I reach and I reach and I forgive the girl who loves you (a part of you lives on in me forever), 2024. Copper, found acorns and sand from Woodbine Beach, 4.5" x 4.5" x 8"(dimensions of vessel, organic materials dimensions variable). 

Conceptually derived from a Korean idiom, “밑 빠진 독에 물 붓기” (“To pour water into a bottomless pot”), profound longing and emotional devotion do not equate to a healed relationship without reciprocal, meaningful effort put forth toward understanding. 

Thinking about a misplaced feeling of growing closer—returning—to another, only to realize it as an experience of growing closer to the self, to the girl and to forgiveness. And forgiveness, not as a singular act of mercy, but a perpetual act of care and consolation of the wound which will never fully close or disappear. An eternal coming to terms with the self-betrayal of loving those who tear at the tender flesh.

Title derived from The Giver (Sarah Kinsley) and Tell Me (Léon)