A sarira reliquary, built as three nested containers around something the size of a grain of rice. Imagine walking past a stone tower nearly every day for a thousand years without ever knowing…

A true-view landscape by Jeong Seon, painted from a mountain he actually stood on. [ 인왕제색도 / 정선 출처: 문화재청 홈페이지 ] Stand on a ridge above Mount Geumgang and the wind hits you before the view doe…

I Watched Someone Reapply Three Times Before Lunch I was sitting across from a coworker during a work trip and noticed her twist open a small stick and swipe it across her face without breakin…

I Bought Both Without Knowing Why I Needed Either I had a serum and an ampoule sitting next to each other on my shelf for months, using them almost interchangeably depending on which one I gra…

A sagunjado painting, using four plants as a stand-in for four virtues. [ ⓒ 간송미술관] These were never meant to be read as botanical illustrations. A painting of a single bamboo stalk, or a plu…

Kim Jeong-hui's brushwork, still read today as a record of the man who made it. [ 김정희(金正喜, 1786~1856), ‘실사구시잠’(實事求是箴)] Did you know a single sheet of ink and paper was once treated as rel…