"Your life can give off still more light."
Life is not complete in a single lifetime; it breathes here and now, having received the baton from souls across generations. Against the background of that memory, I painted this for everyone who wishes to awaken the power of the soul not yet expressed and give off a light one step higher.
The Feeling in This Work
You already have it. Give off your light without fear. That life is protected within a great flow. The vibration of deep affirmation flowing through the whole work is this message made visible.
Concept & Background
Nuances of blue, green, cherry-blossom pink and gold melt together, symbolizing the inheritance of the soul, the circulation of life energy, the pulse of life like blood flow, and the moment of rebirth and awakening.
Technique, Color & Expression
By layering multiple strata, I expressed at once the vastness of time and space like the depths of the sea and the movement of life like blood flow. Blue and green show the inner sea, cherry-blossom pink the birth and memory of life, and gold the light of dignity and inheritance that the soul holds. By letting the colors melt together, I depicted multidimensional energies existing at once in a single life.
On Making This Work
I made it hoping people would remember the inner flame most important to living: the Inner Flare. Returning not to outside evaluation but to the light that your own life holds. Giving off that light without fear.
May those who encounter this work feel the energy sleeping within them begin to circulate again.
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More about this painting
The word "flare"
The "flare" in the title "Inner Flare" is an English word for a flame that suddenly blazes up, or a flickering light. The great explosions on the sun's surface are also called "solar flares."
In this painting I depicted the light of life that wells up from within and sometimes blazes up.
The "sea" within us
The blue and green of this painting represent an inner sea.
Most of the human body is water — in adults, roughly 60 percent of body weight. Perhaps our blood and tears taste a little salty because we carry something like a small sea inside us.
About 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean. The deep sea is a quiet world where sunlight barely reaches. I painted the many layers of this work while sensing the vastness of time and space, like that deep ocean.
What water does for the heart
Many people feel calmer near the sea, a river or a lake.
In Europe, such waterside environments are called "blue space," and research on their relationship with health has advanced. Studies including those by the University of Exeter in the UK have reported that people who live closer to the coast tend to rate their own health as better.
The American marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols named the calm, contented state of mind we feel near water "Blue Mind" in his book of the same name (2014).
A quiet sea and a burning flame
In this painting, within the blue and green sea, I layered cherry-blossom pink for the birth and memory of life, and gold for the dignity of the soul. A quiet sea and a flame burning within — opposites at first glance, both are forms of life.
Deep in a calm heart, a light is still burning. I hope that whenever you see this painting, you feel the sea and the flame within you.
Sources
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare e-health net (Water and the human body) — in Japanese
Wheeler, B. W., et al. (Does living by the coast improve health and wellbeing? Health & Place, 2012)
Wallace J. Nichols, Blue Mind (2014)
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