Waiting for Salvation

<Waiting for Salvation>

The sea in the painting symbolizes the “sea of suffering,” while the clouds represent the fleeting nature of worldly attachments.

There was once a time when I believed that love could save me — that finding the right person would allow me to transform and escape my pain. I projected the image of a “savior” onto a past relationship, while constantly comparing myself to others and feeling trapped within emotional competition.

The figures in the painting are all different versions of myself: struggling, lost, emotionally dependent, tempted by the outside world, and restrained by social expectations. Despite desperately trying to move forward and climb upward, I often found myself circling within the same emotional state, overwhelmed by helplessness.