[Production] '90 Yonago Sculpture Symposium
​ [Session] July 29-August 31, 1990

[Participating in the '90 Yonago Sculpture Symposium]
Various forms of sculpture symposiums were held nationwide this summer, but there is no other symposium like Yonago that is truly a volunteer spirit of the private sector. At least as far as I know, it seems to be only Yonago.
This is, on the one hand, very pure and an ideal form. On the other hand, I think there is also the weakness of being a volunteer. In other words, from the management point of view, the responsibility tends to be ambiguous, and I think that the wrinkles tend to be apt to be given to a specific individual. Every time I saw the people who suffered from those wrinkles struggling while making the work, I, who is from the local area, had to feel very complicated.

Also, as a writer, the 35-day production period was a little short, and it seemed to be one of the shortest examples of a current symposium, and it was physically and mentally painful. However, since the beginning of August, there was a person who worked as a helper for the writer, which was a great help. I would like to thank the people who washed their work clothes every day without complaining, the people who prepared the fund-raising activities and equipment, the people who continued to take pictures, and the people who cooperated in various insertions. think.

Then, on the final day of the symposium, I was impressed by the fact that the secretary-general was crying in his eyes, probably because of the joy of completing the work. Finally, when each artist went home, I had the people involved in the symposium see me off, and I was deeply moved. Some writers said that they couldn't get out of the car because they were about to tear, but I think they all left Yonago with the same feelings. As the theme of this time, "Encounter Fureai," I am full of gratitude for being able to complete the sculpture through the encounters between volunteers and the artist and the emotional contact. Thank you very much.