STONES AND MY FORMATIVE ARTS
- A massive tree lying at the beach with its drooping branches rambling over the coastline. ( Winter '89, Maui. )
A vine entwined around a bamboo grove creating a geometrical pattern. ( Summer'93, Kyoto. )
The roots of the kelp dancing on the gently undulating sandy beach. ( Spring '99, Senegal. )
Natural art born through the tempering of the wind, water and earth after the lapse of many years.
The unique shapes that each possesses don't leave the sensitivities of we humans unshaken.
- Even among all the gifts this great earth has provided us with,the stones we find along the coast and river banks, along the road, and other places always give me special happiness
because each one has its own personality, seemingly just lying about but somehow doing its best, full of gaiety and pleasure.
When I see these stones I want to find some relationship between myself and the stones.
I combine the stones l have found in many countries and places
with glass and metal to create objects.
The formative work while conversing with the stones leads me to realize that the beauty of the stones cultivated by nature and separated
from their original environment seems to glow even more within my room.
And the more the formative process progresses the more I am surprised by the fact the stones remain stones.
- While worrying slightly if my act of formation can possibly approach the natural art of Maui or Kyoto,
I face the stones with a strengthened encouragement that I too am born of the nature of the same earth.
While agonizing over the difticulty of expressing the beauty of nature I am always thankful that I am a human who can be moved by that beauty.