New World
I think that, in our very being, we are all alone… And yet it is because we all taste that solitude that we choose the words we offer one another, draw close, and become kind… The time we feel most alone is the time we can change. Towards a new world…
9 × 9 cm · $560Mandala Oracle Card
To the Next Stage
KeywordsWholeness and completion, a new beginning, a turning point
The Story of the Mandala
Drawn in December 2025. In November I let go of something long familiar. I know that when we let go, something new comes in — and still it is hard.
The lonelier we are, the greater the chance to remember what we truly wish for.
When we talk with ourselves and find what we really seek and what we want to do, we are sure to meet the people we need and be led to the places we need… A new world is waiting.
From “Today’s Message”Let your light shine from within…
Artist’s Notes
Nearly two years have passed since I left teaching… Looking back, I am someone the self of two years ago could never have imagined… I did not want to say “I am too old now”, or “I have no confidence, so I cannot”. I did not want to place a limit on myself…
I think everyone hesitates, stops, and lives their own life as fully as they can… I think that, in our very being, we are all alone… And yet it is because we all taste that solitude that we choose the words we offer one another, draw close, and become kind…
The time we feel most alone is the time we can change… Rather than distracting ourselves from solitude with something easy, we go inside and dig down into what we truly want, what we truly wish to do… And when we find it, I believe we meet the people we need and are led to the places we need. Towards a new world…
Instagram, 17 December 2025
As I step into a new world… A surge of excitement mingled with longing for times that will never return. Carrying the lingering echoes of sorrow and pain, onward into the new world…
Threads, October 2026 — words for a film of this work