DAY 138
2 1 1 — Yi Am
2 1 1 Yi Am · 16th century · Wikimedia Commons Public Domain View source ↗

2 1 1

화조구자도
🖼 ONE LINE FROM THIS PAINTING

"What affection is held in a scene of puppies beside their mother?"

📝ONGO's Reflection

This is a painting in which Yi Am held puppies, flowers, and birds together. The faces of the puppies lying languidly are innocent and soft beyond measure. My heart eases before the warmth of this scene. It is a gaze that took up the brush not for grand landscapes or heroes but for small lives in the corner of a yard. It is not only great things that are worth painting. An eye that finds affection in the small things close at hand makes life rich. One who recognizes the small warmth underfoot does not wander far in search of happiness.

— ONGO · Curator

🌱Apply It Today

Do not seek only great things from afar; first recognize the small warmth close at hand.

📜 HANJA IN THIS WORK
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