I thought everything would be okay if I reach adult life. But I was hit here and there, running wild.

Heart Labor, 2020


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Purely looking back on myself, I thought about what had been changed, what made me difficult and how it had been changed. Looking back to my age of 20, I was thrilled that I became a university student after passing the hard entrance exam. And now I have grown a little more mature than then. I became mature enough to take care of myself. I thought everything would be okay if I reach adult life. But I was hit here and there, running wild. In addition,contacting a lot of people and pouring out a lot of emotions for nothing special, I was crushed and hardened.
The mind becoming dull and hardened by being hurt and torn is described as “heart labor”. 


순전히 ‘나’를 돌아보게 되면서, 나에게 무슨 변화가 있었나, 무엇 때문에 힘들어했고, 어떻게 달라졌나 생각해 보았다. 고달팠던 입시를 마치고 대학생이 됐다고 설레하던 스무 살에서 지금까지 나는 조금 더 성숙해지고. 나를 돌봐 줄 수 있을 만큼 성숙해진 것 같다. 성인만 되면 모든 것이 행복할 줄 알았는데, 이리 저리로 날뛰고, 여기저기에 치이면서 생각보다 많은 사람들과 별것도 아닌 것들에 감정을 쏟으면서 뭉그러지고, 단단해졌다. 상처받고, 찢기고 그러면서 무뎌지고 굳어지는 ‘heart labor’의 모습을 형상화했다.


回想起‘我’，想想自己发生了什么变化，为何痛苦，为何变化。从20岁到现在，我已经结束了艰难的高考，成为了大学生。从那时起我变得更加成熟，可以照顾自己。本以为长大以后一都会幸福，但被各种各样的人变得麻木而坚硬。该作品形象化了受伤、撕裂、变硬的 ‘Heart Labor’