused. It may be, it may not, but sometimes it can be the successful, so apparently happy, wonderful person right next to you.
Just stop for a moment in your busy lives, your own problems, your own happiness, your own worlds and look around, not far but near. Don't assume, don't poke nor prod, don't discuss with others, just think, just think that what you see in people around you may not be what is. Listen, look with such heightened sensitivity that your senses and emotions are stretched taut. Listen between the lines, between the laughs, between the lies, between the truths. Listen and just be there, be there, be there for that person, quietly, an open ear and heart, unconditionally and spend time with thoughts not of yourself."
look around..
Tentacl Ventricl
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I love Daul's blog.
I'll link it again
http://iliketoforkmyself.blogspot.com/
And now that the noise has subsided a little-
I'm not going to say Daul was a poet or that in her cultural discernment she made a fine editor. Rather I say her blog showed the way in how a model can take back her identity by owning the means of cultural production. Daul's blog shows what a model can be. If s/he wants.
What do I mean? Well consider how, even in editorials, the norms of the old world print title system (and all the structures clustering around it - the agency system etc) render models voiceless. Just empty vessels, doll-like, to be dressed and presented as the all-knowing editors, art directors, stylists and photographers decree. And oftentimes who in fact on a shoot is the person who actually knows best what's cool - yes, the person conferred the least cultural power amongst the team - the model. But the system renders him/her little more than a mere surface. Daul's blog transcended all that.
If Daul is to have a legacy it should be that a model can be so, so, much more than an empty clotheshorse for dollarpoundeuro. The model blog as radical cultural form. The net is all about cutting out legions of pointless middlemen. Pare down for efficiency. The movement of advertising spend from print titles straight to model blogs. Of course it's all about traffic. But if it's 'now' cultural enlightenment you want, a model blog like Daul's will nourish far more than the purchase of a print title. I for one have stopped buying print titles but I haven't stopped viewing model blogs. Especially those as interesting and thought provoking as Daul's. That's where advertisers will find me. You? Forget old world 'status'. It's all about content. And authenticity.
Someone suggested the industry should do something to mark Daul's passing.
I like the fact that over the last couple of days we have congregated at Daul's blog to pay our respects and understand a little better the beautiful mind of one of history's greatest models. That congregating is enough for me.
Although, of course, let the tributes continue. Many with 2 second attention spans will tweet off to the next piece of undifferentiated 'news'. But others will know: Daul is important.
I'll link it again
http://iliketoforkmyself.blogspot.com/
And now that the noise has subsided a little-
I'm not going to say Daul was a poet or that in her cultural discernment she made a fine editor. Rather I say her blog showed the way in how a model can take back her identity by owning the means of cultural production. Daul's blog shows what a model can be. If s/he wants.
What do I mean? Well consider how, even in editorials, the norms of the old world print title system (and all the structures clustering around it - the agency system etc) render models voiceless. Just empty vessels, doll-like, to be dressed and presented as the all-knowing editors, art directors, stylists and photographers decree. And oftentimes who in fact on a shoot is the person who actually knows best what's cool - yes, the person conferred the least cultural power amongst the team - the model. But the system renders him/her little more than a mere surface. Daul's blog transcended all that.
If Daul is to have a legacy it should be that a model can be so, so, much more than an empty clotheshorse for dollarpoundeuro. The model blog as radical cultural form. The net is all about cutting out legions of pointless middlemen. Pare down for efficiency. The movement of advertising spend from print titles straight to model blogs. Of course it's all about traffic. But if it's 'now' cultural enlightenment you want, a model blog like Daul's will nourish far more than the purchase of a print title. I for one have stopped buying print titles but I haven't stopped viewing model blogs. Especially those as interesting and thought provoking as Daul's. That's where advertisers will find me. You? Forget old world 'status'. It's all about content. And authenticity.
Someone suggested the industry should do something to mark Daul's passing.
I like the fact that over the last couple of days we have congregated at Daul's blog to pay our respects and understand a little better the beautiful mind of one of history's greatest models. That congregating is enough for me.
Although, of course, let the tributes continue. Many with 2 second attention spans will tweet off to the next piece of undifferentiated 'news'. But others will know: Daul is important.
This is true. There were Korean celebrities who committed suicide before.
http://blog.mtviggy.com/2009/11/20/is-pressure-on-south-korean-celebrities-leading-them-to-suicide/
I can't believe it, i was totally in love with her polaroids and hair 
no more daul i've been playing the song on your blog over and over again, trying to understand how you felt and why it was the only way.
you are special and you will be missed
rest in peace Daul
p.s. i hope we all learn to pay more attention to out loved ones, to love them little more, to give them little more, to hold them little tighter.
you are special and you will be missed
rest in peace Daul
p.s. i hope we all learn to pay more attention to out loved ones, to love them little more, to give them little more, to hold them little tighter.
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That's so awful.. Can't believe it, she was amazing.
Rest in Peace.
Rest in Peace.
I don't live in Korea, but alot of my family members and friends live there and most of them don't know her or have heard of her, and according to them only major news networks have given this news some air time. Remember that Korean Entertainment is different from other countries. Each and every celebrity is owned by a studio, and each studio is owned by a particular channel, so you can't really intermix celebrities with each other unless they're in the same channel. Daul Kim never had a contract with any studio since she was an overseas worker, so most channels have not really featured her in the past.
