[Participating in the Yonago Sculpture Symposium]

It seems that this summer was extremely hot. The Yonago region also recorded a temperature of over 37 degrees Celsius, so it was certainly hot. However, it seems that the reason why I didn't feel that much heat was due to the cool breeze from Nakaumi and the concentration of the public production. The symposium venue seems to be a wind path from Nakaumi to Shiroyama, and despite the heat of the city, it continued to carry the wind that was sometimes too strong throughout the session. While enjoying a nap in the shade of a tree, it was more comfortable than making it in the Saitama atelier.

When I arrived at the venue with rice balls and sandwiches procured at a convenience store around 7:30 every morning, the other three writers had already boiled coffee and welcomed me in a group. Then until sunset, I worked until I couldn't see my hands. This pace did not change the day after the drinking party continued and I had a hard drink until midnight. When it was about to be completed in August, I decided to leave the battlefield and take a weekly vacation, but I pay tribute to the writer who worked almost without rest until the end. Thanks to that, I was able to create a work about twice as fast as usual.

There is laundry fluttering in the wind. Next to that, curry rice is filled with rice, there is a raw vegetable salad, and Kobe beef is roasted. The writers are relaxing with a beer. It is the scenery of lunch one day. At lunch time, which was only a delivery lunch at first, thanks to the kindness of volunteers and administrative staff who felt sorry for it, miso soup was gradually added, salad was added, and plum wine for naps was also added as mentioned above. A gorgeous lunch time has appeared. Everything was in this condition, and the environment was prepared so that the artist could easily produce it. We appreciate.

At the foot of Mt. Oyama, Yonago, which was blessed with nature, was a land rich in humanity. I felt the spirit of nurturing an art culture rooted in the San'in climate, and it was fun to interact with vibrant people. Especially women seemed to be fine. I went out to Asahi-cho every night to drink, and I became drunk with fresh seafood from the Sea of Japan and cultivated my spirit. Occasionally, on-site staff left work and stayed with me until midnight. Was your family okay?

It seems that dark clouds are beginning to appear at the end of the sculpture symposium due to the financial difficulties of local governments these days, but it seems to be a problem that can be solved if the private sector and the government take flexible measures with wisdom for 100 years. It seems. Yonago Sculpture Symposium has grown into one of Japan's leading sculpture symposiums over and over again, and is famous in the world of sculpture. Many masons want to come to Yonago. This is also the result of the efforts of the executive committee members. I would like to thank you again as one of the members of the 8th Yonago Sculpture Symposium. Everyone in Yonago City was gradual.