The One Question I Never Thought I’d Have to Answer (and Why it Frustrates the Heck Outta Me)
“So….do you still play the violin?” Recently, people have been asking me this a lot (you’ll see why in a…
Reading in Korean: Shakespeare Sonnet
안녕 친구! Hi Friend! Like a lot of second generation Korean American kids, I learned to speak Korean in the…
IIRY Podcast: 37. I won a Fulbright Award!
Hello friends! I hope you are staying warm and safe out there…So, I have some pretty big news to share:…
IIRY Podcast: 15. “How long should it take to get over someone?”
Here’s another short essay, this time about ghosting, heartbreak, and ambiguous loss. (Subscribe to the podcast here!) Here’s the essay:…
IIRY Podcast: 13. “You play the violin?” A 5-minute essay about “gigging” life, unfair speeding tickets, and the unexpected turn.
I’ve been taking this amazing Live Lit class with the great Ian Belknap, here in Chicago and of course, the…
IIRY Podcast: 9. An excerpt from my work-in-progress, LUNCH BOX
I saw a bag of Gochujang Potato Chips from Whole Foods and I was thrown back in time to my…
The Time I Ate a Raisin…Mindfully
Once upon a time, I was in love with someone who meditated. Because I loved him, I tried to meditate…
The Time I Started A Music Festival
A friend called me the other day to ask me, “Can I pick your brain about starting your own festival?”…
The Time Copying Picasso Helped My Practicing
When you haven’t spent a lot of time doing things just because you want to, you tend to forget what…
The Time I Started Fiddle Lessons
The first summer classical music festival I went to on my own was in Taos, NM and I remember that…