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• It is not difficult to paint or photograph beautiful girls. How would you paint or photograph beautiful minds?
  1. In his Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci did a very good job in painting a beautiful mind.

How can we produce them on webpages?

Mother and Son

Here is another example. A woman is a quite visible object, so is her son. If they are together, they generate a good feeling to everybody. Chinese produced a letter meaning "good" by combining the woman with her son. Chinese are not the only one who had this feeling. There is a very important portrait of a woman and her infant son in the Western civilization. This portrait played a pivotal role in a religion called Christianity.

Let us see some photos which will generate the concept of "good" in modern world.

• Hungarian Mother and her Son on a train from Pecs to Budapest.

• Mother and Son with Grandma in Krakow (Poland 2002). Like many European cities, Krakow has a large city-center square. Many people come to this square to meet the people. I spotted these three beautiful people there. Mother and son produce a beautiful feeling. Grandma seem to enhance the good feeling.

• Click here for more "Mother and Son" photos.

Travelling Alone

• Augustinerkeller. While I was returning from Kharkov (Ukraine 2000) after attending a conference, I had stay a night in Vienna due to airline complications. I was told by my hotel clerk that the Augustinerkeller was a good place to eat and drink. Yes, it was a good place, but eating alone was not fun. A group of German vacationers were able to notice my lonely heart, and invited me to join them.

• American Couple in Paris. I wanted to have my photo while in Paris (2002). I was alone and met an American couple from Los Angeles. They said I would look better with a lady, and the wife came to me and the husband took this photo.

• Americans in Stockholm. While I was having a dinner at a small table in a Stockholm restaurant called Martentrotzig (Sweden, June 2005), these three ladies came in and sat down at a big table next to mine. I asked where they came from, they said very proudly "United States." They thought I came from China or Japan. When I asked where in the United States, they said "Washington, DC." I then asked which area in Washington, they became somewhat annoyed, and asked me why I am asking so many questions. I told them I also came from the same area. They did not believe me, but they asked some questions about the area. I answered them all. I said I am a professor at the University of Maryland. They said they are office workers at the headquarters of one of medical associations and came to Stockholm to provide secretarial services for the association members attending a conference. We talked about many things like a brother and sisters.

Sergei Eisenstein was a creative Soviet-era film producer. We would normally think movies are produced from written books, such as "Gone with the Wind" from Margaret Mitchel's book. Eisenstein had a different idea. Take pictures first. Then construct stories from those pictures. Indeed, using webapages, we can construct abstract concepts and study what Feynman had in mind. According to Feynman and Eisenstein, I should be able to show you something abstract from a set of photos from my collection.

Yes, it is easy to draw pictures of beautifucl women, and it is even easier to photograph them these days. But is it possible to photograph beautiful minds? I am different from Feynman and other traditional artists. I am not drawing, but using photos. Unlike those traditionalists, I use more than one woman in one picture. Let us then see whether we can photograph "Beautiful Minds."

1. Protvino (1999). I was talking with Russian secretaries while attending a conference at the Institute of High Energy Physics in Protvino (Russia). The Institute's photographer was able to see their brautiful minds, and took this photo.
2. Two Russian Sisters. When I was attending a conference at the Volga beach near Kazan in 2000, they always stayed close to me. I asked them why they like a man as old as their grandfather. They said I am like their old brother. They knew what I like to hear. They seem to be interested in how I made out in the United States after coming from Korea when I was as young as they are now.
3. Two Sweet Girls. While in Kharkov (July 2000), I invited these two girls to a photo with my colleague. They were just walking by. In November of 2001, they came to me while I was attending the Akhiezer memorial conference held in Kharkov. It was a total surprise to me. They asked me whether I brought their photos. I apologized to them and promised to put the pictures on my website, and I invited them to join me in the conference banquet. However, the conference organizers rejected my idea. Their reasoning was that these girls are too young. We were thoroughly disappointed. I could partially heal their wounds by posting these photos.
4. Two Medical Doctors from Dnepropetrovsk staying at the President Hotel Kievsky in Kiev (2006). They appeared to have beautiful minds. I asked them whether I could photograph them. They invited me to sit down with them, and I had a photo with them. There are many medical doctors in my family. In order to be a successful doctor, he/she must have a beautiful mind and must always be ready to help others.

