[Participating in the '92 Yonago Sculpture Symposium]
One summer experience

It's over for a summer. 2500km round trip to Yonago / Fukuoka / Sakura. Even if I was swayed by a luggage car and arrived at my house, the vibration still remained from the bottom of my body, and my body continued to run even when I was asleep. Mow the grass immediately after waking up. During the absence of 50 days, the surrounding area was covered with grass up to waist height. The sturdiness of the grass that regenerates many times even if it is cut. Just as a plant embraces the power of regeneration in its seeds, after a brief break, I will bud again and grow branches and leaves for the next project.

What on earth is this when standing in front of a finished work? I can think of it.

Seeds carried by the wind from far beyond the Sea of Japan from beyond the Eurasian continent have just begun to sprout. Is life deeply forgotten deep in the ground showing the sign of its resurrection on the earth? Various thoughts are recalled, and I go around in my head one after another. There is certainly something that is nothing more than a lump of stone standing in front of me. It must have been sculpted by me, but from the time I stood here, it has already jumped out of the category of my thoughts and created a new landscape. Did I really carve this?

For the past few years, as soon as I finished installing the work, I wondered if it wasn't made by myself, but the great power of nature was erected here as a substitute for it, and I was just a technique. It seems that he was just a substitute for (the work). The curved surface of the mirror that reflects the surroundings may reflect the world one step ahead like a curved mirror. It gives us a glimpse of a moment to the future beyond the reach of human intelligence.

It was hot. Forty days that ended up with only a round trip between the dormitory and the site every day. I've been waiting for my swimsuit. The next time you come to Yonago, let's take in more various scenery in your heart. And when you stand in front of the stone, will the kami be there?