Right now there's a big concert taking place in Korea, one of the biggest concerts of the year, and it's practically overshadowing the news of her death. If you go to one of the biggest and most popular entertainment/news websites of Korea (allkpop.com) you'll see how nonchalant some people are about such her.... You'd think this news would be more important to them than some girl kissing a guy.
about the korean media.. what kind of way is that to deal with people? I think it's so depressing to think about.
But it didn't surprise me, about Daul Kim's death. The way of living easy takes you down. guess she couldn't get up this time. but it still bothers me that a person could ever think of taking a life. anothers aswell as your own. it freaks me out.
But it didn't surprise me, about Daul Kim's death. The way of living easy takes you down. guess she couldn't get up this time. but it still bothers me that a person could ever think of taking a life. anothers aswell as your own. it freaks me out.
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Quote:
It has been reported that Daul's boyfriend, who remains anonymous, was the one who reported the incident to the police, since he found her hanged in her apartment in Paris. Results from the investigation suggest that she committed suicide. Daul's mother flew over to Paris after receiving the unfortunate news. Netizens are speculating that this suicide was caused by the pressures of the fashion industry.
nymag
I wanted to focus positively on her legacy rather than some forensic blame game but I'm sorry I'm not having this 'caused by the pressures of the fashion industry' bs.
I'm the first to attack the industry in it's present form but not here. Let's be real - this is lazy and unconsidered tripe pedalled by social conservatives both in Korea and the West. Anyone with half a brain who has spent any time in Daul's blog will know what the truth is.
I'm grateful to Leeroi and Sethii for describing Korean culture and posting 'Say hi to Korean bullies' from Daul's blog. I'll also add the following-
2009/09/03
say hi to ...
i feel frozen
standing waiting for the lights to
change
i hear nothing
i feel
irrelevant
i feel dreamy
it is almost dream like
self created silence
i think about how many other korean girlfriends i know got beat up by their father
i wonder how many nights she went to
bed crying silently
it's almost dream like
it's almost fictional
and...
2009/08/21
say hi to...what my mom thinks of me
my mom sent me an email
"Hello Daul! mother went to see prada exhibition.
do u know rem koolhas? interesting.
i saw this video and reminded me of you because her work is really
not for children. hardcore... is your code no?
her name is Nathalie Djuberg and she is swedish
but lives in berlin. please see her work"
please do follow the link to view the image referred to. In the context it really
is quite a shocking communication-
http://iliketoforkmyself.blogspot.com/2009/08/say-hi-towhat-my-mom-thinks-of-me.html
Much of the criticism of the 'Korean bullies' focused on Daul's long blonde hair. And how this was an unacceptable image for an Asian woman.
It's a very short time after the two blog entries posted above that Daul commences the process of cutting her hair short and dying it dark again. She begins the process of disappearing.
It is the Daul with the long blonde hair that should be remembered.
It has been reported that Daul's boyfriend, who remains anonymous, was the one who reported the incident to the police, since he found her hanged in her apartment in Paris. Results from the investigation suggest that she committed suicide. Daul's mother flew over to Paris after receiving the unfortunate news. Netizens are speculating that this suicide was caused by the pressures of the fashion industry.
nymag
I wanted to focus positively on her legacy rather than some forensic blame game but I'm sorry I'm not having this 'caused by the pressures of the fashion industry' bs.
I'm the first to attack the industry in it's present form but not here. Let's be real - this is lazy and unconsidered tripe pedalled by social conservatives both in Korea and the West. Anyone with half a brain who has spent any time in Daul's blog will know what the truth is.
I'm grateful to Leeroi and Sethii for describing Korean culture and posting 'Say hi to Korean bullies' from Daul's blog. I'll also add the following-
2009/09/03
say hi to ...
i feel frozen
standing waiting for the lights to
change
i hear nothing
i feel
irrelevant
i feel dreamy
it is almost dream like
self created silence
i think about how many other korean girlfriends i know got beat up by their father
i wonder how many nights she went to
bed crying silently
it's almost dream like
it's almost fictional
and...
2009/08/21
say hi to...what my mom thinks of me
my mom sent me an email
"Hello Daul! mother went to see prada exhibition.
do u know rem koolhas? interesting.
i saw this video and reminded me of you because her work is really
not for children. hardcore... is your code no?
her name is Nathalie Djuberg and she is swedish
but lives in berlin. please see her work"
please do follow the link to view the image referred to. In the context it really
is quite a shocking communication-
http://iliketoforkmyself.blogspot.com/2009/08/say-hi-towhat-my-mom-thinks-of-me.html
Much of the criticism of the 'Korean bullies' focused on Daul's long blonde hair. And how this was an unacceptable image for an Asian woman.
It's a very short time after the two blog entries posted above that Daul commences the process of cutting her hair short and dying it dark again. She begins the process of disappearing.
It is the Daul with the long blonde hair that should be remembered.
Here's a new article from the telegraph, and excerpts I choose which aren't repeating what we've read before
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ul-Kim-model-had-become-fed-up-with-work.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ul-Kim-model-had-become-fed-up-with-work.html
