This study, with focus on my artworks, aims to examine the 'pictorial expression of mind.' What is mind and how should I control it are the core content of my works. This study looked into mind which is expressed throughout my works. And it argued that the painting realized by senses - senses as the moving and flow of mind, - come from mind. It is to consider the relation between painting and mind by examining the senses for expressing the invisible inner side.
I, in the art pieces, used a gem to express mind metaphorically and expressed it with senses. And I presented the birth and polishing process of a gem to express the flow and asceticism of my mind in the works. Such mind, in other words, is ‘one mind,’ ‘mind considered as the only true being,’ ‘unconsciousness,’ and ‘innate pure mind’ which all are based on my Buddhist belief. Realizing being unconscious and becoming one's true self is attaining a happy medium that avoids extremes; it means being completely empty. In this way, one can 'become his or her true self' can be possible through mind control. Regaining one's own innate pure mind and coming to have a peace of mind is enlightenment and nirvana- the process is the Zen meditation. I consider the process of artworks as the process of such enlightenment and regard it in the same light as Zen meditation.
In addition, the cause of all phenomena is unconsciousness and painting is the manifestation of such unconsciousness. Thus, painting is like 'all things are made from the mind.' Such sense is the very first physical experience through which one can understand the world as it is - I intend to realize this in paintings. This painting, completed by such sense, can be the existence ‘just being as it is.’ This is the same as the true state in Buddhism meaning the true nature of all existence. Therefore, the painting expressed through senses is just as it is and the true being of an existence.
For this reason, I intend to realize the actuality through senses in my artworks. The characteristic of my works is the combination of the photographic realism and expressionism. Some of the former's attributes include photographical image use and close-up; the latter includes some characteristics in expression. Having these attributes, my works can be defined as simulacre, a new existence.
I also intended to extract rare images by enlarging the details of objects through close-up filming. The effect of such close-up brings an emphasis on the theme and presents new images - such features are expressed through already experienced fact.

Ⅰ. 들어가는 말
 Ⅱ. 마음의 은유로서의 보석
 Ⅲ. 그리기: 감각의 체화
 Ⅳ. 확대하기: 내면의 가시화
 Ⅴ. 나오는 말
 참고문헌
 Abstract

• 김정아(숙명여자대학교) | Jung A Kim