"In My Heart" by Kazumi Nasuda December 2010, 12 - December 1, 2010

The exhibition "Inside My Heart" will be held.
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: December 2010, 12 - January 1, 2010
Exhibitor:
Kazumi Nasuda (2nd year, Composition Major)

There are many people in my head.
The children are talking to each other on their own.

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The things in other people's heads always come and go like waves, silently washing over my body and mind. If I can ride the wave, I feel great. After enjoying the ride to my heart's content, I can be grateful for the waves that even reward me. But when I get swallowed up by the wave, all I can do is ride it through, failing until I'm swept away and washed up somewhere I have no idea where.
One cannot help but be amazed at the spirituality and imagination of a person who can seep out from a single, yet certainly existing, point in the world and in turn cover the entire world.
Today I saw tiny little spirit beings pouring out from that tiny dot.
Something seemed to have unlocked the wall that was usually kept closed, and the spirit beings began to slowly walk forward, emerging boldly from the narrow world of backstage into the far-too-vast world outside.
The dwarves, drawn with extremely simple, careful lines to bring out their unique flavor, look somewhat listless. They, or rather, they (?) are holding various attachments in one hand and muttering something. Their actions, which they do without any regard for us, make our eyes droop and our mouths loosen. We are taken aback by the fact that we find ourselves empathizing or repelling their mutterings, thinking, "Ah, so true!" or "No, that's not right!" It felt like a meeting between a species of messenger that we have tamed in our own mind and one that we have not. It was the same shock we get when we encounter people and tastes from a different culture.
Even if you think you know, revealing the minds of others that you will never truly know is also a roundabout way of peeking into your own mind. A circular, transparent tunnel is created between Nasuda's head and mine, and Nasuda's spiritual messengers are pouring into my head. The way the heart-wrenching, outrageously human nastiness is transformed into a cute, lovable mascot, set to the rhythm of the comfortable, loose lines, is ironic and comforting. When the heart discovers the true meaning hidden behind the representation, it doesn't reject it, but it responds with an incredibly modulated throbbing, stinging, sobbing, throbbing, throbbing...
Surfing may be an activity that you can never fail in the sense that it allows you to have a variety of experiences.
Today's waves gave me just the right amount of stimulation. I'm excited to see when I'll be able to experience the same waves again, but in a good way, even more stimulating waves. (Mariko Tsuji)