"Nanika watashidemo"
Nanika watashidemo dekirukotowa naika?
minnaga so kangaetara
kitto nanikaga ataerare,
kanarazu hiroi sekaiga hiraketekuru
Something I can do
Is there anything I can do?
If all think so, then something will surely be given,
and there will be a world wide opening
Sakamura Shinmin poem
The artist loves pots, especially the old ones. He says the colors and shapes are wonderful. "Voiceless pots talk to me," says the artist. "Like the poem in this work, if people in the world could think that way"
The old pot surrounds the words to achieve the feeling of folk art. The rusticity of a thirty year old paper adds depth to the color of the ink.
© 1998 Doshu Kanayama