Doodles and Korea

Prior to our current state of easily accessible art-making technology I was a frequent doodler.  It was something to pass the time in meetings or serve as mnemonic devices in my voluminous medical school notes.  Prior to that I had filled my Bible with little pictures in the margins as illustrations.

This week I was thinking about my time in Korea and trying to track down some of the groups I enjoyed while living there in 91’ through 93’ but could not find any on Apple Music or even Youtube.  It was probably a search problem with my Romanization of the Korean names not being recognized.

In this process of reminiscing I thought about the mixtapes I would make for Korean friends and a doodle came to mind.  It was my idea of a nonexistent record company that I created a variety of designs for to draw on those mixtapes called “호기심 RECORDS” which means “curiosity” in Korean.  

In my internet search I was at least able to find Kim Hyun Sik who was a tragic figure in Korean Pop culture of the time.  He sang melancholy tunes with a strained and gravely voice that projected emotional pain.  My Korean friends told me he died by drinking himself to death.  I listened and doodled.   

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