Airline Ladies are trained to show their beautiful minds to passengers. However, they can be trained so only if they have their own beautiful minds to begin with. As you know, it is not possible to teach physics to students totally without scientific minds.

• KLM. I spotted these KLM ladies at the Copenhagen International Airport. Since they looked so refreshing to me that I asked whether I can take a photo. They invited me to sit with them (July 2006).
• Here are more Airlines photos.

• Santa near the Fairfax Shopping Mall (Virginia 2008).
• Santa at the Tyson's Shopping Center (Virginia 2008).
• Christmas Greetings in modern style.

Ready to help

• French Police Officers asked me whether I am interested in taking photos of beautiful French girls. I said yes. Then they told me they should take their photos because they have beautiful minds. They are always ready to help others (Paris 2000).
  1. French Police in Marseilles. When I got lost in Marseilles, these young ladies not only helped me out but also asked me to have a photo with them. Indeed, warm-hearted ladies.

More Photos of Beautiful Hearts and Minds

• Comfortable: A Korean man very comfortable with Russian office workers. It was his first time to meet them at the Institute of High Energy Physics at Protvino in 1999.
  1. In 1992, I was attending a conference held at the Hotel Uskoi of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The the hotel floor manager was as natural as my sister. This prompted my research on Russian ladies. In this photo, she prepared tea for me.
  2. Masha. When I visited Kazan (Russia) to attend the 4th Int'l Conference on Geometrization of Physics in October of 1999, the chairman of the organizing committee assigned his daughter as my guide. She is witty, stylish, and always tells the stories I like to hear. Her mother is also a stylish lady. She produced this photo on a Volga beach . She was wearing the Volga beach shoes. Here is a photo with her children.
  3. Vladimir Putin and Russian Lady in St. Petersberg (2003).
  4. Happy to meet again! I met this Ukrainian lady at the Vienna Airport on July 23 (2000) and met her again at the Kharkov Airport in Ukraine one week later on July 30. She now lives in Dresden and spoke to me in German. I liked her questions and her answers to my questions, in spite of the stiff language barrier.
  5. Tatyana: with a Russian violinist who looks exactly like Tatyana Samoilova, who used to be the most popular actress in the Soviet world. This violinist is about 15 years younger than Tatyana, and this photo was taken by my wife in London in 1999. Russians, though not all, think she is the real Tatyana. What does Tatyana Samoilova mean to Russians and to the world? Read the attached article.

• Two Russian Ladies in Athens (July 2008). I could tell they came from Russia, and they became very happy when I started talking about their country. They came from Moscow.
  1. Two Russian Sisters. When I was attending a conference at the Volga beach near Kazan in 2000, they always stayed close to me. I asked them why they like a man as old as their grandfather. They said I am like their old brother. They knew what I like to hear. They seem to be interested in how I made out in the United States after coming from Korea when I was as young as they are now.
  2. River Cruise. With two students on a cruise ship along the Volga River. The Russian flag is in the background (2001).
  3. Two Sisters from Tashkent. Tashkent is the capital city of Uzbeckistan, which used to be one of the Soviet Republics in the past. There are many people from Tashkent throughout Russia. This frame contains two photos taken in Kazan (1999).

