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A Heart That Waits for Time
We are not used to waiting on time. We often find ourselves harassed by
our impatience in everyday life. We are discontent with our lives, pestered
by vacantly passing time. Kwon, on the other hand, attempts to become
accustomed with “waiting on time,” deeming the individuals she met during
her travels as those who have transcended it.
Kwon confesses that her work And, See Photos has served as an opportuni-
ty to change her perception of time and become more broad-minded, em-
powering her to develop a better understanding and tolerance of different
I look back on the past.
things. We do not have to work our hardest to discover something or turn
I capture a long, sigh-like past in a picture.
our deficiencies into something positive every second or minute of the day.
I have left my memory of folded time
We can be free from impatience and come to have freedom of mind as long
as we do not set limits on the scope of our thoughts. She regards this piece And the past amassed in layers
as the work that brought her the freedom to overcome time. As a trace of time on the wall.
In front of buildings laden with time.

“I have changed my character, particularly the hot tem- Standing on the border between photography and painting
per and stingy disposition I used to have while working I want to be free,
on my photography. I used to feel impatient as I pressed Be it in a photograph or painting.
the camera shutter but now I enjoy such a feeling of wait- With a thrill in my heart,
ing. If I have the mind to embrace time, I can comfortably I paint on a frame or canvas.
accept waiting for the future.” (Excerpts from the artist’s statement)

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