Student reading worries of other students at the ¡°Time Walking Through Worries¡± booth. Photographed by Lee Jeong Min.
By Lee Jeong Min (cosmos0330@korea.ac.kr)
¡°Time Walking Through Worries¡± event was held on November 17, at the People¡¯s Square. Hosted by Korea University Supporting & Planning Agency (KUSPA), this project was designed to console and cheer up KU students who have diverse worries. There were three big activities hosted at the same time as follows: ¡°Take Care of My Worries¡±, ¡°I Need Energy¡±, and ¡°I Need Some Sleep.¡±
The first thing students were asked to do was to write their worries anonymously on a small piece of paper, provided by KUSPA. Then they would post it up on a big wall—along with other many worries already attached there—and read the stories of others. Those who shared their worries through this booth were given out a free calligraphy bookmark.
After that, students were given the choice of selecting between two activities. In ¡°I Need Energy¡±, participants relieved their stress by popping balloons that were filled with paint Meanwhile at the ¡°I Need Some Sleep¡± booth, students made Dream Catchers and Worry Dolls, and took the time to look back on themselves and engage in ¡°healing¡± through artistic means.
¡°This event was initially designed to let the students know that they are not alone in their lonely and worry-full lives,¡± KUSPA commented on how it came up with such a creative event. Approximately 300 KU students visited the Worry booths, and engaged in the activities with smiles that seemed to have taken away their worries.
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