"Before speaking her name she had been nothing but a gesture. When I spoke her name, she came to me and became a flower." -- Kim Chunsu

"The meaning of existence blossomed like a flower when I desired it." -- Jared Lim

Material Used:brush, pastel color
Art Technique: watercolor, pastel
Topic: flower
Date Created: July 2015 // May 2012

Flowers generally stand for beauty and love, but I put more values into their nature. Their existence explains how and why we are created.

"Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works." -- Steve Jobs

"I will design the world. I will design the future." -- Jared Lim

Material Used: pencil
Art Technique: chiaroscuro, 3-D art
Topic: Steve Jobs
Date Created: December 2011

"I miss you."

Material Used: rubber stamp, ink
Art Technique: rubber stamp carving
Topic: Steve Jobs
Date Created: December 2011

Occasionally I think about where we would be technologically without him.

"Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken." -- M. F. K. Fisher

"That's why life and birth are so exciting.

My heart flutters when I see the endless possibilities in a newborn baby." -- Jared Lim

"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg." -- Samuel Butler

"That's so complicated process for a cell.

Were I an egg, I would rather go through mitosis." -- Jared Lim

Material Used: pencil // brush
Art Technique: chiaroscuro // watercolor
Topic: life and birth... or chicken and egg
Date Created: June 2015 // October 2013

My mom just cracked two eggs from the refrigerator. I hope that was two chicks breaking their shells.

"Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy." -- Roger Tory Peterson

"Why do you envy their flight if you can fly the sky without wings?" -- Jared Lim

Material Used: metal plate, chisel

Art Technique: metal scratch
Topic: Eagle
Date Created: October 2014

Material Used: metal plate, chisel

Art Technique: metal scratch
Topic: Eagle
Date Created: June 2015

We envy birds' wings, and birds envy our imagination.

"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened." -- Anatole France

"The true enlightenment comes when we realize that we are dependent on each other.

Not to mention animals." -- Jared Lim

Material Used: pencil

Art Technique: croquis
Topic: living things
Date Created: June 2013

Material Used: metal plate, chisel

Art Technique: metal scratch
Topic: living things
Date Created: October 2014

Mahatma Gandhi pointed out that "the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." We find out our identity and personality in different forms of life, for they are not equal to us but resemble us a lot.

"For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings." -- Joan Miro

"All objects are alive indeed. Had they visual perception,

I would be under a perfect surveillance." -- Jared Lim

"Benign Big Brothers!"

Material Used: pencil, acrylic paint
Art Technique: chiaroscuro
Topic: still-life
Date Created: January - May 2015

If we begin to put more meaning into inanimate objects, that means we just started to put more meaning into our own existence.

“I watched a bowl of fruit on the table remain motionless. Just another example of life imitating art.” -- Jarod Kintz

"Oscar Wilde was such a Romantic guy. I'm sure you enjoyed

the conversation between Vivian and Cyril a lot." -- Jared Lim

Material Used: brush
Art Technique: watercolor
Topic: still-life
Date Created: November - December 2014

The entire conversation between Cyril and Vivian is whether we value art or nature (reality) more. Life is beautiful, but it becomes more beautiful because we express them into an art. Once art imitates life, life starts to imitate art.