Aside from the interminable but still happy holidays, early winter brings to mind for me a reckoning, not a negative endeavor but a moment to assess the highs and lows of the year about the pass. For an entertainer the success and failures can be quantified with ratings, box office, or sales receipts, but as an audience member there’s an additional indelible question of whether there was growth in the star whether in talent or experience. Shin Se Kyung is in the pages of this month’s Marie Claire Korea showing off an enchanting visual growth, this young lady has come a long way since her early sitcom days and the 50 episode sageuk Six Flying Dragons may be her calling card drama for the near future. I love this pictorial, the colors are rich and warm, and the way the hair falls on her face is softens the intensity into a warm hue.