de¡¤veloping/en-¡¤veloping ¢º neutral life/neutral object ¢º being-a tool

at home/at ease
case studies of "being-a tool" 2003


<Being-a tool of pleasure> ; my wife's feet
My wife with bad case of athlete's foot orders around her daughters to scratch her feet. When she catches the kids back from school or even during they are in the middle of preparing for important exams, my wife commands the two daughters of hers to scratch her feet like a tyrant. She lies down with full relaxation and softly closes her eyes.

The other day, I urged her to receive a proper treatment for the feet and she striked back, why on earth would she get a treatment when she can enjoy such relaxation and pleasure. For that pleasure, she has no intention of getting her athlete's foot treated and healed. Starting one day, the children willingly volunteered for fulfilling their mother's needs for such pleasure.

<Being-a nail> : my hand
I am trying to form a callus on my hand. It has been five years already. I have spurred almost every day to form callosity and worn away tens of instruments while doing it. During the process I managed to break numerous hand-torturing instruments and yet they only left only two or three calluses on my hand. I am aware it is an impious act but I wanted to imitate the nailed hands of Jesus(In Korean language, callus and nail are homonyms). I just wish I had the tiniest sincerity of keeping the instruments I have broken over those five years.

<Being-feet> : My mother-in-law's hand
Since my mother-in-law has been working all her life, not only her skins but her hands themselves have thickened as if she had calluses on them, and are hardened and bent as if they were feet.
                                                                                                                                  2003 myung -seop hong


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de¡¤veloping tactiliy ;mother¡¤in¡¤law¡¯s hands
2003
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de¡¤veloping tactiliy ; my wife¡¯s feet
2003
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