Spectrum of Emotions GuNaYoung ‘Timbuktu’, imaginary forest in my work, exists only in the mind, and as such, it is a nearest place and at the same time a faraway place that we cannot reach. Seemingly a familiar scenery, yet from another angle, it comes to us as something strange because it expresses the spectrum of emotions, not the representation of nature. Through trees and forest, the picture shows the joys and sorrows of life and the inspirations I have had from everyday life, rendered with a distinctive lyrical sensibility and ink-and-wash painting techniques. Looking at the white space in Hanji, I immerse my emotions in there. When an inspiration comes up, I catch my breath and draw an ideal landscape on the paper with Oriental ink and brush. While I draw a countless number of subtle ink lines and connect them to each other to form branches, they become a tree and a forest, and blend together in harmony. Abstractly painted wood patterns overlap with each other and melt on the paper, creating kinetic forms. As I work and feel with all my senses the subtle changes in the physical properties including the grain of Hanji, brush strokes, depth and spreading of ink, even changes in thoughts, feelings and attitudes permeate into the work. Emotions and memories that have been immanent overlap with each other, and all the colors sink in the ink, pile up layer after layer, and melt into the paper to become a forest flowing. The repeated process of thinking, feeling and drawing lines is a time for reflection and healing. The feelings that I face deep inside in the time of silence are put into my work. I attract sympathy and resonance by putting emotions that become urgent such as coexistence, harmony, peace, and consolation into my work and bringing them to the audience. I hope the encounter with my work gives us a moment to look back at the emotions deposited within us.