A Manifesto, Not a Statement

I don’t create art to explain. I create art to evoke.

My work isn’t bound by intention, nor serves as a declaration of meaning. It exists to be felt, to stir something unspoken, to awaken the inexpressible. My art isn’t a relic of the past—it’s ever-present, alive in the now, unfolding in the eyes of those who witness it.

At the foundation of my practice lies Yūgen—the profound, mysterious beauty beyond what words can capture. Yūgen is the shadow between the light, the vastness of the ocean unseen beyond the horizon, the emotion stirred by autumn leaves carried by the wind. It lingers between knowing and feeling, between reality and the ineffable.

We all have a story, but I choose not to tell—I choose to manifest. This is not a statement; it is a force. This is not an explanation; it is an experience.

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