*My eyes capture the flashy light that goes across in a still and gravity-free silence. And I remember all the traces of the light, and take each particle of it to the canvas, as if ksana(the very short moment of time in Buddhism) is eternal. Could viewers understand this work? I hope every brush stroke of mine will catch the sight of the viewer. My last challenge is on. As Mattisee filled his works with passionate colors, I fill my lights in the canvas with bright colors. Also, I try to portray the instant light that I experienced with only dots, lines, faces and colors of the basic elements of painting just like Mondrian did. Without my knowledge, my hand releases the brush when my eyes are restored to serenity facing the captured moment on the canvas.

The intense light source disturbed the natural harmony with the rays… What should I do? … I hesitated for a second when I emptied the light source off the center of the paintings. After all, I made a right decision. I continued a new change in the light series. I am proud of myself in a plastic way of expressing lights without describing the intense light source. In the meantime, I think I am blessed about coming across the philosophy of off-loading. The shiniest moment flies away with a flash, but calm emptiness stays much longer and brings more… 12/26 2018 Hye Ja Moon

*Artist’s Note on <Composition – the Philosophy of offloading>, 2018 *When a comet passes away, an intense light beam, so called tail of a comet, runs after. As we all are amazed by the scene of the tail of a comet, a light beam with great speed gave me an unforgettable feeling and joy on the way home one evening. Then, the impression goes on for a long time. I off-loaded things except the light-beams. *Ambiguous, but clear three primary light colors, red, green, blue decorate the light beam. As I let go of my greed, I emptied around the pillars of light. Instead, the unpainted space was bursting with many imaginations and inspirations and turned into the new one. *The two divisions of the canvas refer to space. The strong contrast seems to me the epitome of an intense energy of light and I felt it easy to design it. *Offloading for representing is my new plastic language. I try to make light beams vivid and stereoscopic with design and composition. And also, I colored each beam of light with a fine brush to make it look three-dimensional for six months. I take the load off my mind. And the emptied mind is bursting with light.