La Pastorella (Die Schäferin von Val Gardena) – ADORE GALLERY

Welcome, and thank you for visiting my modest gallery tucked away in a quiet corner.

Here you will find a variety of my works—large and small, diverse in character and spirit. I arranged them in this way because, seen together, they may give you a clearer sense of who I am.

To be honest, I often feel my lack of formal training and the limited time I have been able to devote to art. Yet I continue without pause—feeling, learning, and growing in the process.

I am not a master of any single field, nor do I belong wholly to any place. Take what you see as it is, and carry with you whatever impressions remain. Though I began in earnest later in life, I have always sought to keep faith with my first intent—to let neither results nor criticism define me, but to follow the quiet integrity of my own path in art.

At times, a sudden impulse led me to submit small works to competitions, and a few were recognized. In Korea, I once taught art at a high school for about ten years. In 2009, after twenty years of living in Australia, I returned to Korea, where I now work as a sculptor. That, in essence, is the whole of my artistic journey.

I have no interest in heavy philosophy. What moves me are the kinds of impressions that feel like music, and the vivid realities that the world tirelessly brings forth.

I love travel and every kind of documentary, and hold special respect for the creators of BBC Earth, whose programs I watch with admiration. And one thing is certain: without music, I imagine my veins would carry nothing but plain water.

Perhaps artists are simply those who live in the busy square between the entrance of expectation and the exit of fulfillment.

Even if you arrived here by chance, I am grateful.

Yoonki Hong
Born 1952

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August 14, 2026

La Pastorella (Die Schäferin von Val Gardena)

If there is a flower that blooms wherever it may fall,
If there is a song that gathers hearts in love wherever it is sung.

La Pastorella – Italian adaptation

Composer: Walter Geiger Lyrics: Robert Jung
Singers: Hermann Prey

Il frutto dell’amore no, non è vergogna, no, non lo è
È puro come l’acqua che al mare va
E lei, convinta più che mai, sopporta tutto e poi pensa a lui
L’amore di una sera che amore è?

La pastorella sa che ritornerà
È andato a lavorare giù in città
Il suo ragazzo poi riparerà
In quello stato non la lascerà
La pastorella sa che ritornerà
È più che certa che verrà

Il frutto dell’amore no, non è vergogna, no, non lo è
È puro come l’acqua che al mare va
E lei, convinta più che mai, sopporta tutto e poi pensa a lui
L’amore di una sera che amore è?

La pastorella sa che ritornerà
È andato a lavorare giù in città
Il suo ragazzo poi riparerà
In quello stato non la lascerà
La pastorella sa che ritornerà
È più che certa che verrà

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