When I, the teacher, was praying for Wolmyeongdong saying, "When there is a struggle, a masterpiece will come out," the scops owl that cries all night long came into my mind, so I worked on this rock whenever there was a break during the rock landscape construction.
The scops owl has a lot of stories, and resembles my, the teacher's, shimjeong, so I chiselled a 'hopi' rock 500 times by hand, and sculpted a scops owl.
(Translator's note: 'hopi' means literally 'tiger skin.' It is a rock that has a tiger skin pattern on it.)
이 돌은 선생이 “몸부림이 있어야 걸작품이 나온다”고 말하며 월명동 기도할 때,
밤 세워 우는 소쩍새가 생각나서 작업하다 틈나는 시간에 만들었다.
사연 많은 소쩍이가 선생의 심정을 닮았다고 하여,
선생이 직접 500번이나 돌을 쪼아서 호피석에 소쩍새를 조각해 넣은 작품이다.