Japanese Version

AIKO MIYAWAKI

Des Menschen Seele
Gleicht dem Wasser:
Vom Himmel kommt es,
Zum Himmel steigt es,
Und wieder nieder
Zur Erde muß es,
Ewig wechselnd.
-Goethe, Gesang der Geister über den Wassern

I have created many different of Utsurohi sculptures for many different spaces, but in conceiving this sculpture I first made a drawing that was like lines sketched in the air. I wanted to express a spirit that was unfettered, that is, waht the Chinese call ch'i.

The ancient Chinese believed everything to be composed of ch'i, and this belief was codified in Huai nan-tzu, a compilation of astrological precepts. According to this work, there was first emptiness, then in that emptiness the cosmos was born. and in that cosmos were born ch'i. The two ch'i of yin and yang were born, and from them arose all things under heaven.

I wish to create a thing that has shed the weightness of sculpture and is as free as a bird in flight. My main purpose is to relate to the land and water of Nagi.

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