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Eye of The Argus
Even If It Fails
ByLeeJae-won
EditorialConsultant
T
his author’s favorite writer is the literary critic Shin Hyung-chul. Once, my hobby was to eagerly search
hisnameonportalsitesandlookforhislatestessays.Thus,itwassuchgreatnewsthatacollectionofhis
essays, “Grief of Studying Grief” was published last year. When reviewing this book, one thing becomes
clear - Shin “desperately” tries not to hurt even a single person. This journalist has also found that many people
wereoffendedbymyownwriting,unlikethatofShin’sworkmentionedbelow.
His best essay in the book is “Welfare as Social Recognition.” In this three-page essay, the 43-year-old author
delves into the true meaning of the “Taeguekgi (South Korean national flag) Rally.” Participants of the rally used
toexpressthoughtssuchas:“PresidentParkGeun-hyeisinnocentandwhatthepressandtheindependentcounsel
teamhaveinsistedisfake.”Theywereregardedascrazy,whilemostagreedtoremoveFormerPresidentParkfrom
office.
The critic, however, thinks otherwise. Looking at an interview conducted with the more elderly participants, he
discoveredthattheyseemedtoregainthewilltolivethroughtheassembly.Whatmatteredwasnotthetruth;they
usedthisgatheringtofilltheiremptyliveswithmeaning.Shinstated,“Ifoursocietyexcludestheoldfromsocial
recognition, by doing so, if they have established a gigantic power plant where they acknowledge each other and
producethemeaningoflife,thenisitjusttoblameandridicule?”Thispointisworthconsidering.
Thisreporterhasalsowrittenregardingthe“TaeguekgiRally”astheeditor-in-chiefofTheArgus.Theeventwas
thefirstitemfortheeditorialsectionoftheMarch,2017issue.Icriticizedthoseparticipatingwithaphototitled,“The
SoilingofOldGlory”whereawhitepersonattacksablackpersonwiththeAmericannationalflag.“Therefore,this
abnormalassemblycouldbesummarizedusingthewords,‘TheSoilingoftheTaeguekgi,’”Iwrote.
AfterreadingShin’sessay,Ibecameshameful.Thiswriterwasoneofwhomviewedtheparticipantsonlyasthe
target of criticism without consideration of their situations. Nevertheless, though Shin and I observed the same
subject,hewasastrokeaboveme.Howcanweunderstandsomeoneashedoes?
“Human beings have hearts which study grief. I myself can never become you. However, unless I keep trying
the thing that is planned to fail, what is the point of the saying, ‘I love you.’? We neither want to be selfish nor
hypocriticalbutaremiserablyoftenalittlebitofboth.Fedupwiththismisery,Istillstudyyourgrief.So,studying
aboutgriefisfullofgrief,”wroteShin.
With such study causing distress, he yet manages to gain an understanding of others. Although being annoying
and difficult, we may forever fail to understand other people without this type of sorrowful study. Are we able to
understandeachother?Todoso,wemustcontinuetowardmiserablefailure,butisitpossible?Thatunderstanding
somebodydemandsincredibleeffortiswhatthisreporterhasrealizedthesedays.
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