Mola Mola – Re:Mind Studio

Healing by Thinking.
Thinking by Being.

Re:Mind Studio
is an independent essay studio
dedicated to thinking about
trauma, recovery, humanity, society, technology, and love.

The writings here do not sell comfort.
They offer a language for thinking.



  • The Sensation of Lost Time

    Memories Exist, but Time is Missing While showering, a strange void often opens up. I clearly have the memory of shampooing my hair. The problem is that I cannot tell if that memory is from “just now” or if it’s a memory from “yesterday” bleeding into the present. In my brain, I am right here,…

  • The Moments That Are Not Recorded

    A Void Within Familiar Actions I have often shampooed my hair five or six times in a single shower. The routine is always the same: shampoo, conditioner, face wash, body wash. Yet, at some point, the sense of “how far I’ve progressed” simply vanishes. My hands are already moving, but my consciousness has left the…

  • The Generation That Lost Opportunity—Or Rather, The One That Evaded It

    (A Perspective on the Economic History of South Korea) The Excuse: “I Didn’t Have the Money Back Then” My father often said, “I wanted to buy a house in Seoul back then, but I didn’t have the money.” Every time I heard that, I recalled the real estate statistics of the 1990s in Korea. The…

  • Those Who Live by Pledging Their Existence as Collateral

    Investments Born of Loans: That Strange Conviction My father began his investments with debt. He borrowed from the bank to buy stocks, and when the crypto market surged, he borrowed more. No profits were made. The principal remained untouched. Yet, my father said, “This is an opportunity.” I asked him, “Isn’t starting with a deficit…

  • What is Scarier Than Taxes: Meaninglessness

    Zero Profits, Yet Worrying About Taxes My father worried about taxes again today. “Gift taxes are too high. The state takes it all.” I did the math. Stocks bought with loans, crypto bought with loans. For six or seven years, there have been no investment profits; even the principal has not been recovered. The living…