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Fanciful. Preposterous. Absurd.
Rendezvous Under the Moon

Posted on Sunday 11 April 2004


Water colour on paper by Korean genre painter Shin Yoon Bok (1758-?), Choson period.

In a secret meeting held under a crescent moon, the gazes of the young couple reveal the theme:
Only two people would know what they feel.
Well, I suppose amidst that torrent of romantic feeling they might have been thinking "Why are we sneaking about like this in broad daylight?".