One of my long-held dreams was to travel with my husband to see my work exhibited in an overseas quilt exhibition – to experience the exhibition together and turn it into a journey. That dream came true last year, and this piece was created to commemorate that joyful experience. The

To me, at first, ‘Dare to dream’ can be taken to mean “Have the courage to pursue your dreams.”But the phrase also whispers something else to me:“Do not fear change.” And with that, Zhuangzi’s ancient parable,The Butterfly Dream, came to mind. One day, Zhuangzi dreams that he has become a

I spent most of my school days in Seoul, watching the city transform at a relentless pace. As high-rise apartments and towers rose with rapid economic growth, nature seemed to retreat a little farther each year. Mountains still dotted the city and the great Han River flowed through its center,

A bridge is a physical structure that connects two distant places, yet metaphorically it serves as a mediator linking abstract relationships. In much the same way, I believe that ‘books’ can play the role of connectors with remarkable power. Books join the past with the present, bringing together different cultures,

The theme “Building Bridges” brought to mind the image of bridges in George Lakoff and Mark Johnson’s The Metaphors We Live By. A bridge, in their sense, is not only a structure connecting two separate places, but also a way of closing the distance between minds, emotions, and ideas. For

The Korean Moon Jar, with its quiet asymmetry and irregularity, has long symbolized the beauty of imperfection. Made by joining two hand-thrown halves, its form is never perfect - but always whole. Like the Moon Jar, our lives carry irregularities and flaws, yet within that brokenness lies our depth, compassion,

With a background in Chomskyan linguistics, I spent many years teaching at auniversity in Seoul. After retiring, I was able to devote myself more fully to modernand art quilting – what began as a hobby has become the heart of my creative life.I think, Chomsky’s search for the universal human