how the entire universe conspired to help me find my first love
“I love you so mad so mad. And I miss you so bad so bad.” Celeste Koh #190520# Today is 520 Day! It is the second unofficial Valentine’s Day widely celebrated by couples in China after the western holiday. The date “520” was chosen as a couple day because “520” sounds somewhat similar to 我爱你 […]
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“Love doesn’t have to be perfect. It just needs to be true.” Belle / “The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose…” Beauty and The Beast #190514# May 14 is known as Yellow Day or Rose Day in Korea. On this day, couples would exchange roses and wear yellow on this day, while […]
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“Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide, and, at last, they will come together.” Jules Verne (as quoted in the Aquaman movie) #190406# I call this a replacement painting for my previous one 4TH ANNIVERSARY: PDA OF TWO LOVE BIRDS. That painting was badly damaged with a large hole in the […]
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“My nostrils flare when I sing, so what? At least I can sing with a powerful, melodious voice and you can’t!” Celeste’s rebuttal to anti-fan’s comment on behalf of Kim Taeyeon #190329# This idea actually has been lurking around in my backup list of artwork ideas for months or even years since 2017. Recently, I […]
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“Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the most pretty, peaceful and loving of them all?” Celeste Koh / “I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world.” Sadako Sasaki / “If you ever get a chance to peep into my heart, you’ll see a room full of paper cranes […]
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“Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers. You can grow your favourite things, your favourite souls and even your favourite person. To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. It’s your future.” Celeste Koh (Feb 2017) / “With you, I can be anything.” Taeyeon (in my mind) […]
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“Cupid has hit me with his sharpest arrow and now I am so deeply in love with you.” Unknown #190228# I was so amazed by Taenggu’s limitless talents. Recently, there were some unreleased scenes of The Untold Stories Behind Girls For Rest that were revealed. In Taeyeon’s part, it was shown scenes of her trying […]
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“I’ll protect you like The Little Prince protects his rose.” Celeste Koh / “There might be millions of roses in the whole world, but you’re my only one, unique rose.” The Little Prince / “It’s the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important.” The Little Prince / author Antoine de […]
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“Believe that anything is possible, even pigs can fly.” Celeste Koh #190205# The period between December and February is definitely a busy time for me with regards to making artworks. Almost immediately after I sent out 2 separate batches of 69 christmas cards altogether to Taenggu, I had to start working on a new series […]
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“Without love, we are birds with broken wings.” Unknown / “Let the raindrops kiss the rose petals. Let the sunshine kiss your rosy cheeks. Let the nightingale sing welcome songs. It’s the season of love and romance. Let’s twitter like two love lorn-love birds and kiss away each other’s pain.” Smita Sharma Dabas #190129# It’s […]
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