The Weaver of Luminous Visions In the delicate interplay between shadow and radiance, the life of Bang Hye-ja emerges as a profound meditation on the essence of existence. Born in Seoul in 1937, her early years were defined by a quiet, spiritual fascination with the way sunlight filtered through the canopy of trees—a visual poetry that would later become the heartbeat of her entire oeuvre. While she initially harbored ambitions to become a poet of words, her high-school teacher recognized a different kind of lyricism within her soul, guiding her toward the world of fine arts and calligraphy.…