{"product_id":"133800","title":"One day I met a tree ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/3jYCCzyxyMqNHFr5HEDg76hwl80ovr.png?v=1765019929\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e One day, I met a tree \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd 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style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn the same spot every day for five years\u003cbr\u003e A painting of a giant tree that has lived for over a thousand years\u003cbr\u003e The life and nature stories of painter Choi Seon-gil\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There is a painter who is obsessed with ginkgo trees.\u003cbr\u003e Choi Seon-gil, a painter who has been capturing Korea's mountains and trees on canvas for a long time.\u003cbr\u003e Having graduated from Seoul National University's Department of Painting, he has been reflecting on human life in the midst of natural landscapes for nearly 40 years.\u003cbr\u003e Then I came across a tree.\u003cbr\u003e This is a ginkgo tree in Bangye-ri, Wonju that is 1318 years old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “That tree seemed to be the culmination of all the tree drawings I had made over the past 30 years.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe artist, who was captivated by the vitality of this giant tree, began a project to capture the four seasons of the ginkgo tree on canvas in one spot every day.\u003cbr\u003e The project was named 'Song of a Thousand Years'.\u003cbr\u003e More than five years have passed like that.\u003cbr\u003e The ginkgo tree, captured in this masterpiece of 1000 pieces, perfectly captures the morning light, the wind blowing through the branches, and even the colors of the evening sunset.\u003cbr\u003e Those who have seen his paintings confess that they felt the wind blowing in them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Looking at this picture healed my sadness.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"It seems like I can smell the scent and hear the sound from the painting.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The wisdom of a tree, acquired over a thousand years, is expressed through the wind and air that lingers in each crevice of the tree.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The light and wind of the season, vibrant nature\u003cbr\u003e A time of immersion and meditation presented by paintings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “One Day, I Met a Tree” is the first book to encompass the world of artist Choi Seon-gil’s works spanning over 40 years. \u003cbr\u003eI included all the short work notes I left while working and the thoughts I had at each exhibition.\u003cbr\u003e For the writer, the forest is a mirror of life, and trees are a medium that allows him to reflect on human life.\u003cbr\u003e Human time is so short and fleeting that it seems pitiful compared to the time of a tree that has lived for over a thousand years.\u003cbr\u003e The tree that stands in the same place despite the relentless wind and typhoons is a miracle in itself.\u003cbr\u003e The same goes for our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is also the reason why the author chose to go out to the field every day and draw sketches.\u003cbr\u003e It is not easy to paint a still life indoors, but rather a picture of the setting sun and trees constantly moving in the wind in an open field.\u003cbr\u003e This work was completed by enduring the summer heat and winter cold together with the tree.\u003cbr\u003e Do I really have to go through all this trouble to draw it? \u003cbr\u003eHowever, the author says that life is the work of fully experiencing life and capturing the ever-changing essence of the subject.\u003cbr\u003e His work, which captures the continuity of time and space flowing from 'here and now (hic et nunc)', is therefore philosophical and, in some ways, borders on meditation.\u003cbr\u003e That is why the author says at some point that he did not draw the tree, but that 'the tree drew me.'\u003cbr\u003e It is the state of selflessness that the tree taught us.\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e You can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Mountains, Seasons of Life\u003cbr\u003e One day, I met a tree\u003cbr\u003e Song of a Thousand Years, Dancing with the Wind\u003cbr\u003e epilogue\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eDetailed image\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/momo\/TopCate6023\/MidCate007\/602269823.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Detailed Image 1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e It was a late spring day.\u003cbr\u003e A day when the sun was warm and the wind made my heart flutter. \u003cbr\u003eWhile driving, I saw the trees along the road swaying in the wind as they bathed in the spring sun.\u003cbr\u003e The leaves, shining brightly under the warm sunlight, rustle and tremble in the breeze,\u003cbr\u003e The sight of them swaying freely seemed to me like 'life' itself.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The tree seemed to be the culmination of all the tree drawings I had made over the past 30 years.\u003cbr\u003e It was a ginkgo tree in Bangye-ri that was over 1,300 years old.\u003cbr\u003e As I looked at the beautiful sight of that tree that had survived for so many years, I felt grateful, my heart was filled with emotion, and I felt a strange surge of strength.\u003cbr\u003e At that moment, I decided that I had to draw the four seasons of that tree right there on site.\u003cbr\u003e And I recorded those feelings like a diary.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When you sit down and draw with a living subject in the field, unexpected problems always arise. \u003cbr\u003eThe first is the dazzling changes in light caused by the unpredictable weather.\u003cbr\u003e You quickly realize how foolish and futile it is to try to draw by following the changing light.\u003cbr\u003e How to draw light that never stays in one place for even a moment!