The Visitor
Sea and Sky, 30x40 oil on cotton canvas
The Visitor
The coming of a person
is, in fact, a tremendous feat.
Because they
come with their past and present
and
with their future.
Because a person’s whole life comes with them.
Since it is so easily broken
the heart that comes along
would have been broken ― a heart
whose layers the wind will likely be able to trace,
if my heart could mimic that wind
it can become a hospitable place.
Poem by Chong Hyon-jong
(translated from Korean by Archana- link to their blog post)
*I edited to neutral pronouns
THE VISITOR is woven through a Kdrama (K for Korean) on Netflix called "Because This Is My First Life".
The drama follows three contemporary Korean couples as they explore their feelings about marriage, love, money, and tradition.
I digress.
Even though the featured painting above is of Iceland, I couldn't help feeling these words from the poem,
"a heart
whose layers the wind will likely be able to trace,
if my heart could mimic that wind
it can become a hospitable place."
somehow fit the spirit of this painting and the emotions I felt standing in that place and looking out over the expansive, beautiful and rather frightening sea.