Lee Ki Joo giving the lecture. Photographed by Lee Arim.
By Lee Arim (alimlee96@korea.ac.kr)
On March 30, Lee Ki Joo, the author of a best-selling book, Temperature of Language (2016), gave a lecture titled ¡°There is Warmth and Coolness of its Own in Our Language and Words¡± in the Centennial Memorial SAMSUNG Hall of Korea University (KU). The lecture was a part of University Plus program, a series of distinguished lectures planned to foster students¡¯ creativity and sensitivity, provided by the Basic Education Center of the Office of Academic Affairs. Lee¡¯s essay, Temperature of Language, is currently ranked number one in most of the best-seller lists.
As a writer and the CEO of a publishing company Malgeumteo, Lee has been promoting his book by giving lectures in various places. He first began his lecture by bringing up his experience as a reporter, emphasizing the sophisticated skills needed to create an effective piece of writing. Then, he took up the main topic, humanities within language and culture. ¡°I believe that there is something called temperature in every word we say. As everyone has different voice and fingerprints, there are different textures in everyone¡¯s language.¡± He explained by giving multiple examples from his everyday life, artworks, and global figures. He introduced a doctor who refused to call his patients as ¡°patients,¡± for he thought the word might make them worse, and found the value of silence in Barack Obama¡¯s speech after the mass shooting in Arizona.
Lee concluded the lecture by reminiscing on the moment of his grandfather¡¯s death. He said, ¡°My grandfather, who used to be a taciturn man his entire life, said just one word before he passed away. ¡®Hand.¡¯ I learned how a single word can carry enormous weights. It is not the length of word that is important, but the temperature a word exudes.¡±
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