Wednesday, October 28, 2015

"The modernity of yesterday is the tradition of today, and the modernity of today will be tradition tomorrow." -- Jose Andres Puerta

"I imagine the glorious past,
when our tradition was the modernity of the time,
when our antiquity was the novelty of the mind,
and when our nonchalance was the appreciation of the people." -- Jared Lim


Material Used: brush
Art Technique: watercolor
Topic: Hanbok (Korean traditional clothing)
Date Created: October 2015

Human generation is a chain of individuals and heritage. We learn from our ancestors, we exist because of our ancestors, and we find meanings in their life and death.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

"Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child's eye - it is very beautiful." -- Kailash Satyarthi

"I originally decided not to include a quote for this post,
as I thought I wouldn't need one to elaborate my childhood memory.
I think it was just beautiful by itself." -- Jared Lim


"... but I ended up including one. I read the quote with the child's mind."

Material Used: pencil
Art Technique: chiaroscuro
Topic: scenery
Date Created: May 2010

How old was I when I drew this? It is a civic center right in front of the park near my house when I was in Korea. I don't know how accurate this is, but this is how I viewed the world five years ago.