{"id":4371,"date":"2026-10-03T07:42:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T07:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/uncategorized-en-us\/even-if-a-new-door-opened-no-one-could-enter-2026-10-06\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T15:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:59:21","slug":"even-if-a-new-door-opened-no-one-could-enter-2026-10-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/en\/portfolio\/even-if-a-new-door-opened-no-one-could-enter-2026-10-06\/","title":{"rendered":"Even if a new door opened, no one could enter. (2026-10-06)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2026-10-06-00-57-02-1024x577.jpeg\" alt=\"Even if a new door opened, no one could enter. (2026-10-06)\" class=\"wp-image-4161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2026-10-06-00-57-02-1024x577.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2026-10-06-00-57-02-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2026-10-06-00-57-02-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2026-10-06-00-57-02-1536x865.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2026-10-06-00-57-02-2048x1153.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2026-10-06-00-57-02-600x338.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Even if a new door opened, no one could enter. (2026-10-06)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2026-10-16-01-27-24-1024x577.jpeg\" alt=\"Even if a new door opened, no one could enter. (2026-10-16)\" class=\"wp-image-4191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2026-10-16-01-27-24-1024x577.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2026-10-16-01-27-24-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2026-10-16-01-27-24-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2026-10-16-01-27-24-1536x865.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2026-10-16-01-27-24-2048x1153.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2026-10-16-01-27-24-600x338.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Even if a new door opened, no one could enter. (2026-10-16)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Author&#8217;s Note<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What am I interested in?<\/strong><br\/>I am deeply interested in &#8216;experiences&#8217; and &#8216;dramatic moments.&#8217;<br\/>Just as there is no ceiling on taste, there is no ceiling on the happiness or joy that experiences bring.<br\/>Whenever a person enters a new world, a larger world always opens up, and when they believe they have entered that new world through their own efforts, they think they can come and go as freely as crossing a threshold.<br\/><br\/><strong>Why do I address this topic?<\/strong><br\/>There is no need to be overly elated just because a new world opens.<br\/>Nor is there any need to be disheartened.<br\/><br\/>When something pleasant arrives, something unpleasant is sure to follow,<br\/>and after the bad passes, good things are bound to return.<br\/>Black and white, like and dislike, good and evil, yang and yin&#8230; These contrasting things are usually attached like the front and back of a single sheet of paper.<br\/><br\/>According to the psychological concept of <a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2010\/11\/wandering-mind-not-a-happy-mind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mind-Wandering<\/a>,<br\/>people spend about 25-47% of their waking hours on thoughts or daydreams unrelated to what they are currently doing.<br\/>That is how much we live amidst &#8216;illusions&#8217; and &#8216;distractions.&#8217;<br\/>I try to set aside the noise I feel in my daily life and simply observe what is happening to me.<br\/><br\/><strong>How do I visualize it?<\/strong><br\/>My work thoroughly utilizes the things around me.<br\/>It is more improvisational than deliberately planned.<br\/><br\/>I always try to realize the forms I envision,<br\/>but just like the newly opened world, it is not easy to replicate exactly what I have in my mind.<br\/>In other words, I feel the serendipity and joy that arise from the action itself and then reflect them in my work.<br\/><br\/><strong>What does the work explore?<\/strong><br\/>The work is a small clue to some memory within my experience.<br\/>I do not intend anything specific. Nor do I try to make it look impressive. <br\/><br\/>I simply organize the fragments in my memory into writing, then recall the imagery evoked by the text and work improvisationally.<br\/>I explore the results of <a href=\"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/book\/2025-08-31\/\">inner dialogue<\/a>, which constantly conflicts within my inner self, even unknown to me, and translate this into my work.<br\/><br\/><strong>What experience do I propose?<\/strong><br\/>Everyone has an experience they wish to return to. And there are dramatic moments they long to recall. <br\/><br\/>Sometimes to surpass that experience&#8230;<br\/>Sometimes to recreate it exactly&#8230;<br\/>We make countless efforts.<br\/><br\/>However, unfortunately, perfectly recreating such a situation with human ability is an illusion that exists only in our minds.<br\/>Rather than wandering to possess what we cannot have, let us make frequent use of what we already have.<br\/><br\/><strong>And let us remember.<br\/>Even if a new door opened, no one could enter.<br\/><\/strong><br\/>And, before knocking on a new door, let us consider that the space where I stand might also be a new door for someone else.<br\/>Everything is within me.