DAY 5
Tiger under a Pine
송하맹호도
🖼 ONE LINE FROM THIS PAINTING
"What state of mind seeks to see so far that it renders even a single hair?"
📝ONGO's Reflection
Beneath a pine, a tiger turns its body and fixes its gaze straight ahead. Rendered by the hand of Kim Hong-do, this painting raises thousands of hairs one strand at a time, carrying over the tension of a living animal exactly as it is. Before these eyes, I see the attitude of a painter who, faced with a fearful presence, refused to render it carelessly and instead looked into it to the very end. Only one who faces a thing squarely can carry over its true form. Precision is not skill but reverence.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
Take one thing you keep wanting to avoid, and today, without turning your eyes away, look into it head-on just once.
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📜 HANJA IN THIS WORK
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