For a shaman, all things considered taboo get ripped apart, and one feels the satisfaction of being freed from agony through vituperation and laughte….

The female experience throughout the history of Korea has been accompanied by physical and mental anguish. This negative aspect of Korean history is ….

Desire and loss of will tend to hurt the mind, which can lead to fear and compulsion. The result is that we suppress negative emotions, which we've b….

Art-making is an extension of the kind of spiritual process that shamans unfold in order to demonstrate the connectedness of the world beyond reality..

If you are born a female and live as one, you can't deny your connection to feminism. I think if you are a female, you are a feminist. As far as my w….

In my work, hair denotes the flow of life prior to being freed from pain. I fill the hair with human struggles such as deep-rooted anxieties, stubbor….

The subjects in my work appear as unidentified ghosts that can't be said to be of this world. I've decided to call them incarnations. In various reli….

Sound words can't be understood through formal study of the language alone. They're felt when you immerse yourself in the culture or lifestyle that b….

Black does not signify the darkness related to death or nothingness, but a darkness that combines everything and holds the possibility of creation, a….

Not only is hair a part of the body, but because it continues to grow for a time after death, it was considered a symbol of life and spiritual power.….

Before she is an individual, a shaman is foremost a vehicle for receiving and expressing the grief and indignation of the people within society. The ….

People do tend to fear and despise shamans but turn to them in times of desperation. Such a contradiction is a human characteristic, no? I'm more pul….

Shamanism has a long history and exists to this day because of its ties to universal emotions such as happiness, sorrow, resentment, and love. It can….

The fabrics I've used in my work are satin and sateen. Sateen is very glossy and far from luxurious. Bright solid colors with too much sheen seem gau….

It's difficult to define catharsis. But I think that only those who acknowledge and respond to unseen worlds and energies can harness the power of th….