Material: Silk, natural mineral pigment paint

Dimensions: 76.2cm x 101.6cm (30in. x 40in.)

Technique: Nihonga on silk 

Underneath is a work that discusses the perceptions of reality and the transparent creation process. The death bed spares no one, whether old or young. There is no guarantee for the existence of the next inhales. Hence, the ones who perceive the limit of time and the utility of their body are the happiest. My father once told me, "The moment you stop working or learning, you are dying."

The law of conservation of mass states that matter is neither created nor destroyed during any physical or chemical reaction. Everything is simply a gathering of matters from the Universe, as is the human body. Things changed, aged, and disbanded for a new assembly. Hence, the body is not just you; it is a gathering of billions of fragments from other beings in the past. Ultimately, this body might be part of a plant as food for other living things, a portion of another human, or it can be evaporated into deep space.