Ai Takaoka / Calligrapher Kyoto

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Heart hand

The human heart has the danger of erupting like a volcano.
People seek calmness in their heart which resembles a beautiful flower.

Beauty and insanity.
Calmness and intensity exist together.
That is what it means to be human.

The human heart has the danger of erupting at times, like a volcano.
Even so, people seek to always be like a flower, calm and beautiful.

In February of 2019, desiring to witness magnificent nature,
I went to Hawai’i Island.

I sensed the volcano of Hawai’i Island and its ambience with my whole body.
When I tried to express that force of nature together with myself,
The result was “Heart”.

I felt that the volcano was like a human (my own) heart.

Volcano, tsunami, earthquake….. forces of nature.
Humans are born into the middle of these forces of nature.

However, I seek to express not beautiful things,
But rather the energy from within them.

Born into the middle of these forces of nature,
What is it that I can do?
What is it that I want to convey through my artwork?
What is the message enclosed in my artwork that I want to pass on?

To grasp with my own hands…… To connect with hope, courage, and potential.
I hope that you sense the inner energy
From my expression of the condition of the human heart,
Which, like a volcano,
Is both beautiful and insane.

Volcano ・ Ocean ・ Wind.
In order to express nature directly using my whole body,
I adopted a style in which I write not with a brush, but with my hand.

Work Data

Production year2019
Materials/Specificationsframe: glass / calligraphy paper
Size72×42cm
Paper size58.5×28.5cm
Calligraphy styleHand calligraphy
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