Simplicity
Simplicity is the direct result of profound thought (Anonymous)
Often, a single flower or plant can suggest a stronger connection to nature than the unobstructed view from the window could ever achieve.
This conscious oneness with nature is so concentrated that looking outside is no longer necessary, as such a glance would actually destroy this intensity. Here is a comment from Sen no Rikyū, who had a significant influence on Japanese tea culture:
"People constantly look outside, not knowing whether the cherry blossoms will appear on this hill or in some grove, without realising that both cherry blossoms and red maple can be found in their own hearts."
In a tea room, the formless sacred and the aesthetically formed meet, interpenetrate each other, yet both retain their independence.
The traditional separation between art as a realm of aesthetics and religion as something essentially formless is dissolved and brought together into a unity.
Since we in the Western world do not often have a tea room, I hope that you will experience the same intense feelings when viewing one of my works. In my work, I prefer to focus on a single object, which I immerse myself in for days before it can emerge as a new work.
Only when stripped of all superfluous elements can my works reveal their deepest truth. Through this reduction, I also attempt to express the non-existent aesthetically.