At a cheap diner, listening to a cover of Lionel Richie’s “Hello” in Korean, I wondered if there isn’t a common language of feeling that precedes abstraction. <\/p>\n
There are certainly external, commercial forces that promote a convergence of popular culture. But there may also be internal forces that make such a convergence inevitable. The centripetal forces of the heart, if you will.<\/p>\n
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