in·er·tia /ɪnˈɜrʃə, ɪˈnɜr-/ [in-ur-shuh, i-nur-]

–noun

1. inertness, esp. with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.

I’ve got to break through this feeling of lethargy that has plagued me since I got to this country, Australia.

How can I explain it’s cause?

A lot can be explained through the changes from life in Korea, and how I have far less time to devote to my family and art now.

But the changes which are thrown upon us often spur us to challenge ourselves, and thus we often find that we can dig deep and find energies and resources which we didn’t even know we possessed; at least when compared to times when life was “normal”, or relatively comfortable.

In my personal case, however, a change in my working circumstances has yielded some negative results. Personally, apart of being stripped of time, the will itself, to address important issues, and even the basic practice of art, have eluded me.

I’ve been perplexed by this state, and its causes.

Well, my working situation, I am quite convinced, has dramatically altered my perspective and quality of life since arriving in Australia. So much so, that I have for some time now, intended to attempt an expression of my experiences as a factory worker, and its negative effects.

The goal of this exercise, is to demonstrate how regular workers are in a situation where their rights and well-being are caught in a process of rapid erosion. This is not to say that their rights and well-being have ever been in some kind of ideal state. And despite the seriousness of this erosion, a general inertia pulls a kind of cloud over one and leads to inaction.

Well, this subject is complex, and not without its own contradictions, especially in my own case, but it’s certainly worthy of some discussion.

Over the coming weeks, I hope to write more on the subject, this being a kind of introduction of my intention.