Purified Naked Mind Series
：Purified Naked Mind
：Purified Naked Mind to be Respondable
：Accumulations

To be honest, this work was made not by intention, but by happening through struggles with the difficult space for installation.

Some years ago, I made a wall rising from the center of the floor, packed with solid papers and without draughts. Then I changed my wall to be a low and see-through kind of separation unit.

However, I think this work still represented a wall or fence for me. After completion, I wanted to make a hole that I could walk through, even though it was already see-through.

Looking at my own work, I sometimes identify with being naked, see-through and infinite, even though I am only a limited being. I wish I could always be that way. After some consideration, I made a hole in my work and it became a gate that people could walk through.

The gate was standing steadily, though we had two big earthquakes after I had completed my work. for a few weeks. My gate remained steady and many people walked through it. Then suddenly one morning, it collapsed suddenly and silently. What was the matter with the gate?

I heard of the accident when I was at home in my temple. I went in a hurry to see my gate.

The mountain named “Haku-san” facing the gallery, was as beautiful as when I had left there after completing my work.

Upon seeing my collapsed work, I remembered my thoughts on the express train coming to the gallery. I had been filled with the Buddhist saying, “Things are always changing.”
Mar, 9th, 2006　　Tomoko ISHIDA