Ego & Self
In Carl Jung Psychology, ego represents who I strive to be external wise, compromising the social standards. Self, represents the unique soul that remains in individuals that always echos the true desire that is usually hidden and buried. Jung says how the balance between the two is crucial, but in this fast paced modern period with social media, people are destroying their self to have their ego become more flourish. This is why we never find the unique beauty or the way we are meant to live on this earth, just following the mere trend and what people praise. Self portrait sessions especially with the ones with my face so in front was an encounter to my self, not the ego. I tend to have a strong, big eyes that have so much passion and energy, it’s kind of scary to see it face to face. I wanted to hold my antique medium format to represent my first desire of self that I ever had in my life, which was photography. It was something that noone taught me or forced me, but a choice that I made on my own.
Windows & Curtains
에고는 사람들에게 보여지는 사회적 자아이고, 셀프는 내 안의 유일한 욕망, 갈망, 진정한 내가 있는 영혼과 같은것이다. 에고는 우리가 사회적 동물로 살아가기 위해서 갖춰야할 많은 것들을 배우며 산다. 융통성, 외향성, 도덕성, 스펙, 예의, 같은것들. 셀프는 그 누가 뭐라 해도 내 안에 확고한 어떠한 열정, 이끌림, 소명 같은것을 잠재하고 있다. 이번 촬영부터 사진을 과감히 블랜딩하기 시작했다. 두 사진이 하나가 되며 나의 에고와 셀프를 둘다 보여주기 시작한것 같다. 인물과 정물화는 나의 에고라면, 비춰지고 빛나는 유령같은 빛줄기들은 나의 셀프라고 할 수도 있겠다. 에고와 셀프의 발랜스가 잘 맞을 때, 셀프가 건강하게 무의식에서 의식의 선상에 나올 때를 ‘개성화’라고 한다. 말그대로 그 존재 자체의 개성이 그 사람이 되며 그 사람이 개성이 되는 하모니적 상태. 나의 사진들은 나의 개성화를 위해서 끊임없이 변화하고, 그래서 나는 끊임없이 찍는다.
Layered
Which in terms of what we wear, I believe we go back and forth between ego and self trying to express the balance. To me I have been long time obsessed with Jane Austen Era English dresses like prairie dresses or gunne sax dress. But these days for some reason that I do not know I love looking at modern Hanbok and I want to expand a new collection of that. I believe this is another step for me to go closer to my self, who I really am inside in the soul, which I am wearing my top that I designed myself. Season comes and goes, but there are garment style that never go away from my closet. I believe so many possibilities can open when we take a little attention to what we chose to wear. It reveals our self, ego, moreover, the pure me.
Mixed Media Prints
Film
