Certain European artists with thick impasto technique and foregrounded brushstrokes captured the Korean interest first. Time also appears foregrounded in an existential sense, particularly in relation to Stella and Roderick. Friends described her as unrecognizable, fat, and foregrounded their fear of marrying the wrong person. Music is foregrounded (rather than assigned to the background) in Seelig's productions. Finally, time is foregrounded in the materialisation of daily life events. A pattern draws attention to itself, i.e. is foregrounded, when it displays consistency. Tuan has foregrounded the importance of language in the making of place. Their relationship, which is secondary in the novel, is foregrounded in the film.