In calligraphy, the shading of the ink is used to give a three-dimensional effect to the letters, and I attempted to make the letters exist on the screen as three-dimensional objects. In this work, the character for "Sei" is written over and over in hieroglyphs and a variety of calligraphic styles. At first glance, it appears to be an abstract painting, but I believe that the unevenness created by the action of "writing" in calligraphy, such as the up-and-down movement of the brush and the slow and rapid movements of the brush, will be different from the unevenness created by the action of "drawing". When writing about a joyful "life," the brush moves lightly as if dancing, while when writing about a painful "life," the line becomes as if it bites into the brush. Life is not always pleasant. Painful and painful things are written over and over with the character for "life" to express "living" as they are. Calligraphy is often difficult for viewers because they cannot "read" it. By overlapping the characters, the artist dared to make them unreadable, so that the viewers themselves could face the work freely without being confined to "reading" the characters. The "Ikiru" series was inspired by my parting with my grandfather. I did not want to forget all the days I spent with my grandfather, so I continued to write the word "life" on the canvas. I strongly felt that writing was the hope of life for me. I started writing in order to live, and I would like to create works of art that will be close to people who are going through the same hardships as I am. I hope that my work will help people to think about what it means to live and about their own lives.
