THE BEAUTY OF COMPASSION

Now, I wish to say that I thought it up late into the night, recalling the beauty of being with friends, the beauty of community. However, the answer is no. It was a decision to find a word that meant the sense of community and unity we were asked to portray. So I looked it up and got compassion. And though the way I got the word isn’t very pretty, I feel the idea is quite neat. The meaning is a sense of sympathy for those of whom are sad; it tells a tale of understanding, and how we can help each other not with superpowers fighting off a powerful all-seeing eye hivemind, but by understanding how others feel.

But a word is just a word. I painted a whole darn picture. With a sentence on it that explained some of the importance of compassion. ANd the painting– that! My goodness, I don’t know what to think– bad, good, perhaps just simply mediocre. But I personally have a lot of things I like, and a lot that I feel falls flat. It’s simple: two buildings, a sunset, and a billboard attached to the building: “compassion”, Korean above the English. In the upper left, you’ll find that sentence that explains the importance of compassion as mentioned earlier. But why did I choose to make it this way? Well, I wanted a sunset. I knew that before paintbrush met wood, and further back when Gesso met wood. I just found the sunset blend of red and yellow so beautiful, I had to do it! So I did it. I thought the city might compliment the sunset in a way, but also shows that sense of community I was trying to portray. So that was the main symbolism I was trying to portray. I hope this may have been helpful in understanding my decisions- turning them from questionable to slightly less confusing.