  4. Russian Lady from Omsk. I met her on the Cote d'Azur beach. It was the first time to meet, but this Russian lady behaved as if he she were with her brother. This photo was taken by her embarrassed daughter. It was not the first time for me to have this kind of experience with Russian ladies. This prompted me to do a research along this line, and I constructed a theory of why. Click here for the result of my research.
  5. Two Medical Doctors from Dnepropetrovsk staying at the President Hotel Kievsky in Kiev (2006). They appeared to have beautiful minds. I asked them whether I could photograph them. They invited me to sit down with them, and I had a photo with them. There are many medical doctors in my family. In order to be a successful doctor, he/she must have a beautiful mind and must always be ready to help others.
• Two Sweet Girls. While in Kharkov (July 2000), I invited these two girls to a photo with my colleague. They were just walking by. In November of 2001, they came to me while I was attending the Akhiezer memorial conference held in Kharkov. It was a total surprise to me. They asked me whether I brought their photos. I apologized to them and promised to put the pictures on my website, and I invited them to join me in the conference banquet. However, my proposal was rejected by the conference organizers. Their reasoning was that these girls are too young. We were thoroughly disappointed. They wanted to spend more time with me. I now have their addresses and will make every effort to heal their wounds.

• Two Mona Lisas in Milan. Look at their smiles. Their smiles are real, unlike the smile of Leonardo da Vinci's imaginary lady. This photo was produced on the street called "via Montenapoleone" in Milan (July 5, 2002). This district of Milan is known as the fashion capital of the world. Here is a close-up view. These ladies look better without me.
  1. Trieste (1983), while attending a conference held at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics. This old photo does not seem to be compatible with the digital scanning process. Yet, old photos are always valuable.
  2. Italians in Rome. There are many Italian ladies in Rome. This photo was taken at the top of the Spanish Steps in Rome. There are two ladies sitting, and another enviously looking at us. This photo was taken by my wife while we were vacationing in Italy (June 2000). Certainly God created me and then Italian women.
  3. Italians in Milan. There are also many Italian ladies in Milan. They are somewhat different, but they basically cheerful Italians (2002). More intimate setting.
     Milan's Duomo Square is a very lively place durint the night. A giant McDonald restaurant is seen in the background (2002).
  4. Two Italians from Bari are telling me that Southern Italy is the true Italy, and that Northern Italians are simply Europeans. I seem to agree with them. I had known that my personality is more consistent with my Italian friends from Naples, Sicily, Palermo, Bari and other southern parts of Italy. This photo was taken in Nice (France 2006).
  5. Italian Ladies in experimental high-energy physics (Prague 2001). One has to be very tough both physically and mentally to become a high-energy experimentalist. Yes, these ladies are very tough, but they are also cheerful Italian ladies.
     
  6. Italian Lawyer on a train from Naples to Pompei (March 2005). She just started her lawyer career by passing the first of the exams. It is always refreshing to talk with young people with ambitions.
• Sicily. At a Greek-style amphitheater with excellent acoustic condition, an Italian lady from Naples is singing Italian songs, and I am listening (June 1994). Sicily was a Greek colony some years ago, and there are also Greek temples in this island. Here is one of them.

• Sienkiewicz. On the same park ground, there is a statue of Henryk Sienkiewicz. Who is he? Sienkiewicz was the recipient of 1905 Nobel prize in literature. He is the author of "Quao Vadis." In this photo, I am with a polish lady who has a great respect for Sienkiewicz. She is very happy to meet a non-Polish man who also respects this great Polish writer.
  1. Hillary: with a Polish lady looking somewhat like Hillary Clinton. She was very kind to me when I went to her church: the Church of Holy Cross near the Copernicus Square in Warsaw. This photo was taken in October 1995.
  2. Polish Student in Warsaw I was talking with this Polish student while waiting for a bus. She was born in 1984, and she knows her country was under communist domination until recently. This is a photo of their Palace of Culture at the Center of Warsaw. This tower was built by Russians in the early 1950s as a gift of Soviets to Polish comrades. Polish people decided not to tear down this Stalinist structure because it still serves many useful purposes, and because they do not want to upset their Russian neighbors. This photo was taken in October of 2007.
  3. Polish Lady I met at the Manchester Airport (England 2007). She came from the northeastern corner of Poland. This region has a rich history.
  4. Polish Hospitality in Poznan (2002). Very kind lady indeed! Poznan was the first caipatal city of Poland.
  5. Are you from Poland? There are many Polish ladies in the United States. Thanks to my special interest in Poland, I can tell whether they came from Poland by looking at them. I asked this question to this Polish lady at one of the trendy restaurants in Columbia, Maryland (not far from College Park). She was very happy to say YES (September 2004).
     
