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FUNSHO
I thought I had to burn it all.
I wanted to burn the “reason” inside me.
Sadly, after working for a long time, the idea of ”reason” has become ingrained in me and won’t let go.
I wanted to cast off understanding, logic, theory, ethics, or even truth, principles, axioms, intellect, ideals, and the “rules,” “paths,” and “controls” that “reason” shows.
I wanted to live by my “feelings.”
I wanted to act as I felt, following the life I felt. I strongly wanted to cherish emotions such as sensations, sensibility, feelings, emotions, and pleasure. With this in mind, I wanted to move forward in my life and on the path of printmaking.
As you know, “burning books” comes from a Chinese historical event. It directly refers to the burning of books, but it is also used to mean the oppression of scholarship and thought.
I wanted to burn off the way of thinking inside me and be reborn.
The contents of “Three Burning Books” are, first, “reason,” second, “common sense,” such as the common sense that carving knives are used for woodblock printing, and challenging the possibilities of woodblock printing by questioning common sense. The third is “relationships with people.” I wished to reconstruct these relationships and live in comfortable relationships.
(First exhibited at the 88th Shunyo Exhibition in 2011)