by way of introduction

dil·et·tante/ˌdiliˈtänt/Noun

1. A person who claims an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.

2. A person with an amateur interest in the arts.

I'm naming this blog "Dilettante in Korea" for several reasons. Definition 1 - I claim an interest in the art of blogging without real commitment (although I do claim some knowledge.) I have a very poor track record here on blogger, with two failed blogs behind me, despite 8 years' residence at Live Journal. It's just easier for me to blog about a variety of things, more suited to an LJ.

Definition 2 - right now my interest in the arts is still amateur. Sure, I majored in literature, I've read at spoken words, completed a screenplay and directed/produced/acted in a Shakespeare play in a foreign country. But I've yet to demonstrate solid, sustained interest and action in one area of the arts, despite a wide range of interest in all artistic fields. In some ways it's meant playfully, however. I think I'm leaving my phase as a dilettante, and entering into greater commitment to the theater and perhaps even to my long-lost love writing.

But as for blogging about any one topic in anything but an amateur way? Forget about it. This blog will never be made into a book or sold for movie rights. I have no gimmick other than my lack of a gimmick. No one topic moves me.

I will also, sometimes, inevitably, be blogging about Korea, sometimes as it intersects with the arts, other times just as it is. This is a function of me living in Korea.

If you want to read my more personal stuff at LJ - you can't. Ha ha. It's under friends-lock for a reason!

Anyway, welcome to Dilettante in Korea. My First Post - forthcoming after I have coffee with my husband - will be about the greatest female characters in literature as decided by me.