  6. Daria Zieminska. She came to the Univ. of Maryland from Poland in 1979 as a post-doc in high-energy physics. This photo was taken in the spring of 1980 in Annapolis, while her husband and son were still in Poland. Together with them, she is now an exemplary citizen of the United States. Click here for Daria's home page.
  7. Polish Lady from Krakow. She was going from Warsaw to Krakow. This photo was taken the Warsaw airport and we were on the same flight. We were very happy to meet again in Krakow after the flight.
• Poland Page. I like Poland, and I go there often. I maintain a webpage for this interesting country.

  

• French Journalist from Paris at Victor Hugo's statue in Besancon (May 2005). Hugo's father was a very distinguished general belonging to the high class in Paris, but Victor was born in Besancon about 350 kilometers away from Paris. The question is then why he was born in this small town unknown at that time. The story is somewhat complicated. I asked this journalist whether she could make my story known to Parisians. She said No, and told me French people would not accept my story.
  1. Matisse Museum. This photo was taken at the entrance to the Mattice Museum (2002). The Museum dedicated to Henri Matisse is in Nice, but this museum does not allow photographing inside the building. I decided to make my own artwork outside the building. This French lady came from from Strasbourg near the French-German border.
  2. French Police officers in Marseille (July 2008).
  3. Ingrid. French lady from Besancon who looks like Ingrid Bergman. This photo was produced at the Cafe district of Marseille (2008).
• Air France hostesses occupy a special place in the world.

• New Opera Dress Code. During the intermission in the Frankfurt Opera House, I noticed many black-tied gentlemen, and ladies were also formally dressed. There were some informally dressed like myself, and I was looking for the ladies with appropriately dressed. I found them and we agreed that we are more in tune with the real world. There are two ladies in this photo. One of them lives in Frankfurt, and the other is from Vienna. Both of them are opera lovers (2001).
• Norwegian Medical Doctors in Nice(France 2006). They came to Nice to attend an international cardiology conference.

• Mongolian Ladies. Mongolians are ethnically different from Chinese, as Koreans are. I met these ladies at the Chatley metro interchange in Paris. This photo shows that Koreans came to Korea from Mongolia some years ago. These ladies knew that I am a Korean from my appearance. We exchanged pleasant talks until their metro train came (July 2000).
  1. Mongolian Lady in Washington, DC (2007). There are many Mongolians in the United States. This Mongolian lady not only looks like a Korean girl but also speaks Korean fluently. Amazing! Koreans came to the Korean peninsula from Mongolia, and thus share the same ethnic/linguistic origin. If Mongolians feel closer to Koreans, it is only natural.
  2. Mongolian Lady in London (2009). She works for a tourist company in Mongolia, but was spending one year at one of the Aberdeen steak houses for practical training.

• Japanese Tourists in Paris, at a gift shop near the Luxembourg metro station (2000)
  1. Japanese Journalist in Naples (March 2005). She came from Nagoya.
     
  2. Japanese student studying music in Vienna. We shared an AirFrance flight from Vienna to Paris (2001.11.5). She was visiting Japan to participate in concerts given by distinguished Japanese musicians. This photo was taken at the CDG Airport in Paris. From there, she took a JAL flight to Tokyo, and I took an AF flight to Washington. She was holding her red-colored Japanese passport, and I was carrying a heavy backpack.
     
  3. Japanese student studying ballet in Tokyo. I met her in the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden (London, 2004).
  4. Japanese Students I met at the British Museum (London 2009).
  5. All Nippon Airways Ladies in front of the Crown Plaza Hotel in Vienna, Virginia (August 2009). It was a pleasure to talk with these Japanese young ladies in Japanese. It is very easy for Koreans to learn Japanese because they share the same linguistic origin. The only gap between them and me was the age. They kept me calling O-jeesan (grandfather).

