Jaemin Bae (b. 1992, Daegu) never set out to be an artist. He knew that he wanted to work in art, but also that an artist was by no means a promising career prospect. He had heard that professional art restorers were hired by the government to work in cultural sectors, such as state-run museums. He could be a gongmuwon, a government worker, with the unglamorous but assuredly stable lifestyle that follows. This was the biggest reason he chose to study Buddhist art in college, though a lifetime of growing up in a Buddhist household certainly contributed too.