All images © Haejung Lee
head full of don’t let the world and light as a feather utterances
I blame no one for this position, but it’s unrealistic to say that things are completely unaffected by external influences.
Am I just looking for a wall to press my shoulder onto - a pillow to offset the weight of this big and heavy head?
‘Sucking your thumb and frowning at the things that make you unhappy is absolutely unacceptable, oh no no! It’s silly to be doing that, especially at your age. The whole of society do not approve of this childish behaviour!’
You should know better - know better, be better. Be better than you.
(Crop of work, “Overprotective, 2022″)
work in progress of scanned work in progress.. work?
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It’s a scary place to be in, when you’re foolish enough to think you get the gist of it all. ‘Yeah, yeah. Been there, done that. I’ve lived enough to know that.’
More and more I think it’s better to take in things as if they’re new regardless of its dizzying repetitiveness. Thousand times over, but never falter in believing it new and exciting, always.
Breathe in that stale air inside your little box of comfort and always assure yourself that it’s the freshest air you’ve ever inhaled.
Promise yourself over and over again, even when you’re certain that it will break.
(crop of work, “Time and Place”, 2021)
Often trying is simply not enough. I say perspective, but talking useless words is infinitely easier than doing it soaked in meaningful silence.
Sympathy for sufferers only grow bigger as you get older.
I try so hard to stay naive and young, but you just cannot unsee certain things as you go through life. The real challenge is staying you despite it all.
(crop of new work, “She Talks Too Much”, 2022)
I’m feeling again.
Please pinch me hard, I know it will hurt and you can’t begin to understand how happy that will make me.
it all seems easy until you’re in the thick of it.
All the unsolicited advice turned to shit.
Pointless. Hopeless. All good, for now.