• Chinese Student in Tai-yuan, Shanxi Province in China (1995). A very bright and polite student. She was studying English literature at Shanxi University. Chinese Student in Chinese dress.
  1. Grace Yang is a professor at the the math department of the University of Maryland. We meet occasionally and talk about things. She is like my younger sister.
  2. In Beijing (1995). Chinese ladies shy to pose with a strange man, but feel secure with police officers.
  3. Chinese Students in Paris attending Sorbonne (2002). Chinese Students at the Amsterdam Airport (2003). Chinese students are everywhere in the world.
  4. Chinese Farm Lady. I spent the first eleven years of my life in a farmland in Korea. I was very young then, and Korean ladies looking like her took a very good care of me. I felt babyish, while this Chinese lady felt that I was a very rich man from the United States (ShangXi Province, China, 1995).
  5. From Xinkiang. These ladies came from China's Xinkiang province, the far-western province which borders with Kazakhstan. We do not meet the people from this area too often, but they were like neighbors when I was talking to them (Minsk, May 2002). Very kind ladies!
  6. Chinese Lady working for Air France. This photo was taken at the Orly Airport in Paris (July 2002).

  7. London Subway Train. There are many Chinese in London, most of them from Hong Kong.
  8. Harbin. Do you know where Harbin is? It is a large Chinese city located in the north-eastern corner of China. There are many Chinese of Korean origin. I have a tendency to regard all Chinese from Harbin as Koreans. This lady is a student from Harbin studying in London. The British system allows foreign students to work for up to twenty hours per week while studying. There are many ladies in the Asian continent. They will play more active roles in the world. They are strong and warm-hearted.
  9. Chinese Scientists in Vienna. I met these ladies in Vienna's Musikverein (2007). They both studied at Beijing's Tsinghwa University. One of them is working in Sinkiang Province (west) and the other is working in Gwangjou Province (south). As China becomes richer, I see an increasing number of Chinese in music halls of Europe. I expect to see more in the coming years.

• Turkish Professor in Stockholm (Sweden 2005). She came to Stockholm to attend a conference in mechanical engineering. I went there to attend a physics conference. This photo was taken in the hotel's breakfast room.
• Australian Sisters. I met these Australian sisters at a restaurants on the Vorosmarty Square (2003). One of them is working in London, and the other came from Sydney to visit her sister.

• Brazilian Ladies I met at one of London's subway stations.
  1. Brazilian Ladies in front of New York's Metropolotian Museum of Art (2002)
  2. Tall Brazilian Lady in Amsterdam. She was one of those Brazilians who were going to Berlin to cheer their football team during the 2006 World Cup held in Germany.
• Peruvian Lady working at the Sheraton Preimier in Vienna (Virginia, USA). A very sharp and warm-hearted lady indeed (April 2006). Jappy to meet again (August 2007).
• After breakfast in Cancun, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, and before lunch at the Margarita Restaurant (July 2004).

• Indian Sisters on a cruise boat in Miami (January 2004). They are both computer professionals. The younger sister (next to me) lives in Miami, and the elder sister came to Miami from Mumbai to visit her younger sister.
  
• Another Indian Lady. I met this lady at Washington's Potomac Park during the cherry blossom season (April 2006). It was a real pleasure to talk with her. She seems to have talents in many different areas. We promised to meet again.

• Spanish: with Spanish ladies and a Mongol-dressed Hungarian on Vaci Street in the main shopping district of Budapest (April 2000).
• Spanish Ladies in London. This photo was produced at one of the Mark & Spencer department stores. I met them the day before in one of the restaurants. We were very happy to meet again.

• Zulia: In Kazan (October 1999), I met a Moslem girl. She wanted to go out with me to have fun at Kazan's Bauman Street (fun street). It is a sin in her culture to go out with a man, but she said I am a teacher and she is a student (not boy and girl). Kazan's Bauman Street is like Moscow's Arbat Street always with curious crowd. It was indeed a pleasure to talk with a humble lady like her. My Christian background is very strong, but I do not hesitate to go to mosques to pray in the way Moslems do when invited. My idea is very simple. We should live together, and we can very happily.