\u003cbr\u003e It is impossible to draw properly with the concept of light and shade when drawing indoors.\u003cbr\u003e What about the color of an object that is swaying countless times in the wind?\u003cbr\u003e The field is full of problems that are difficult to solve like this.\u003cbr\u003e If you rush into solving it, the picture will become abstract.\u003cbr\u003e In such a case, can truth be contained in a painting?\u003cbr\u003e If you let go of the desire to solve the problem and just dance with the wind, following your feelings from moment to moment, the problem will soon disappear and the vibrant brushstrokes and feast of colors will be fully conveyed on the canvas.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I spent the first day of the new year with an old tree covered in lingering snow.\u003cbr\u003e Occasionally, a faint ray of sunlight melts the remaining snow. \u003cbr\u003eShakespeare said, \"When the snow melts, where does the white light go?\"\u003cbr\u003e The colors of the trees drying their huge, snow-covered bodies in the winter sun look quite colorful.\u003cbr\u003e White light becomes light.\u003cbr\u003e The ginkgo tree's branches spread out in all directions.\u003cbr\u003e Looking at that branch, the word 'freedom' comes to mind again.\u003cbr\u003e How can branches from one body bloom so freely?\u003cbr\u003e --- p.104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While I'm sketching, the brushstrokes progress without me even realizing it, and when I get absorbed in it for a moment and step back to look at it, I realize that it wasn't me who drew it, but the tree that drew me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Is this what it means to empty myself?\u003cbr\u003e Me drawn by a tree.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The work on the ginkgo tree so far has been an attempt to change myself. \u003cbr\u003eIf my previous work was about expressing myself by changing the subject, the five-year project with the ginkgo tree in Bangye-ri was not about changing the subject, but about observing myself with the same subject and changing myself as a result.\u003cbr\u003e (…)\u003cbr\u003e This book is a compilation of traces of my life as an artist with these thoughts and wills.\u003cbr\u003e I am embarrassed, but I have included my own records without any exaggeration.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e --- p.114, from 「epilogue」\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eImmersive pictorial meditations\u003cbr\u003e \"A time to rethink the four seasons of life.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mark Rothko Chapel in Texas, Monet's Water Lilies series at the Orangerie Museum in Paris, and the Room of Thought and Moon Jar at the National Museum of Korea.\u003cbr\u003e There is something in common here.\u003cbr\u003e The point is that many people go out of their way to visit the artwork, spend the whole day standing in front of it, and come back in tears.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The same goes for the ginkgo tree on the best path. \u003cbr\u003ePeople who see the picture of a giant tree that has survived for over a thousand years are overcome with emotion and thrill.\u003cbr\u003e It feels like a wind is blowing from somewhere, and the branches seem like they might sway at any moment.\u003cbr\u003e Standing in front of this tree for a long time, people reflect not on the life of the tree that has lived for over a thousand years, but on their own lives.\u003cbr\u003e The leaves fluttering in the wind bring about new emotions every time I see them.\u003cbr\u003e This is because the viewer's mind is projected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDeep reflection and philosophy on nature and humanity\u003cbr\u003e Writing and illustrations by artist Choi Seon-gil\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is said that the life of a craftsman devoted to one thing ultimately leads to enlightenment.\u003cbr\u003e The same goes for the life of an artist.\u003cbr\u003e What the artist has been obsessed with while painting for over 40 years is reflection on existence.\u003cbr\u003e The object is nature, it is humanity, it is the world we live in, and at the same time, all of it ultimately comes down to one universe called ‘me.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChoi Seon-gil's paintings are beautiful and comfortable, but at the same time have a sense of honesty and weight.\u003cbr\u003e This is because of the solid center and depth of the author's philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e His first book, One Day, I Saw a Tree, not only contains his most recent work, but also shows the entire process by which the author reached the pinnacle of the Ban-gye-ri ginkgo tree.\u003cbr\u003e As we follow the artist's gaze, moving from the mountain to the forest, and from the forest to the trees, getting closer and closer, we come to understand why he had to visit the ginkgo tree every day for five years and paint on the spot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe 'Painter's Book' series presented by Namhae Spring Day\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom painter Im-Kyung Lee, who has long depicted cozy hole-in-the-wall shops, to Maud Lewis, who is called Canada's national painter, to painter Jae-Shin Kim, who impressed us with his works depicting the deep and colorful sea of ​​Tongyeong, to the first book by painter Seon-Gil Choi, who has depicted thousand-year-old trees, Namhae Spring Day has consistently presented 'painters' books' that are noteworthy both domestically and internationally.\u003cbr\u003e What makes this series special is that it does not simply copy the artist's works, but also weaves them together with the artist's own writings, allowing us to view the artist's life, thoughts, and entire world of works.\u003cbr\u003e Additionally, it is a large format book suitable for appreciating the work and is bound in a hardcover suitable for long-term collection, receiving constant interest and love from readers who love art. 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