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a still from a clip with abstract paint stains and the words "rot my brain" visible on a turbid water surface

Touching Hearts: Jinsook Bae

Touching Hearts: Jinsook Bae

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By Nigel Sielegar

For Stefan Sagmeister's final "Touch Someone's Heart" class first year MFA Design students created a variety of projects on the theme of "What I Learned in My Life, So Far." Over the next few days we will survey some of them.
Jinsook Bae selected 'Useless worries rot my brain' as the thing she learned in her life so far.
"I created the letters out of balloons. I popped each balloons watercolor paints dripped down from the balloons. The colors all dripped to the bottom forming unique shapes in the water, which represented the thoughts rotting my brain."
Watch the video.

a still from a clip of a liquid reflective surface reflecting colors stripes draining on a wall



a wall with colored balloons and paint spots draining down the wall



balloons forming a word on the wall and some of them are popped and they left behind paint draining down the wall



worries word composed of colored balloons mounted on a wall



useless word composed of colored balloons mounted on a wall

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