• Two Latvian Professionals in Cannes (France 2006). One of them (right) is an IT engineer and the other is a fashion designer. Very smart ladies! I enjoyed talking with them, and we promised to meet again preferably in the United States.
• Lithuanian Student taking opinion polls from visitors from different countries. She was very happy with my answers to her questions, and leaned toward me when this photo was taken.
• Armenian Reporters: Two newspaper reporters in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. From this city, you can see the Mount Ararat where Noah built his ark sometime ago. You will note that these ladies know how to dress (August 1998).
• Israeli Ladies in Vienna, on the campus of the University of Vienna. They seem to have relatives and friends all over the world, including of course the United States and Canada (Vienna 2008).
• Canadian Medical Doctors on the St. Lawrence River (Montreal 2004) Another set of doctors.

• Vaxjo is a small Swedish city. It is a university city and is an ideal city for international conferences. People are warm-hearted, and they all speak English. I go there often. This photo was taken in June of 2006. Here is a photo without me.
  1. Prom. Indeed, high school graduation is important to those Swedish girls. After their prom party, they were walking along Vaxjo's main shopping street (2006).
  2. Before the Prom Party, these young prommers were walking on the street in their prom dresses. They were looking like dolls (2006).
     I had a photo with them.
  3. Celebration. Here is another form of celebration: parade on streets and free roaming (2002).
  4. Another form of Freedom.
  5. Beer and Cigarette. I was fortunate to have a photo with them.
• Austrian Lady. It is a pleasure to be admired by a lady who understands the world. This photo was taken at a sidewalk cafe in Pecs (Hungary, 2002).

• Americans in Stockholm. While I was having a dinner at a small table in a Stockholm restaurant called Martentrotzig (Sweden, June 2005), these three ladies came in and sat down at a big table next to mine. I asked where they came from, they said very proudly "United States." They thought I came from China or Japan. When I asked where in the United States, they said "Washington, DC." I then asked which area in Washington, they became somewhat annoyed, and asked me why I am asking so many questions. I told them I also came from the same area. They did not believe me, but they asked some questions about the area. I answered them all. I said I am a professor at the University of Maryland. They said they are office workers at the headquarters of one of medical associations and came to Stockholm to provide secretarial services for the association members attending a conference. We talked about many things like a brother and sisters.
  1. Les Halles in New York. Young ladies at a popular French restaurant in New York called "Brasserie Les Halles" (2006). They wanted make me happy. I am as old as their grandfathers.
     In 2009, I went to this restaurant again.
  2. Liberated American Students in Budapest. These two young ladies completed their college degrees at the University of Washington, and were travelling around the world (2008). They were roommates.
  3. Linda Lewitt is an American professor. I was attending my conference, and she was attending her conference at the Saas Fe resort in Switzerland. We met and had interesting conversations (2004).
  4. Brooke Shields, in her academic gown (Princeton 1987).

• am Rhein: with a Korean lady on a cruise boat on the Rhine River near Mainz (Germany, 1991). It our first time to meet, but she was kind enough to bring two cups of coffee to our table. I like to meet her again.
• in Florence (Italy): Korean lady working at one of the trendy department stores in Florence (June 1999). She said Koreans know how to live, and the word "Fendi" is very meaningful to Koreans.
• Korean Singers. I become vary happy when I attend Korean parties. I am enjoying a party for those Koreans who came from the North to South during the years 1945 - 50, because they did not like the communist rule being installed in the North.

• with a Korean girl at a night club called "Latin Quarter" in New York (July 1963).
  More about this girl.
• 81-year-old Beauty. If she looks like me, there is a good reason. She was my mother (1912-2001). She was embarrassingly active as she became older. In this photo , she is receiving an award from the Los Angeles city government for her service to the Korean community. Many people say that I am becoming more active as I get older. If this is true, I am afraid that I am like my mother.

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