My own similarity No.1

 This work was created by crushing charcoal used in cormorant fishing on the Nagara River in Gifu.　

 From hunting and cooking to rituals and entertainment, the act of burning wood has cultivated behaviors we call human nature. That is why I believe charcoal evokes the dawn of civilization and symbolizes our history shaped by harnessing nature.

 Looking at such charcoal, I sometimes feel we humans have strayed too far from the natural world. We no longer feel part of the cycle. Yet, I also feel it might not be too late. Because I feel an intimacy in the charcoal's irregular yet regular patterns, in its surface glowing with light, in its uneven fragments. What must the first people in history have felt when they saw burnt wood? And could that feeling still sprout within modern people? This work seeks to explore the wild points of contact between us and the natural world.