“Creative intention” and “inevitability” may be necessary to complete a drawing, a GOOD drawing, but I feel having these two only is not enough for the piece to go beyond. If one wishes for something beyond, then s/he needs “unintended … Continue reading
Once your technique gets to a certain level, the only thing that separates you from others is your quirks, or even flaws. （Natalie Portman) 技術がある一定のレベルまで達した後は、欠点すらも武器になり得る。 （ナタリー・ポートマン）
Nothing is beautiful when it’s brand-new. Connoisseur says “if you see it, the parts where most used gets worn out the fastest, that’s where the under-layer of black lacquer surfaces. if these are to show in any other unnatural parts, … Continue reading
Things are always where they are supposed to be, if only I trusted myself. No need to worry, nor rush. I will find them when and where most appropriate. ない、ない、と思っても。探し回っても。結局はあるべきところにあるようです。少し自分を信頼してみれば良いだけの話。
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. Should the same be said of existence in general? Henri Bergson How immature of me to naively have believed that there … Continue reading
“In Zen Buddhism, mind exists before the matter?” Professor Lichtenberg asks…
He says, the whole point of his life is to be happy and have fun. I think, I will not be happy
The doors have always been open. There is no point in knocking on an open door, and if you can knock that means you are knocking on some wall. The door is open. Existence knows nothing of time. It is always … Continue reading
My work may seem nonsense, but I never intend it to be smug. I, rather, try to tap into the universality with it. (Shinta CHO, painter, writer)
That is what I call mastership. I actually would draw the parts that are not meant to stand out with much intent care, as if I am tanning leather with my brush. So that the parts I really want audience … Continue reading
Crossing Point 