 According to Kim, he does not interpret his subject as realistic depictions of actual water drops, but “idealistic” ones.Kim explains that the continued act of painting water drops helps him erase painful and traumatic memories of Korean War broke out between 1950 and 1953, where he witnessed the deaths of his younger sisiter and friends.In a way, the incessant act of painting water drops served as a therapeutic tool for him, bringing his art closer to surrealism and spirituality.