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"\u738b\u83f2 Faye Wong -\u300a\u5922\u4e2d\u4eba\u300b(Official Music Video) [HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hN2jOHeI5tc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8030-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8030-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8030-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8030-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8030-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8030-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8030-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>When You See Things You Normally Don&#8217;t<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all live our lives seeing only what we want to see.<br\/>The situations in which I have seen or realized something new are summarized below.<br\/><br\/><strong>(Vicarious Mastery Experience)<\/strong><br\/>&#8211; When someone who has experience solving the problem I face, and is still working in that field, gives me advice.<br\/>&#8211; When my worldview is expanded anew through someone&#8217;s advice, experience, or content.<br\/><br\/><strong>(<strong>Encountering Unexpected Situations or Events)<\/strong><\/strong><br\/>&#8211; When things that were previously unseen become newly recognized through reflecting on past experiences.<br\/><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">&#8211; When suddenly falling ill or facing an unforeseen event makes you cherish the ordinary things in life.<\/mark><br\/><br\/><strong>Experiences where I saw new things I normally hadn&#8217;t seen&#8230;<\/strong><br\/><br\/><em><strong>1) In my twenties, while traveling to Pangong Tso near the Himalayas in India.<\/strong><\/em><br\/>I newly learned about the greatness of nature and the joy that new experiences bring to life.<br\/>And it became the decisive catalyst that led me to live the life of an idler for several years.<br\/>And everything less fun than this began to lose its appeal.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bk_pangongcho_31.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bk_pangongcho_31.jpeg 740w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bk_pangongcho_31-599x398.jpeg 599w, https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bk_pangongcho_31-300x199.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>2) The Perfect Drink Had in an Unexpected Situation<\/em><\/strong><br\/>Afterwards, I made countless attempts to recreate that perfect situation, but I could never find it again.<br\/>I gathered people, sought out food, and tried to force the mood, but it was hard to recreate that festive atmosphere, so I just drank heavily to at least capture a similar feeling. <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/&#xC2A4;&#xD06C;&#xB9B0;&#xC0F7;-2026-10-03-&#xC624;&#xD6C4;-5.08.45-787x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4139\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7685656643289461;width:420px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>3) The Memory of Desperate Immersion for Survival (Thursday, November 7, 2024)<\/strong><\/em><br\/>On my way to learn video after finishing a very difficult and exhausting training&#8230; A photo and a record of a conversation I took without thinking.<br\/>The innocence and effort to record that fleeting moment even in that moment&#8230;<br\/>Thanks to that, I later learned how much I love performance and how quirky I am.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/&#xC2A4;&#xD06C;&#xB9B0;&#xC0F7;-2026-10-03-&#xC624;&#xD6C4;-5.20.25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4143\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8709056230055386;width:423px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What did it mean to me when I saw things I normally hadn&#8217;t seen?<\/strong><br\/>&#8211; Through new experiences, I gained new momentum to move forward. (Motivation)<br\/>&#8211; At times, it was a comfort that allowed me to communicate with my dual-sided self and soothe myself. (Inner Dialogue)<br\/>&#8211; At times, it became a reason to give up or wander, unable to forget something perfect. (Wandering)   <br\/><br\/><em><strong>Even if a new door opened, no one could enter.<\/strong><br\/>Even if a new door opened, no one could enter.<\/em><br\/><br\/><strong>My indulgence in travel ultimately never came to an end.<\/strong><br\/>A situation that perfectly satisfied me was something I could almost never encounter in life.<br\/>In other words, I had come to know a new world, but I could never reach it, and I always had to be content with merely imitating the atmosphere around its edges.<br\/><br\/><strong>My indulgence in alcohol also ultimately never came to an end.<\/strong><br\/>I tried countless drinks to recreate the drinking session I had in that unexpected situation,<br\/>but I only imitated the atmosphere; I could never reach that state.<br\/>In other words, that situation existed only in my memory. I had learned a new taste and feeling, but I could never attain it. <br\/><br\/><strong>None of my fierce past situations were a badge of honor to me.<\/strong><br\/>The photos of my past that I thought I would remember forever were tucked away in a corner of my memory, so much so that I had to force myself to look at them and force myself to remember to know what situation they were. Also, my thoughts and circumstances had changed so much that I wondered if they had even been that precious. <br\/><br\/><em>However, the embodied memory from the experience remains somewhere in my body.<\/em><br\/><em>That is all.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author&#8217;s Note What am I interested in?I am deeply interested in &#8216;experiences&#8217; and &#8216;dramatic moments.&#8217;Just as there is no ceiling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-portfolio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4371"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4377,"href":"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371\/revisions\/4377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimblog.co.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}