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Empathic Exchange, Yu-Jung Kim
Empathic Exchange, Yu-Jung Kim
Masters Theses
My work explores the empathy existing between humans and animals. It is possible for humans and animals commune empathically by staring at one another. With empathy, human and animal connection can be built; comfort and healing can be found through this form of exchange. Non-verbal communication with animals may not often be thought about seriously. I aim to share the experience of empathy, comfort and power of healing through communication with animals I have felt, and to awake people with similar experiences in their memory through my works.
As a child, I thought I could not be truly understood by …