Geumgangjeondo

📝ONGO's Reflection

Jeong Seon gathered the twelve thousand peaks of the Diamond Mountains into one round sweep of a single sheet. He climbed the mountain on his own feet, then rebuilt it again within his mind, dividing the earthen hills in soft ink from the rocky peaks in sharp lines. From this painting I learn the eye that sees the whole. The shape of the mountain, unseen while clinging to a single peak, reveals itself only when one steps back to look from afar. Striving up close and weighing from a distance are both needed.