how the entire universe conspired to help me find my first love
“No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true.” Cinderella / “Have courage and be kind. Where there is kindness there is goodness, and where there is goodness there is magic.” Disney’s Cinderella / “Even miracles take a little time.” The Fairy Godmother / […]
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“You are my sunrise. Your smile lights up my world. I could give anything just to see you happy. True love is not in getting things from others but in giving and sharing more and more.” William Bernhardt / “One smile can’t change the world, but your smile changes mine.” Unknown / “I love your […]
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“The Victim of the Sleeping Death can be revived only by Love’s First Kiss…” Disney / “If you are sad, add more lipstick and attack.” Coco Chanel / “Kiss marks are love letters carved on flesh.” Arunima Mondal #190614# Today is known as Kiss Day in Korea. I guess the name already says it all […]
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“It’s not so much how busy you are but why you are busy. The bee is praised. The mosquito is swatted.” Mary Flannery O’Connor / “The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.” St. John Chrysostom / “No bees, no honey; no work, no money.” […]
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“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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