Mayuko Kanazawa

About Your Work

When a person moves along a dark, narrow path, they enter a world that offers protection and security for their existence. And a distant memory sings longingly: life begins unnoticed, amidst a gentle warmth infused with emotions.

“People must first learn to dwell.”
To those of us who are dissatisfied, constantly yearning for stimulation and allowing ourselves to be driven into tight corners, the philosopher Heidegger advises returning to our origins. We, who have lost our homeland, could be described as seekers of a foundation. When we observe, as such, the seriousness with which seemingly lesser creatures build their nests, we also feel the gentle warmth that emanates from this act.

Time takes hold of us and removes this and that. Yet what allows us to continue “in the here and now” is that gentle endeavor, nourished by boundless longing.

If you are also on a journey, I would like to ask you to support those seemingly lesser creatures: to thoughtfully contribute to that unique nest, a gathering place for compassion and sympathy. Here, in the midst of this nest, called Earth.