"The fountain of light within you will never vanish. The light may weaken and become hard to see, but it is always shining, at every moment."
In our hearts there is a "fountain of light" that never disappears. We may be distracted by the noise around us and lose sight of the light, but the fountain is always there, continuing to well up with hope and possibility. I painted it wishing that people standing at a turning point in life would remember that.
The Feeling in This Work
Art that supports self-growth with hope and positive energy, for those reaching a turning point in life.
May viewers listen closely to their own voice and receive the courage to step into the future and the energy of possibility.
Concept & Background
A work born from the wish to convey the importance of "believing in your inner light." I intended the resonance of colors to be like an orchestra, with diverse emotions and possibilities harmonizing to play a new melody.
Technique, Color & Expression
Layering acrylic paint, I painted strong orange and yellow light welling up from deep blues and greens. The light radiating from the center and the layers of color enveloping it express the energy of hope spreading from within.
On Making This Work
I made this work as a "symbol of light" to support self-growth with hope and positive energy. May you believe in the light dwelling within you and freely paint your own future, without being caught by needless anxiety or darkness.
May this painting remind you of the light sleeping within you and give you strength as you walk a new chapter of your life.
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More about this painting
"Orchestra" was originally the name of a place
The word "orchestra" comes from the ancient Greek "orchestra." It originally meant the round area in an ancient Greek theater between the stage and the audience, where the chorus sang and danced.
Later, in European theaters, musicians came to sit in front of the stage, and eventually the group of musicians itself came to be called the "orchestra."
Singing together brings heartbeats into step
When many people play one piece of music together, something remarkable seems to happen in our bodies.
In a study by Björn Vickhoff and colleagues at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden (2013, Frontiers in Psychology), when high-school choir members sang together, the rhythms of the singers' heartbeats were observed to gradually fall into step. The tendency was especially clear when they sang in unison with slow, calm breathing.
To match our voices is to match our breath — and perhaps even our heartbeats quietly come to overlap.
Light rising from deep colors
In "Orchestra of the Fountain of Light," I layered acrylic paint so that strong orange and yellow light wells up from deep blue and green.
The light radiating from the center, and the layers of color that surround it. Each color sounds its own note like an instrument, and as they overlap, one great piece of music — a fountain of light — is born.
The fountain of light within you
Orchestral music cannot be played alone. Yet what creates that music is each person's own sound.
I hope that whenever you see this painting, you feel the light welling up from within you, and the joy of resonating with the people around you.
Sources
Kotobank (Orchestra) — in Japanese
Vickhoff, B., et al. (Music structure determines heart rate variability of singers, Frontiers in Psychology, 2013)
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