floatin’ is a series of works rooted in a foundational experience from my early childhood on the reclaimed shores of Tokyo Bay.
 

As a child, gazing at the nameless fragments and floating objects on the water, the boundaries between myself and the world dissolved. I felt a profound realization: I am always more than myself—dispersed, connected, and circulating with everything around me. This sensation, rather than bringing melancholy, instilled a sense of "Ku" (Emptiness)—a generative space where existence is constantly dispersing and interconnected.

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Perhaps, at this very moment, I am someone’s lips, or a droplet of water resting on a leaf. That droplet might be ketchup, or it might be a memory. As things shift and blend, the feeling of “us” gently emerges.

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My method of "Editing" is an attempt to quietly scoop up these remnants of presence. By pushing paint through the reverse side of cheesecloth, I create textures resembling pixels or molecules—visualizing the invisible threads that connect us all.

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Each piece in floatin’ is not merely a personal document; it is a "field" for every viewer to contemplate their own fluid identity and deep connection to all existence. Through these works, I recreate that moment when all boundaries dissolved—revealing that we are never alone, but always drifting together.