'Kam Mo Yo Je Do (Spiri house shrine painting', 17th century Korean, Chosôn dynasty, ink a
"What is the heart that paints an unseen presence to keep it near?"
📝ONGO's Reflection
The Kammoyeojaedo, depicting a shrine and ancestral tablets, was painted by those too poor to build a shrine, who let the painting stand in for a space of rites. As its very title says, it holds the meaning that when one looks up in reverence, it is as if the ancestor were present. In this painting I see the essence of sincerity. Even without formality and a building, if one prepares with devotion a place toward which the heart may turn, that place becomes the shrine. Where form falls short, sincerity fills it. Genuine feeling is not measured by the size of what one has.
🌱Apply It Today
Remember that even when your means fall short, there is always a separate way to give your heart with full devotion.
