Word: candidness
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...legendary. In Seoul, backstreet stores in Itaewon sell fake designer clothes and accessories exclusively to Japanese groups, often from back rooms hidden behind sliding screens and false walls. "Japanese are big customers," says one shop manager. "They buy a lot." A tour guide waiting outside another clandestine store is candid about his Japanese clients: "There's not much to see in Korea. They're here for the shopping...
...largest and most engaging of the exhibits is that of Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra, whose photographs are a striking combination of documentary form and individual portraiture. Rather than defining her subjects through candid snapshots or in personal settings, Dijkstra uses universal locations or themes to document how individuals define themselves in similar contexts...
...commend Karl Taro Greenfeld for his candid article about the similarities between his chronic use of speed and the growing problem of methamphetamine addiction in Asia [WORLD, April 2]. Had this piece been written by someone without firsthand knowledge of the dangers of drugs, it would have failed to capture the hopelessness, desperation and irony in the lives of drug users. Greenfeld's article was an example both of beautiful writing and courage. PARINA SOMNHOT Ashburn...
Chase also touched upon current political issues, giving his candid assessment of President Bush and his campaign...
...composition. That does not mean they were all there for the same reason. While people who go to poetry readings generally know why they do, the same could not be said for everyone in this audience. During the question and answer period that followed the event, audience members were candid about their uncertainties. ‘What is this ‘poetry reading’ business anyway?’ ‘Is poetry meant to be read aloud?’ This discussion, which at first seemed provincial, revealed its deeper appropriateness soon enough...