Chaekgeori, late 19th century, anonymous

📝ONGO's Reflection

This is a chaekgeori painting, books, writing implements, and vessels stacked neatly one upon another. The maker is unknown, yet an adoration of books is steeped across the whole surface. Here I read a heart that wished to keep learning close at hand. Even without reading them all, one who keeps books near lives looking in their direction. What you keep beside you tells where you are heading. A surface filled with books is a quiet resolve toward a better self.