
Artist's commentary
What Comes to Mind
There was a sunset.
Not everything has been lost...it's just that things have become murky recently. Things I try to remember visually are especially hazy. Even when words can be remembered, it is difficult to form an image. It's all just too muddled.
That's why this image is so very precious; it is an image of the sunset that day...
Among the lush vines, white flowers, a gourd bears fruit...and the sun's rays paint it orange.
I remember it clearly.
In the gleam of the setting sun, my own hands then pluck the gourd...and the first human life I pruned away with my own hands.