Kim Ae-ran, Vogue, and the Butterfly Dream

20210117 'You practice and train to get better at your craft, and I keep finding that the practice and training itself ends up helping my life. I'm feeling more and more change in my life as this professional discipline settles into my body. To describe something well, it has to be conveyed well, so I try to really feel, see, sense, and taste things — to do things I've never done before. I think I've ended up braver and more adventurous than my natural temperament would suggest. The professional discipline, the training discipline itself, changed the nature of the medium. I wanted to get good at this job, and in the end my body changed, and this changed body let me sense my life more fully.' — Kim Ae-ran, in Vogue I think about being a little braver and more adventurous than my natural temperament, and about the changes that might bring — whether that's about my main persona or about Na-Joshik, my alter ego. And yet when I picture myself every single evening wondering 'what should I cook for breakfast tomorrow,' I honestly can't tell anymore which one is the main persona and which is the alter ego. #butterflydream Add dressing to the prettiest celery in the world, along with onion and fried shallots. For the crispiest, crunchiest bite, add the dressing right before eating. Cut a store-bought chicken breast lengthwise in half and pan-fry it in olive oil until golden on both sides. Sprinkle on a little pepper and basil to cut any gaminess. (No need for salt if you're using store-bought chicken.) Something I only just learned: finely diced celery, carrot, and onion together are called a #mirepoix, and it forms the basic base of French cooking.