Artist Statement
I am interested in finding my inner self and listening to my inner voice through visual art making. For this artistic journey, I have been working on images of my feet since 1995. Interested in self-image as a path to creativity, I painted and photographed my face, my body, my hands, and my feet. Then, my feet became my focus as a representation of my inner self. And I have also been trying hard to visually show the interaction between me and the world I live in. I relate the subject of feet to the ground where we stand. We stand balanced thanks to the support of our feet. Physically, we can control our body and not fall down using our feet. While I live my everyday life, I sometimes feel like falling down—failing in living my life. Thus, my feet, on which I stand on the ground, are a tool for living and feeling all right. I paint my feet, various features of them—relaxing, standing large, small, and so on. I think I am searching for the core of my life by working on the visual image of my feet.
Child Art, Motherhood, and Empty Nest Challenges: Art Education Research as a Reflexive Practice
Figure 1. My Son’s Drawings (Age 3–4). Colored pencil and pen drawings, fallen leave collages, and acrylic paintings. 8”x10” each piece. Photo: Borim Song.
Figure 2. Insect Drawings from My Son’s Sketchbook: Turn the Page If You Dare! (Age 6). Pencil drawings.9”x12” each piece. Photo: Borim Song.
Figure 3. Insect Drawings from My Son’s Sketchbook. Pencil and colored pencil drawings.9”x12” each piece. Photo: Borim Song.
Figure 4. Drawing for Otter Tales (Age 6). Pencil and colored pencil drawings.9”x12” each piece. Photo: Borim Song.
Figure 5. Drawing Trade: Pokémon and Super Mario Brothers Drawings Created by My Son and Me. Pencil and marker drawings.9”x12” each piece. Photo: Borim Song.
Figure 6. My Son in the VR Drawing Class and His Equipment Budget for My VR Research. Photo: Borim Song.
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