Pukyong National University

ⓒPhoto by Chae Young-hee, Director of admission (Professor of Dept. of Korean Language and Literature).


The sunset in that picture is so pretty and beautiful, isnt' it?

A few days ago, Professor Chae Young-hee (Dept. of Korean Language and Literature) took a picture of the Pukyong National University sky at evening and sent it to the PR team.

By the way. This is a big deal. After reading this article, you might change your mind that the idea is beautiful. Let's follow the story.

Professor Chae was taking pictures in front of Pukyong National University Environment & Marine Museum,
Just in time, she got to meet with Professor Choi Cheol-woong (Dept. of Spatial Information Systems Engineering).

Choi Cheol-woong : Professor, are you taking pictures so hard?
Chae Young-hee : The sunset is so beautiful.
Choi Cheol-woong : What's pretty? It's all dust. It's because of the air pollution.
Chae Young-hee : ???
Choi Cheol-woong : Tiny grains, like dust, are reflected in the air and come out of that color. The more pollutants, the redder the sky looks.
Chae Young-hee : Oh, no... how.. Why are you breaking the mood.. ㅠㅠ

The short encounter between the humanities scholar (Professor Chae Young-hee) and the engineer (Professor Choi Cheol-woong) ended like this.

Pukyong Today called Professor Choi Cheol-woong when we heard the sad(?) story from Professor Chae Young-hee. We were curious about Professor Choi's idea of watching the sunset.

Professor Choi replied as below.

“Engineers like us are trying to understand the whole of the natural phenomena and try to understand the whole, so it does not feel fine and it is sad. It's proof that the air pollution is that much.”

Professor Choi, who hesitated for a while, added,

“But as I get older, the sunset looks pretty…”

I called Professor Chae-hee again. I was curious to see what the humanists thought after knowing the reality (the sunset was a reflection of the dust!).

Professor Chae first grieved, "I never thought that such a fine sunset was dust." Laughing at me.

She said, “When I knew that the glow was dust, I became alert to myself. It was a chance to recognize that what I think I know may not be true.”

And she added,

“If you still feel beauty in the reflected dust even after you know the reality, are you not the one who really knows beauty?”

I agree, it is always necessary to try to see the reality of things accurately!

That sunset, isn't it pretty? Well, did you change your mind after knowing the reality of the glow? <Pukyong Today>