To the essence through Photography 凡所有相 皆是虛妄 (범소유상 개시허망) 若見諸相非相 卽見如來(약견제상비상 즉견여래) by Bae Joong Seon
“We judge things from the appearance of each object
and believe what it looks like is what it is.
That is from the environment we live and we had been educated.
From that point, a subtle misunderstanding occurs:
selective misconception.”
Bae Joong Seon
Everything changes.
We have a lot of Buddhist relics from splendid ancient Shilla dynasty. We do not think it couldn’t be changed easily but it also comes apart in the end. Only time matters. Even though they have specific figures, the basic materials which are used to make are the same, but we think what looks like is what it really is. It transforms to shapes of Buddha or shapes of pagodas. We only focus on the appearances of what we face not the basic material to be used to make.
Smiling faces: From Buddha statue to the dirt
What do you see?