「拓」(hiraku) – cultivate / pave the way – Happy New Year! On New Year’s Day, the sky was clear – my family and I went to a state park for
2020 has flown by, in the most dramatic but monotonous, challenging yet creative way. Our sense of time has changed, our ways of connecting shifted. For me, it was also
New year, new place — I’m moving to Los Angeles in February. Bay Area, I will miss you dearly. I’ve lived in San Francisco Bay Area for 16 years, it’s
歩 (Ayumi) – steps – We welcomed the new year 2020 in my hometown in snowy Hokkaido, and finally I had a moment to hold my brush with a little
「結」(yui • musubi) - the knot / to connect / to tie Welcome 2019, Happy New Year! After surviving through sickness until the New Year’s Eve, finally I can hold my
風花 kazahana - Flurries in the Wind - On the last night of January. In a slumber listening to the lullaby of the city lights, dreaming of the snow flurries
At dawn A gleam of dreamy light radiates, Dwelling in a sweet slumber Horizon is realized by the voices of amber Day is awoken with kisses by the birds Let
「懸」- care 懸念懸想しあいながら、 ひととひとは繋がっていられるのだと思う。 心の一画目はじんわりと念が弧を描いて響き、 届いていくように。 心を抱きしめる腕は長く伸び、 ぽろぽろとこぼれる想いを、 包みこむように。 Worrying is caring, longing is loving – we are connected with this invisible mesh of thoughts and emotions. The first dot
SEASON’S GREETINGS from ATELIER TOWA Hope everyone had a great start of the New year! My resolution for this year is “掌 (Tanagokoro)”: In Zen teaching, there is this
“To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want