"Korea Dreambus" Pilgrimage and Documentary Film

This is an excellent question!  The title is a holdover from the earlier plan to make a film about EFL teachers in Korea, and I've decided to keep the title for a few reasons: It's catchy and curious from  https://www.theseoulguide.com/seoul-bus/ When I go to Korea (especially that first year), I ride the bus everywhere. The public transpo is extremely reliable there. The bus as metaphor for my life: stops along the way, people getting on and off the bus, the destination and the ride are both important, and I am not in the driver's seat! Physical perspective riding a bus: raised above things around me, outside flashing by quickly Being outside the culture and dominant language can often feel like being in a dream, where you don't really know exactly what's going on and sometimes culture shock experiences seem surreal After I returned home from that first year in Korea, I often did dream about being there, only the dreams were confused and hazy. This created the effe...

Recently I started playing one of the NYTimes free games, called Connections. The goal is to separate a field of 16 words into four categories. In other words, the player must make the connection between these seemingly disparate words, and oftentimes, other possible connections can obscure the one true connection designed into the game. What a feeling of satisfaction when those four blocks bounce and are drawn together in a line of color announcing the category I've just completed. I admit I have a hard time with this game, which I find more challenging than the Mini Crossword or Wordle. I think this is because making connections is really unique to each person, so trying to see someone else's connection between words, which themselves are symbols for ideas that may not be internalized the same for every person, can be challenging. Not to mention the fact that words can have different meanings and even different parts of speech! (Side note: I harbor a deep suspicion that AI is...