Exhibition Domain of Art 28 “ORIGIN”

– ORIGIN –

I believe my early childhood was supported by the loneliness of my own existence. While spending time in nature enveloped in loneliness, sleeping in the woods and gazing up at the stars standing on the asphalt road in complete darkness, it dawned upon me as a child, that in the stillness of my surroundings, the vastness of nature, its system, the gentle connection between matters; these were the “truth of the world”. This might have been the primitive understandings of a child, a wild dream. However, unbeknownst to myself, this sensation has probably saved me in the past, present and will continue to do so in the future.

In a country with four seasons, the trees blush with autumnal colors and soon wither away, its leaves falling to the soil below in countless layers. “Why, after all these years after my birth, does the ground not rise with fallen leaves?” My action to find the answer to this question was simple. Whenever I had some free time, I would go to the forest, lie sprawled on the ground and enjoy observing the top soil.

Ants slowly carried away a swallowtail butterfly that died yesterday or the day before in small pieces. Small insects less than a millimeter wriggled between the leaves and soil. A sweet, pleasant aroma drifted above the forest floor at the end of autumn. When I realized that the fallen leaves are taken apart by microorganisms and insects and gradually broken down returning to soil, I was filled with a deep sense of comfort knowing that this was the truth of the world. That moment of realization was also very calm and filled with stillness.

Back then, I could not express this excitement with words. However, such questions and discoveries about nature being connected to my works of expression today always fill my spirit with curiosity and kindness.