"The light passed down to us continues to resonate into the sky of the future."
We are all light, born carrying the wishes of many generations. Sorrow and joy, meetings and partings: all are heaven's arrangement for the soul to remember its true radiance. The love we felt for someone, the memories of the life we have lived, the kindness we have given to this world: none of it ever disappears. It becomes particles of light, racing through time and spreading into the future.
The Feeling in This Work
While painting this work, what stayed in my heart the whole time was the thought that "a heart that cares for someone becomes a light passed on into the future."
The bonds that have been carefully nurtured, the warm heart that cares for others, the kindness born from a way of living: I believe these remain in many people's hearts and will keep quietly spreading from here on. The love and gratitude born between people, and hope passed on across generations. I would be glad if this work becomes a reason to remember the road you have walked, the bonds and memories shared with the precious people you have met, and many smiles, and a painting that nurtures energy for tomorrow.
Concept
For "those who have lived cherishing a heart that cares for others" and "those who believe their life connects to someone's future."
We never live alone; we walk through life carrying countless loves, wishes and memories. In this painting I expressed those unseen connections and the light passed from person to person.
Technique, Color & Expression
Layering colors again and again, centered on yellow-green, gold and pale cherry-blossom pink, I expressed the sense of light melting into space and spreading. By deliberately painting no clear motif and using color itself in place of words, I left room for each viewer's memories and feelings to overlap freely. The countless particles of color spread across the canvas symbolize the love, gratitude, memories and wishes a person meets in life. They resonate with one another as they keep quietly spreading into the future.
On Making This Work
I believe art has the power to raise the warmth of people's hearts. In today's society, results and efficiency are emphasized, while warm connections between people and unseen kindness tend to be forgotten. Yet what truly supports people may be a heart that cares for someone, and the act of handing the love we have received on to the next person.
What I wanted to express in this work is that "a person's life is not complete on its own." The kindness we direct toward someone eventually becomes another person's hope, and is passed on further into the future. I would be glad if it becomes a reason for each viewer to remember the light in their heart and the precious people they have met.
While I was painting, there were words that kept resonating in my heart.
"A person who can wish for others' happiness is sure to succeed."
And this passage also came to me:
"The light of the sun now pours down upon this land; this light, too, will keep lighting and illuminating us for ten thousand generations. Today, now, is the time."
It was a warm message, as if telling me that life truly begins at the moment we believe in the light.
The moment it believes in the light, the soul remembers its own wings. And the beating of those wings becomes a sound of joy that keeps resonating into the sky of the future.
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More about this painting
Pegasus, the winged horse
Pegasus is the winged white horse of Greek mythology. He is said to have been born from the body of the monster Medusa when the hero Perseus defeated her.
Later, Pegasus carried the hero Bellerophon on his back and helped him defeat the monster Chimera. In the end, it is said, he rose to the heavens and became a constellation — Pegasus, seen in the autumn night sky. The great square formed by four of its bright stars, known as the Great Square of Pegasus, is a landmark for finding stars in autumn.
The spring of poetry that flowed from his hoof
There is another beautiful story about Pegasus.
On Mount Helicon, home of the Muses, the goddesses of the arts and learning, Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof, and a spring gushed forth. It was called Hippocrene, "the horse's spring," and it was believed that drinking its water brought poetic inspiration.
In Europe, Pegasus has been depicted in countless paintings, sculptures and coats of arms as a symbol of poetry and artistic inspiration. Spreading his wings and racing across the sky, he is the very image of a heart freed from earthly weight, flying into the world of imagination.
Inherited light echoes into the sky of the future
I gave this painting, "Echo of Pegasus," the words: "Inherited light keeps echoing into the sky of the future."
We do not live alone. We live carrying countless loves, wishes and memories. The love we felt for someone, the memories of our lives, the kindness we have sent into the world — none of it ever disappears. It becomes particles of light, echoing on into the sky.
Color in place of words
In this painting I deliberately avoided clear shapes, layering yellow-green, gold and pale cherry-blossom pink. By letting color itself take the place of words, I hoped each viewer's own memories and feelings would naturally overlap with it.
Just as a spring of poetry flowed from Pegasus's hoof, I would be happy if something were to overflow from within you in front of this painting.
Sources
Hesiod, Theogony
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Pegasus, the Great Square) — in Japanese
Kotobank (Pegasus; Hippocrene) — in Japanese
